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We developed a new quantitative method to understand how microbial communities assemble. This approach, combining consumer-resource and neutral models, accurately predicts community dynamics based on abundance and environmental conditions.

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Area of Science:

  • Ecology
  • Microbial Ecology
  • Ecological Modeling

Background:

  • Understanding community assembly is crucial in ecology, but quantitative methods are lacking, especially for microbial systems.
  • Existing models like consumer-resource and neutral models offer partial insights into ecological dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a novel, quantitative framework for delineating community assembly mechanisms.
  • To integrate consumer-resource and neutral models using stochastic differential equations for enhanced ecological analysis.
  • To assess the performance of combined, consumer-resource, and neutral models on microbial time-series data.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a combined ecological model using stochastic differential equations.
  • Applied the model to time-series data of microbial 16S rRNA genes from anaerobic bioreactors.
  • Compared the performance of the combined model against separate consumer-resource and neutral models.

Main Results:

  • Model performance varied with population abundance and process conditions.
  • The combined model excelled for abundant taxa in manipulated bioreactors; the neutral model was better for rare taxa.
  • Immigration rates decreased with abundance, and competition correlated with phylogeny within specific distances.

Conclusions:

  • The developed framework quantitatively assesses determinism in microbial community dynamics.
  • Greater determinism was observed in manipulated bioreactors, correlating with system dysfunction.
  • This mechanistic approach has broad applicability beyond microbial ecology.