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  • Environmental Science
  • Systems Biology

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  • Microbial metabolic interactions are key to community assembly and biogeochemical processes.
  • Understanding these interspecies interactions in natural environments is limited.
  • Mangrove sediments harbor complex microbial communities with largely unknown interactions.

Discussion:

  • A genome-scale metabolic modeling approach was used to predict potential interactions among bacteria and archaea in mangrove sediments.
  • Over half of the microbial species exhibited significant potential for pairwise metabolic interactions, with predictions aligning with existing culture-based studies.
  • A novel concept of microbial active functional modules (mAFMs) was proposed, representing microbial consortia with high metabolic interaction driving specific functions.

Key Insights:

  • The study predicted approximately 3000 pairwise metabolic interactions, revealing previously unknown microbial metabolic relationships.
  • Five distinct mAFMs were identified across different sediment layers, each with dominant functions in element transformations.
  • These mAFMs collectively cover major carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur cycling pathways, highlighting their importance in mangrove ecosystems.

Outlook:

  • The findings expand the understanding of microbial interaction potential in mangrove sediments.
  • This research supports the development of mutualistic microbial systems and improved enrichment culture techniques.
  • mAFMs provide a framework for dissecting complex microbial communities and their roles in biogeochemical cycling.