Horizontal gene transfer and ecological interactions jointly control microbiome stability

Katharine Z. Coyte; Cagla Stevenson; Christopher G. Knight; Ellie Harrison; James P. J. Hall; Michael A. Brockhurst

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3001847

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Horizontal gene transfer and ecological interactions jointly control microbiome stability

Katharine Z. Coyte ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: katharine.coyte@manchester.ac.uk (KZC); michael.brockhurst@manchester.ac.uk (MAB)

Affiliation Division of Evolution and Genomic Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5231-9350

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Cagla Stevenson,

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Christopher G. Knight,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Ellie Harrison,

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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James P. J. Hall,

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Michael A. Brockhurst

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: katharine.coyte@manchester.ac.uk (KZC); michael.brockhurst@manchester.ac.uk (MAB)

Affiliation Division of Evolution and Genomic Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Horizontal gene transfer and ecological interactions jointly control microbiome stability

Katharine Z. Coyte,
Cagla Stevenson,
Christopher G. Knight,
Ellie Harrison,
James P. J. Hall,
Michael A. Brockhurst

Published: November 9, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001847

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