Seeding the idea of encapsulating a representative synthetic metagenome in a single yeast cell.

Belda, Ignacio; Williams, Thomas C; de Celis, Miguel; Paulsen, Ian T; Pretorius, Isak S · Nat Commun · 2021

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Synthetic metagenomics could potentially unravel the complexities of microbial ecosystems by revealing the simplicity of microbial communities captured in a single cell. Conceptionally, a yeast cell carrying a representative synthetic metagenome could uncover the complexity of multi-species interactions, illustrated here with wine ferments.

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