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SUBMITTER: Ponomarova O
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5660601 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cell systems 20170927 4
Many microorganisms live in communities and depend on metabolites secreted by fellow community members for survival. Yet our knowledge of interspecies metabolic dependencies is limited to few communities with small number of exchanged metabolites, and even less is known about cellular regulation facilitating metabolic exchange. Here we show how yeast enables growth of lactic acid bacteria through endogenous, multi-component, cross-feeding in a readily established community. In nitrogen-rich envi ...[more]