The little engines that could: Ecology and evolution of miniature microbial communities

In this lecture, Prof Bell will outline two approaches for understanding how interactions among bacterial species change over time, and how these shifting interactions alter ecosystem processes. First, he will show how the construction of synthetic communities of bacteria allows tracking of inter-specific interactions. Second, he will show how manipulations of intact 'wild' microbiomes can be used to identify links between community structure and ecosystem functioning. He will illustrate how these approaches can be used in a variety of applications, including in agriculture, in climate change research, and in energy production.

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