ReviewAnnual review of microbiology2022
The Small-Molecule Language of Dynamic Microbial Interactions.
Review in Annual review of microbiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- When, where, and why specialised metabolites are produced: inferring function from expression control.Essays in biochemistry · 2026Review
- Microbial community assembly in the fermentation of cigar tobacco leaves.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026Review
- Iron limitation triggers roseoceramide biosynthesis and membrane remodeling in marine roseobacter.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Indirect Enrichment of Desirable, but Less Fit Phenotypes, from a Synthetic Microbial Community Using Microdroplet Confinement.ACS synthetic biology · 2023Article
- Indirect enrichment of desirable, but less fit phenotypes, from a synthetic microbial community using microdroplet confinement.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023Article
- Enhancing chemical and biological diversity by co-cultivation.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Review
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Abstract
Although microbes are routinely grown in monocultures in the laboratory, they are almost never encountered as single species in the wild. Our ability to detect and identify new microorganisms has advanced significantly in recent years, but our understanding of the mechanisms that mediate microbial interactions has lagged behind. What makes this task more challenging is that microbial alliances can be dynamic, consisting of multiple phases. The transitions between phases, and the interactions in general, are often mediated by a chemical language consisting of small molecules, also referred to as secondary metabolites or natural products. In this microbial lexicon, the molecules are like words and through their effects on recipient cells they convey meaning. The current review highlights three dynamic microbial interactions in which some of the words and their meanings have been characterized, especially those that mediate transitions in selected multiphasic associations. These systems provide insights into the principles that govern microbial symbioses and a playbook for interrogating similar associations in diverse ecological niches.
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