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  • Microbiology
  • Systems biology
  • Ecology

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  • Microbiome research aims to understand how microbial communities develop their traits.
  • Ecosystem complexity often hinders mechanistic understanding of microbiomes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a systematic strategy for elucidating microbiome composition and metabolism.
  • To use the kombucha tea microbiome as a model system to test this strategy.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a complexity-reducing strategy by abstracting a two-species core from the native microbiome.
  • Utilized controlled fermentations to identify drivers of microbial community characteristics.
  • Assessed the translatability of findings to more complex communities and altered conditions.

Main Results:

  • The two-species core recapitulated key features of the native kombucha tea microbiome, including composition and metabolic patterns.
  • Identified specific drivers responsible for the core microbiome's characteristics.
  • Demonstrated that the strategy provides insights applicable to more complex microbial ecosystems.

Conclusions:

  • The complexity-reducing strategy is effective for mechanistic investigation of microbiomes.
  • Unraveled the underlying patterns and processes of the kombucha tea microbiome.
  • Provides a conceptual framework for studying other complex microbial communities.