Microbial communities drive all biogeochemical processes on Earth through spatiotemporal resource partitioning. This study shows how a few mutations in an evolved community can result in niche-differentiated ecotypes, whose interplay synergistically improves productivity of the interacting community across sediment and groundwater subpopulations.
- Jacob J. Valenzuela
- Selva Rupa Christinal Immanuel
- Nitin S. Baliga
