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Conceptual strategies for characterizing interactions in microbial communities
Understanding the sets of inter- and intraspecies interactions in microbial communities is a fundamental goal of microbial ecology. However, the study and quantification of microbial interactions pose several challenges owing to their complexity, dynamic nature, and the sheer number of unique intera...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8819398/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35146390 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.103775 |
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author | Kodera, Sho M. Das, Promi Gilbert, Jack A. Lutz, Holly L. |
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description | Understanding the sets of inter- and intraspecies interactions in microbial communities is a fundamental goal of microbial ecology. However, the study and quantification of microbial interactions pose several challenges owing to their complexity, dynamic nature, and the sheer number of unique interactions within a typical community. To overcome such challenges, microbial ecologists must rely on various approaches to distill the system of study to a functional and conceptualizable level, allowing for a practical understanding of microbial interactions in both simplified and complex systems. This review broadly addresses the role of several conceptual approaches available for the microbial ecologist’s arsenal, examines specific tools used to accomplish such approaches, and describes how the assumptions, expectations, and philosophies underlying these tools change across scales of complexity. |
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spelling | pubmed-88193982022-02-09 Conceptual strategies for characterizing interactions in microbial communities Kodera, Sho M. Das, Promi Gilbert, Jack A. Lutz, Holly L. iScience Review Understanding the sets of inter- and intraspecies interactions in microbial communities is a fundamental goal of microbial ecology. However, the study and quantification of microbial interactions pose several challenges owing to their complexity, dynamic nature, and the sheer number of unique interactions within a typical community. To overcome such challenges, microbial ecologists must rely on various approaches to distill the system of study to a functional and conceptualizable level, allowing for a practical understanding of microbial interactions in both simplified and complex systems. This review broadly addresses the role of several conceptual approaches available for the microbial ecologist’s arsenal, examines specific tools used to accomplish such approaches, and describes how the assumptions, expectations, and philosophies underlying these tools change across scales of complexity. Elsevier 2022-01-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8819398/ /pubmed/35146390 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.103775 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Kodera, Sho M. Das, Promi Gilbert, Jack A. Lutz, Holly L. Conceptual strategies for characterizing interactions in microbial communities |
title | Conceptual strategies for characterizing interactions in microbial communities |
title_full | Conceptual strategies for characterizing interactions in microbial communities |
title_fullStr | Conceptual strategies for characterizing interactions in microbial communities |
title_full_unstemmed | Conceptual strategies for characterizing interactions in microbial communities |
title_short | Conceptual strategies for characterizing interactions in microbial communities |
title_sort | conceptual strategies for characterizing interactions in microbial communities |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8819398/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35146390 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.103775 |
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