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SUBMITTER: Mori M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5054487 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mori Matteo M Ponce-de-León Miguel M Peretó Juli J Montero Francisco F
Frontiers in microbiology 20161007
Bacterial communities may display metabolic complementation, in which different members of the association partially contribute to the same biosynthetic pathway. In this way, the end product of the pathway is synthesized by the community as a whole. However, the emergence and the benefits of such complementation are poorly understood. Herein, we present a simple model to analyze the metabolic interactions among bacteria, including the host in the case of endosymbiotic bacteria. The model conside ...[more]