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Multifactorial diversity sustains microbial community stability.
The ISME journal - 1 Nov 2013
Erkus Oylum, de Jager Victor C L, Spus Maciej, van Alen-Boerrigter Ingrid J, van Rijswijck Irma M H, Hazelwood Lucie, Janssen Patrick W M, van Hijum Sacha A F T, Kleerebezem Michiel, Smid Eddy J
Abstract excerpt
Maintenance of a high degree of biodiversity in homogeneous environments is poorly understood. A complex cheese starter culture with a long history of use was characterized as a model system to study simple microbial communities. Eight distinct genetic lineages were identified, encompassing two species: Lactococcus lactis and Leuconostoc mesenteroides. The genetic lineages were found to be collections of strains...
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