Advancing microbial sciences by individual-based modelling.
Nat Rev Microbiol
; 14(7): 461-71, 2016 07.
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ABSTRACT
Remarkable technological advances have revealed ever more properties and behaviours of individual microorganisms, but the novel data generated by these techniques have not yet been fully exploited. In this Opinion article, we explain how individual-based models (IBMs) can be constructed based on the findings of such techniques and how they help to explore competitive and cooperative microbial interactions. Furthermore, we describe how IBMs have provided insights into self-organized spatial patterns from biofilms to the oceans of the world, phage-CRISPR dynamics and other emergent phenomena. Finally, we discuss how combining individual-based observations with IBMs can advance our understanding at both the individual and population levels, leading to the new approach of microbial individual-based ecology (µIBE).
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Fenómenos Fisiológicos Bacterianos
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Interacciones Microbianas
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Consorcios Microbianos
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Modelos Biológicos
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Nat Rev Microbiol
Asunto de la revista:
MICROBIOLOGIA
Año:
2016
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos