Microbial communities mediating anaerobic ... bacteria from a laboratory-scale anammox bioreactor. We combine metabolic network reconstruction with metatranscriptomics to examine the gene ...

This release is available in German. Leipzig: Microbial communities are performing important functions all around us – from the earth in our flowerpots to the human gut. Now researchers have ...

With GEMs, researchers cannot only explore the complex network of metabolic pathways ... are generating large amounts of data about microbial metabolism. As GEM technology advances, it opens ...

Dr. Thilo Gross take a simplified view of microbial communities as a network based on cross-feeding, the exchange of metabolic by-products between populations. Each species needs nutrients and at ...

By tapping into the world of metabolic engineering, researchers have also developed ... is working with a team of researchers to focus on engineering microbial consortia, wherein cell subpopulations ...

Much of this success is thanks to their metabolic plasticity, which has been shaped by evolution over millions of years. Microbial metabolic pathways can be exploited for industrial applications, such ...

Specifically, scientists can now better "eavesdrop" on the metabolic dialogues that drive cooperation or competition in microbial communities. Further, harnessing the system's capabilities to ...

This work was carried out as part of the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network SmartAge (ITN ... Age-related decline in microbial metabolic activity A key finding of the study ...

This dual-targeting approach allows researchers to align specific microbial species with their respective metabolic functions ...

Recent studies in animals have shown a mechanistic link between intestinal microbial metabolism of the choline moiety in dietary phosphatidylcholine (lecithin) and coronary artery disease through ...