Guided by Microbes: Applying Community Coalescence Principles for Predictive Microbiome Engineering

• DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00538-21
• Publication Date: 2021-08-17T14:33:18Z
• Authors: Jennifer D. Rocca; Mario E. Muscarella; Ariane L. Peralta; Dandan Izabel-Shen; Marie Simonin
• Keywords: 0303 health sciences; 15. Life on land; Microbiology; community inoculants; managed ecosystems; QR1-502; 6. Clean water; biostimulants; 03 medical and health sciences; [SDV.MP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology; community coalescence; 13. Climate action; Perspective; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; microbiome engineering; microbiome engineering.

Every seed germinating in soils, wastewater treatment, and stream confluence exemplify microbial community coalescence—the blending of previously isolated communities. Here, we present theoretical and experimental knowledge on how separated microbial communities mix, with particular focus on managed ecosystems.