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Hiroaki Fujita1, Masayuki Ushio2, Kenta Suzuki3

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Microbial communities exhibit facilitative interactions. Analyzing these networks revealed positive feedback loops preceding major community shifts, highlighting key species involved in ecosystem dynamics.

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  • Microbial Ecology
  • Systems Ecology
  • Bioinformatics

Background:

  • Facilitative interactions are common in microbial ecosystems and crucial for understanding microbiome dynamics.
  • Inferring the temporal shifts in these interspecific interactions is essential for ecological process comprehension.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the temporal changes in the architectural features of microbial facilitative interaction networks.
  • To identify potential keystone species driving community shifts through network analysis.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized shotgun metagenomic sequencing data from an experimental microbial community monitored over 110 days.
  • Employed metabolic modeling to infer species' genomic dependence and construct facilitative interaction networks at 13 time points.
  • Applied directed-graph analyses to pinpoint keystone species within feedback loops.

Main Results:

  • Inferred facilitative interaction networks revealed the presence of positive feedback loops.
  • These feedback loops were detected prior to a significant community-compositional shift in the microbiome.
  • Directed-graph analysis identified potential keystone species positioned upstream in these feedback loops.

Conclusions:

  • Positive feedback loops in microbial metabolic interactions can precede catastrophic community shifts.
  • Identifying keystone species within these networks offers insights into mechanisms driving microbiome instability.
  • This approach enhances understanding of ecological processes governing microbial community structure and dynamics.