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ArticleISME communications2026

Substrate toxicity drives successive range expansions opposing spatial intermixing in cross-feeding consortia.

Xiaoli Chen, Miaoxiao Wang, Laipeng Luo, Liyun An, Xiaonan Liu, Yong Nie, Xiao-Lei Wu

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Article in ISME communications, 2026. 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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7 authors.

Xiaoli ChenSchool of Mechanics and Engineering Science, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Miaoxiao WangInstitute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 611731, China.
Laipeng LuoSchool of Mechanics and Engineering Science, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Liyun AnSchool of Biological Science and Technology, University of Jinan, Jinan, Shandong 250022, China.
Xiaonan LiuSchool of Mechanics and Engineering Science, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Yong NieSchool of Mechanics and Engineering Science, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Xiao-Lei WuSchool of Mechanics and Engineering Science, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9897-6903

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Abstract

Spatial organization plays a critical role in shaping microbial community structure and function, influencing ecological stability, resource utilization, and evolutionary dynamics. Microbial interactions such as competition and cooperation are key drivers of spatial patterning, yet the environmental factors modulating these interactions remain incompletely understood. Here, we investigated how toxic substrates influence the spatial organization of synthetic microbial communities engaged in metabolic cross-feeding. Using a synthetic

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consortiacross-feedingmicrobial diversityspatial organizationsubstrate toxicitysuccession pattern

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