Growth tradeoffs produce complex microbial communities on a single limiting resource

Higher-order interactions occur when one species mediates the interaction between two others. Here, the authors model microbial growth and competition to show that higher-order interactions can arise from tradeoffs in growth traits, leading to neutral coexistence and other complex dynamics.

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Main Authors: Michael Manhart, Eugene I. Shakhnovich
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/50e1e4d748d04ccaa7d646a805e19fce
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