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Kenneth Timmis1, Willy Verstraete2, Viduthalai Rasheedkhan Regina3
1Institute of Microbiology, Technical University, Braunschweig, Germany.
Abstract:
The Pareto principle, or 20:80 rule, describes resource distribution in stable communities whereby 20% of community members acquire 80% of a key resource. In this Burning Question, we ask to what extent the Pareto principle applies to the acquisition of limiting resources in stable microbial communities; how it may contribute to our understanding of microbial interactions, microbial community exploration of evolutionary space, and microbial community dysbiosis; and whether it can serve as a benchmark of microbial community stability and functional optimality?
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