Community coalescence, the mixing of different communities, is widespread throughout microbial ecology. Coalescence can result in approximately equal contributions from the founding communities or dominance of one community over another. These different outcomes have ramifications for community structure and function in natural communities, and the use of microbial communities in biotechnology and medicine. However, we have little understanding of when a particular outcome might be expected. Here, we integrate existing theory and data to speculate on how a crucial characteristic of microbial communities-the type of species interaction that dominates the community-might affect the outcome of microbial community coalescence. Given the often comparable timescales of microbial ecology and microevolution, we explicitly consider ecological and evolutionary dynamics, and their interplay, in determining coalescence outcomes. This article is part of the theme issue 'Conceptual challenges in microbial community ecology'.

Meaghan Castledine

Pawel Sierocinski

Daniel Padfield

Angus Buckling

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

该杂志发表生命科学领域的主题。只要核心学科在生物科学之内，一些问题还可能包括内容跨越到其他领域，如物理科学、社会科学、生物物理学、政策、经济学等。问题通常位于四个广泛的领域（尽管许多问题属于跨越这些领域）：有机体、环境和进化生物学神经科学和认知细胞、分子和发育生物学健康和疾病。

The journal "Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences" focuses on research in the field of biological sciences. As long as the core discipline falls within biological sciences, related issues may also span other fields such as physical sciences, social sciences, biophysics, policy, and economics. The journal typically covers four broad areas, although many issues cross these boundaries: organismal, environmental and evolutionary biology; neuroscience and cognition; cellular, molecular and developmental biology; health and disease.

《Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences》杂志专注于生命科学领域的研究。只要核心学科属于生物科学，相关问题也可能涉及其他领域，如物理科学、社会科学、生物物理学、政策和经济学等。期刊通常涵盖四个广泛的领域，尽管许多问题跨越这些领域：有机体、环境与进化生物学、神经科学与认知、细胞、分子与发育生物学、健康与疾病。

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

Community coalescence: an eco-evolutionary perspective

This work integrates existing theory and data to speculate on how a crucial characteristic of microbial communities—the type of species interaction that dominates the community—might affect the outcome of microbial community coalescence.

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Community coalescence: an eco-evolutionary perspective

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