Variability of functional and biodiversity responses to perturbations is predictable and informative DOI Creative Commons
James Orr, Jeremy J. Piggott, Andrew L. Jackson

et al.

Nature Communications, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15(1)

Published: Nov. 28, 2024

Abstract Perturbations such as climate change, invasive species and pollution, impact the functioning diversity of ecosystems. However has many meanings, ecosystems provide a plethora functions. Thus, on top various perturbations that global change represents, there are also ways to measure perturbation’s ecological impact. This leads an overwhelming response variability, which undermines hopes prediction. Here, we show this variability can instead insights into hidden features functions responses perturbations. By analysing dataset experiments in microbial soil systems first functional is not random; mechanistically similar tend respond coherently. Furthermore, metrics broad (e.g. total biomass) systematically opposite ways. We then formalise these observations demonstrate, using geometrical arguments, simulations, theory-driven analysis empirical data, only predictable, but be used access useful information about contributions population-level Our research offers powerful framework for understanding complexity change.

Language: Английский

Engineering the mangrove soil microbiome for selection of polyethylene terephthalate-transforming bacterial consortia DOI Creative Commons
Diego Javier Jiménez,

Dayanne Chaparro,

Felipe Sierra

et al.

Trends in biotechnology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Sept. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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4
Towards synthetic ecology: strategies for the optimization of microbial community functions DOI Creative Commons
Magdalena San Román,

Andrea Arrabal,

Belen Benitez‐Dominguez

et al.

Frontiers in Synthetic Biology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 3

Published: March 18, 2025

Microbial communities are able to carry out myriad functions of biotechnological interest, ranging from the degradation industrial waste synthesis valuable chemical products. Over past years, several strategies have emerged for design microbial and optimization their functions. Here we provide an accessible overview these strategies. We highlight how principles synthetic biology, originally devised engineering individual organisms sub-organismal units (e.g., enzymes), influenced development field ecology. With this, aim encourage readers critically evaluate insights biology should guide our approach community-level engineering.

Language: Английский

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0
Multi-omics framework to reveal the molecular determinants of fermentation performance in wine yeast populations DOI Creative Commons
Miguel de Celis, Javier Ruíz, Belen Benitez‐Dominguez

et al.

Microbiome, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12(1)

Published: Oct. 15, 2024

Connecting the composition and function of industrial microbiomes is a major aspiration in microbial biotechnology. Here, we address this question wine fermentation, model system where diversity functioning fermenting yeast species are determinant flavor quality resulting wines.

Language: Английский

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3
Environment‐Organism Feedbacks Drive Changes in Ecological Interactions DOI Creative Commons
Oliver J. Meacock, Sara Mitri

Ecology Letters, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 28(1)

Published: Dec. 31, 2024

Ecological interactions are foundational to our understanding of community composition and function. While known change depending on the environmental context, it has generally been assumed that external factors responsible for driving these dependencies. Here, we derive a theoretical framework which instead focuses how intrinsic changes caused by organisms themselves alter interaction values. Our central concept is 'instantaneous interaction', captures feedback between current state organismal growth, generating spatiotemporal context-dependencies as modify their environment over time and/or space. We use small microbial communities illustrate this can predict time-dependencies in toxin degradation system, relate time- spatial-dependencies crossfeeding communities. By re-centring relationship environment, predicts variations wherever intrinsic, organism-driven dominates drivers.

Language: Английский

Citations

1
Molecular Microbiology of Microbiomes DOI
Pierre Santucci

Molecular Microbiology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 122(3), P. 271 - 272

Published: Sept. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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0
Variability of functional and biodiversity responses to perturbations is predictable and informative DOI Creative Commons
James Orr, Jeremy J. Piggott, Andrew L. Jackson

et al.

Nature Communications, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15(1)

Published: Nov. 28, 2024

Abstract Perturbations such as climate change, invasive species and pollution, impact the functioning diversity of ecosystems. However has many meanings, ecosystems provide a plethora functions. Thus, on top various perturbations that global change represents, there are also ways to measure perturbation’s ecological impact. This leads an overwhelming response variability, which undermines hopes prediction. Here, we show this variability can instead insights into hidden features functions responses perturbations. By analysing dataset experiments in microbial soil systems first functional is not random; mechanistically similar tend respond coherently. Furthermore, metrics broad (e.g. total biomass) systematically opposite ways. We then formalise these observations demonstrate, using geometrical arguments, simulations, theory-driven analysis empirical data, only predictable, but be used access useful information about contributions population-level Our research offers powerful framework for understanding complexity change.

Language: Английский

Citations

0