ReviewInfection and immunity2025
Infections as ecosystems: community metabolic interactions in microbial pathogenesis.
Review in Infection and immunity, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Cultured microbial community complexity is associated with antimicrobial resistance and Enterobacterales enrichment in adult odontogenic infections.Oral and maxillofacial surgery · 2026Article
- The maternal and infant gut microbiome: implications for pregnancy outcomes, immune development, and health in the first 1000 days.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Review
- Stage-associated enrichment ofFrontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Community matters: stress tolerance and survival ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Combating Bacterial Infection with Metabolism-Regulating Nanomaterials.International journal of nanomedicine · 2026Review
- The 3D landscape of infection: spatial organization andFrontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Revealing community dynamics in polymicrobial infections through a quantitative framework.ISME communications · 2026Article
- Electrochemical modulation of host-microbe dynamics in wound healing.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Oral human papillomavirus infection aligns with a coordinated bacterial microbiome inferred virulence ecology.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Microbes rarely exist alone; instead, they live in dynamic multi-species communities with a range of metabolic capacities. To establish within a polymicrobial community, an organism must compete with the other members of the community for space and nutrients. In addition, microbes form complex metabolic interdependencies in polymicrobial environments, and these nutrient exchanges are central to overall community function. Interactions between microbial community members dictate key processes, including nutrient cycling, tolerance to disturbances, and disease progression, and these interactions are known to depend on the environment in which they are measured. Therefore, understanding these ecological interactions is fundamental to our understanding of community composition, function, and impacts on disease. In this mini-review, we will describe the mechanisms microbes use to exchange nutrients in host-associated environments, with a focus on the oral and respiratory tracts. We will particularly emphasize the environmental factors that influence community composition and how interactions between organisms, ranging from cooperation to competition, impact nutrient bioavailability and overall community function during infection.
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