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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

Linear scaling reveals low-dimensional structure in observable microbial dynamics.

Zhengqing Zhou, Xiaoli Chen, Emrah Şimşek, Grayson S Hamrick, Yasa Baig, Zachary A Holmes, Zhenjiao Du, David K Karig, Lingchong You

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Zhengqing ZhouDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Xiaoli ChenDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Emrah ŞimşekDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Grayson S HamrickDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Yasa BaigDepartment of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
Zachary A HolmesDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Zhenjiao DuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
David K KarigDepartment of Bioengineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA.
Lingchong YouDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.

Funding

Post-antibiotic effect and design of optimal antibiotic dosing protocolsR01GM098642 · NIGMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI YOU, LINGCHONG · 2011 to 2025
$3.6M
Tradeoffs between fitness costs and transfer rates in horizontal gene transferR01AI125604 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI LINGCHONG YOU · 2017 to 2026
$3.3M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI125604NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM098642
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microbial communities often exhibit apparently complex dynamics driven by myriad interactions among community members and with their environments. Yet, practical modeling and control are often based on limited number of observables, raising a fundamental question:

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PMCPMC12262697

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