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| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Journals |
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010674 |
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| Title (Primary) | Controlling microbial co-culture based on substrate pulsing can lead to stability through differential fitness advantages |
| Author | Martinez, J.A.; Delvenne, M.; Henrion, L.; Moreno, F.; Telek, S.; Dusny, C.; Delvigne, F. |
| Source Titel | PLoS Computational Biology |
| Year | 2022 |
| Department | SOMA |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Page From | e1010674 |
| Language | englisch |
| Topic | T7 Bioeconomy |
| Supplements | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010674.s001 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010674.s002 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010674.s003 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010674.s004 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010674.s005 |
| Abstract | Microbial consortia are an exciting alternative for increasing the performances of bioprocesses for the production of complex metabolic products. However, the functional properties of microbial communities remain challenging to control, considering the complex interaction mechanisms occurring between co-cultured microbial species. Indeed, microbial communities are highly dynamic and can adapt to changing environmental conditions through complex mechanisms, such as phenotypic diversification. We focused on stabilizing a co-culture of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Escherichia coli in continuous cultures. Our preliminary data pointed out that transient diauxic shifts could lead to stable co-culture by providing periodic fitness advantages to the yeast. Based on a computational toolbox called MONCKS (for MONod-type Co-culture Kinetic Simulation), we were able to predict the dynamics of diauxic shift for both species based on a cybernetic approach. This toolbox was further used to predict the frequency of diauxic shift to be applied to reach co-culture stability. These simulations were successfully reproduced experimentally in continuous bioreactors with glucose pulsing. Finally, based on a bet-hedging reporter, we observed that the yeast population exhibited an increased phenotypic diversification process in co-culture compared with mono-culture, suggesting that this mechanism could be the basis of the metabolic fitness of the yeast. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=26776 |
| Martinez, J.A., Delvenne, M., Henrion, L., Moreno, F., Telek, S., Dusny, C., Delvigne, F. (2022): Controlling microbial co-culture based on substrate pulsing can lead to stability through differential fitness advantages PLoS Comput. Biol. 18 (10), e1010674 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010674 |
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