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Initial evenness determines diversity and cell density dynamics in synthetic microbial ecosystems.
Scientific reports - 10 Jan 2018
Ehsani Elham, Hernandez-Sanabria Emma, Kerckhof Frederiek-Maarten, Props Ruben, Vilchez-Vargas Ramiro, Vital Marius, Pieper Dietmar H, Boon Nico
Abstract excerpt
The effect of initial evenness on the temporal trajectory of synthetic communities in comprehensive, low-volume microcosm studies remains unknown. We used flow cytometric fingerprinting and 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing to assess the impact of time on community structure in one hundred synthetic ecosystems of fixed richness but varying initial evenness. Both methodologies uncovered a similar reduction in...
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