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Successful microbial colonization of space in a more dispersed manner
Many organisms live in habitats with limited nutrients or space, competition for these resources is ubiquitous. Although spatial factors related to the population’s manner of colonizing space influences its success in spatial competition, what these factors are and to what extent they influence the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9723722/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36755142 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43705-021-00063-7 |
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author | Liu, Xiaonan Wang, Miaoxiao Nie, Yong Wu, Xiao-Lei |
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description | Many organisms live in habitats with limited nutrients or space, competition for these resources is ubiquitous. Although spatial factors related to the population’s manner of colonizing space influences its success in spatial competition, what these factors are and to what extent they influence the outcome remains underexplored. Here, we applied a simulated competitive model to explore the spatial factors affecting outcomes of competition for space. By quantifying spatial factors, we show that colonizing space in a more dispersed manner contributes to microbial competitive success. We also find that the competitive edge deriving from a more dispersed manner in colonization can compensate for the disadvantage arising from either a lower growth rate or lower initial abundance. These findings shed light on the role of space colonization manners on maintaining biodiversity within ecosystems and provide novel insights critical for understanding how competition for space drives evolutionary innovation. |
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spelling | pubmed-97237222023-01-04 Successful microbial colonization of space in a more dispersed manner Liu, Xiaonan Wang, Miaoxiao Nie, Yong Wu, Xiao-Lei ISME Commun Article Many organisms live in habitats with limited nutrients or space, competition for these resources is ubiquitous. Although spatial factors related to the population’s manner of colonizing space influences its success in spatial competition, what these factors are and to what extent they influence the outcome remains underexplored. Here, we applied a simulated competitive model to explore the spatial factors affecting outcomes of competition for space. By quantifying spatial factors, we show that colonizing space in a more dispersed manner contributes to microbial competitive success. We also find that the competitive edge deriving from a more dispersed manner in colonization can compensate for the disadvantage arising from either a lower growth rate or lower initial abundance. These findings shed light on the role of space colonization manners on maintaining biodiversity within ecosystems and provide novel insights critical for understanding how competition for space drives evolutionary innovation. Nature Publishing Group UK 2021-11-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9723722/ /pubmed/36755142 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43705-021-00063-7 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Liu, Xiaonan Wang, Miaoxiao Nie, Yong Wu, Xiao-Lei Successful microbial colonization of space in a more dispersed manner |
title | Successful microbial colonization of space in a more dispersed manner |
title_full | Successful microbial colonization of space in a more dispersed manner |
title_fullStr | Successful microbial colonization of space in a more dispersed manner |
title_full_unstemmed | Successful microbial colonization of space in a more dispersed manner |
title_short | Successful microbial colonization of space in a more dispersed manner |
title_sort | successful microbial colonization of space in a more dispersed manner |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9723722/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36755142 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43705-021-00063-7 |
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