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  • Microbial ecology
  • Evolutionary dynamics
  • Systems biology

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  • Microbes produce public goods, benefiting the entire population.
  • Public goods sharing can lead to adaptive function loss and metabolic cross-feeding.
  • The role of public goods in microbial community succession over evolutionary timescales is not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how public goods sharing influences microbial community succession.
  • To model the evolution of interdependent microbial communities.
  • To understand the impact of reductive evolution on microbial interactions.

Main Methods:

  • Constructed an individual-based model simulating microbial populations.
  • Incorporated functions for producing three essential public goods.
  • Simulated random loss of functions and analyzed emergent community patterns.

Main Results:

  • Function loss genotypes evolved from autonomous ancestors due to production trade-offs.
  • Three interdependent patterns emerged: complete functional division, one-way dependency, and asymmetric functional complementation.
  • Community assembly was influenced by the timing and spatial emergence of genotypes.
  • Interdependent communities showed increased resistance to environmental perturbations.

Conclusions:

  • Reductive evolution, driven by public goods, shapes microbial interdependencies.
  • Evolved interdependent patterns are selectively favored due to enhanced community resilience.
  • This study integrates ecological and evolutionary dynamics to explain microbial community succession.