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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

Phase separation and coexistence in spatial coordination games between microbes.

Guanlin Li, Gabi Steinbach, Peter Yunker, Yao Yao, Joshua S Weitz

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Guanlin LiInterdisciplinary Graduate Program in Quantitative Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA; School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Gabi SteinbachDepartment of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3751-9899
Peter YunkerSchool of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA; Center for Microbial Dynamics and Infection, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Yao YaoDepartment of Mathematics, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Joshua S WeitzDepartment of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA; Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA and University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing, North Bethesda, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3433-8312

Funding

The Biophysical Foundations of Bacterial Biofilm Growth and SurvivalR35GM138354 · NIGMS · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Peter Yunker · 2020 to 2026
$2.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM138354
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dense, microbial communities are shaped by local interactions between cells. Both the nature of interactions, spanning antagonistic to cooperative, and the strength of interactions vary between and across microbial species and strains. These local interactions can influence the emergence and maintenance of microbial diversity. However, it remains challenging to link features of local interactions with spatially mediated coexistence dynamics given the significant variation in the microscopic mechanisms involved in cell-to-cell feedback. Here, we explore how microbial interactions over a broad range of ecological contexts spanning antagonism to cooperation can enable coexistence as spatially explicit domains emerge. To do so, we introduce and analyze a family of stochastic coordination games, where individuals do better when playing (

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PMCPMC12439992

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