Bacterial communities adapt to changing environments by modulating patterns of nutrient flow between species. Benomar et al. show that under nutrient stress, the sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio vulgaris can exchange cytoplasmic material with Clostridium acetobutylicum, altering metabolic flux.
- Saida Benomar
- David Ranava
- Marie-Thérèse Giudici-Orticoni
