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Rhodopseudomonas-E. coli Cross-Feeding Coculture

Community ID CommunityMech:000092
Ecological State ENGINEERED
Environment laboratory bioreactor
ENVO:01001405

A reciprocal cross-feeding coculture pairing N2-fixing Rhodopseudomonas palustris with fermentative Escherichia coli.

Taxonomy

Taxon Ontology ID Functional Roles Abundance
Rhodopseudomonas palustris NCBITaxon:1076
PRIMARY_PRODUCER
N/A
  • PMID:32788711 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO)
    "Previously we engineered a cross-feeding coculture between N2-fixing Rhodopseudomonas palustris and fermentative Escherichia coli."
Escherichia coli NCBITaxon:562
CROSS_FEEDER
N/A
  • PMID:32788711 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO)
    "Previously we engineered a cross-feeding coculture between N2-fixing Rhodopseudomonas palustris and fermentative Escherichia coli."

Ecological Interactions

Ecological interaction network for Rhodopseudomonas-E. coli Cross-Feeding Coculture Bipartite graph where circle nodes represent taxa and colored rectangles represent ecological interactions (cross-feeding, mutualism, syntrophy, competition, commensalism).
Taxon
Cross-feeding
Mutualism
Syntrophy
Competition
Commensalism
Niche partitioning
Colonization facilitation
Strain competition
Predation

Reciprocal Carbon-Nitrogen Cross-Feeding

CROSS_FEEDING

Evidence

  • PMID:32788711 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO)
    "Previously we engineered a cross-feeding coculture between N2-fixing Rhodopseudomonas palustris and fermentative Escherichia coli."

Environmental Factors

Factor Value Unit
defined synthetic community design Two-member coculture based on nitrogen transfer from R. palustris and carbon-rich fermentation product transfer from E. coli. N/A
  • PMID:32788711 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO)
    "Previously we engineered a cross-feeding coculture between N2-fixing Rhodopseudomonas palustris and fermentative Escherichia coli."