Data from: Construction and characterization of synthetic bacterial community for experimental ecology and evolution

dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Helsinki-Hiltunen, Teppo
dc.contributor.authorHiltunen, Teppo
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-29T13:59:21Z
dc.date.issued2019-07-24
dc.date.issued2019-07-24
dc.descriptionExperimental microbial ecology and evolution have yielded foundational insights into ecological and evolutionary processes using simple microcosm setups and phenotypic assays with one- or two-species model systems. The fields are now increasingly incorporating more complex systems and exploration of the molecular basis of observations. For this purpose, simplified, manageable and well-defined multispecies model systems are required that can be easily investigated using culturing and high-throughput sequencing approaches, bridging the gap between simpler and more complex synthetic or natural systems. Here we address this need by constructing a completely synthetic 33 bacterial strain community that can be cultured in simple laboratory conditions. We provide whole-genome data for all the strains as well as metadata about genomic features and phenotypic traits that allow resolving individual strains by amplicon sequencing and facilitate a variety of envisioned mechanistic studies. We further show that a large proportion of the strains exhibit coexistence in co-culture over serial transfer for 48 days in the absence of any experimental manipulation to maintain diversity. The constructed bacterial community can be a valuable resource in future experimental work.
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.53b6n5f
dc.identifier.urihttps://datakatalogi.helsinki.fi/handle/123456789/4193
dc.rights.licensecc-zero
dc.subjectMicrobial community
dc.subjectsynthetic ecology
dc.subjectwhole-genome sequencing
dc.subjectmodel system
dc.titleData from: Construction and characterization of synthetic bacterial community for experimental ecology and evolution
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