#syntrophy — Public Fediverse posts
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When can syntrophic microbial cooperation win over selfish cheaters? https://ecoevocommunity.nature.com/posts/when-can-syntrophic-microbial-cooperation-win-over-selfish-cheaters
Eco-evolutionary modelling of microbial #syntrophy indicates the robustness of cross-feeding over cross-facilitation https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-27421-w
Most #prokaryotes rely on syntrophic partners, but they rarely evolve to full #endosymbiosis. If #mitochondria have originated from a syntrophic #symbiosis, a burning question arises: Why aren't there more #prokaryotic syntrophies that turn into endosymbiosis?