Extended Data Fig. 7: HGT stabilized gene abundances against compositional variations in complex communities.
From: Horizontal gene transfer enables programmable gene stability in synthetic microbiota
a. Different Keio strains transferred plasmid p13 with different conjugation rates ((cells/ml)-1hr-1). Here, Top10 carrying p13 served as the donor and 72 Keio strains served as recipients. Data are presented as mean values +/− standard deviations of three replicates. b. The temporal dynamics of strain compositions of Keio communities transferring plasmid p13 during the experiment. The results of three linoleic acid (LAC) concentrations and two dilution ratios were shown. In each panel, the colored bars stand for different Keio strains, and the heights of the bars represent their relative abundances within the community. c. The 13 plasmids were transferred within the synthetic communities with different conjugation efficiencies. Here, Top10 strain carrying the each of the 13 plasmids served as the donors, and Keio strain 1 served as the recipient. Data are presented as mean values +/− standard deviations of three replicates.
