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  1. Article ; Online: Assembly archetypes in ecological communities.

    Flores-Arguedas, Hugo / Antolin-Camarena, Omar / Saavedra, Serguei / Angulo, Marco Tulio

    Journal of the Royal Society, Interface

    2023  Volume 20, Issue 208, Page(s) 20230349

    Abstract: An instrumental discovery in comparative and developmental biology is the existence of assembly archetypes that synthesize the vast diversity of organisms' body plans-from legs and wings to human arms-into simple, interpretable and general design ... ...

    Abstract An instrumental discovery in comparative and developmental biology is the existence of assembly archetypes that synthesize the vast diversity of organisms' body plans-from legs and wings to human arms-into simple, interpretable and general design principles. Here, we combine a novel mathematical formalism based on category theory with experimental data to show that similar 'assembly archetypes' exist at the larger organization scale of ecological communities when assembling a species pool across diverse environmental contexts, particularly when species interactions are highly structured. We applied our formalism to clinical data discovering two assembly archetypes that differentiate between healthy and unhealthy human gut microbiota. The concept of assembly archetypes and the methods to synthesize them can pave the way to discovering the general assembly principles of the ecological communities we observe in nature.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Humans ; Biota ; Gastrointestinal Microbiome
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-11-29
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2156283-0
    ISSN 1742-5662 ; 1742-5689
    ISSN (online) 1742-5662
    ISSN 1742-5689
    DOI 10.1098/rsif.2023.0349
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  2. Article ; Online: Generalizing game-changing species across microbial communities.

    Deng, Jie / Angulo, Marco Tulio / Saavedra, Serguei

    ISME communications

    2021  Volume 1, Issue 1, Page(s) 22

    Abstract: Microbes form multispecies communities that play essential roles in our environment and health. Not surprisingly, there is an increasing need for understanding if certain invader species will modify a given microbial community, producing either a desired ...

    Abstract Microbes form multispecies communities that play essential roles in our environment and health. Not surprisingly, there is an increasing need for understanding if certain invader species will modify a given microbial community, producing either a desired or undesired change in the observed collection of resident species. However, the complex interactions that species can establish between each other and the diverse external factors underlying their dynamics have made constructing such understanding context-specific. Here we integrate tractable theoretical systems with tractable experimental systems to find general conditions under which non-resident species can change the collection of resident communities-game-changing species. We show that non-resident colonizers are more likely to be game-changers than transients, whereas game-changers are more likely to suppress than to promote resident species. Importantly, we find general heuristic rules for game-changers under controlled environments by integrating mutual invasibility theory with in vitro experimental systems, and general heuristic rules under changing environments by integrating structuralist theory with in vivo experimental systems. Despite the strong context-dependency of microbial communities, our work shows that under an appropriate integration of tractable theoretical and experimental systems, it is possible to unveil regularities that can then be potentially extended to understand the behavior of complex natural communities.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-06-08
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2730-6151
    ISSN (online) 2730-6151
    DOI 10.1038/s43705-021-00022-2
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  3. Article ; Online: Predicting microbiome compositions from species assemblages through deep learning.

    Michel-Mata, Sebastian / Wang, Xu-Wen / Liu, Yang-Yu / Angulo, Marco Tulio

    iMeta

    2022  Volume 1, Issue 1

    Abstract: ... a deep learning framework that automatically learns the map between species assemblages and community ... validate our framework using synthetic data generated by classical population dynamics models ... Then, we apply our framework to data from ...

    Abstract Microbes can form complex communities that perform critical functions in maintaining the integrity of their environment or their hosts' well-being. Rationally managing these microbial communities requires improving our ability to predict how different species assemblages affect the final species composition of the community. However, making such a prediction remains challenging because of our limited knowledge of the diverse physical, biochemical, and ecological processes governing microbial dynamics. To overcome this challenge, we present a deep learning framework that automatically learns the map between species assemblages and community compositions from training data only, without knowing any of the above processes. First, we systematically validate our framework using synthetic data generated by classical population dynamics models. Then, we apply our framework to data from
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-03-01
    Publishing country Australia
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2770-596X
    ISSN (online) 2770-596X
    DOI 10.1002/imt2.3
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  4. Article ; Online: A theoretical framework for controlling complex microbial communities.

    Angulo, Marco Tulio / Moog, Claude H / Liu, Yang-Yu

    Nature communications

    2019  Volume 10, Issue 1, Page(s) 1045

    Abstract: ... control framework has limited our ability to manipulate these microbial communities. Here we fill this gap ... by developing a control framework based on the new notion of structural accessibility. Our framework uses ... of which allows controlling the whole community. We numerically validate our control framework on large ...

    Abstract Microbes form complex communities that perform critical roles for the integrity of their environment or the well-being of their hosts. Controlling these microbial communities can help us restore natural ecosystems and maintain healthy human microbiota. However, the lack of an efficient and systematic control framework has limited our ability to manipulate these microbial communities. Here we fill this gap by developing a control framework based on the new notion of structural accessibility. Our framework uses the ecological network of the community to identify minimum sets of its driver species, manipulation of which allows controlling the whole community. We numerically validate our control framework on large communities, and then we demonstrate its application for controlling the gut microbiota of gnotobiotic mice infected with Clostridium difficile and the core microbiota of the sea sponge Ircinia oros. Our results provide a systematic pipeline to efficiently drive complex microbial communities towards desired states.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Clostridioides difficile/physiology ; Ecosystem ; Gastrointestinal Microbiome/physiology ; Germ-Free Life ; Host Microbial Interactions/physiology ; Mice ; Models, Biological ; Porifera/microbiology ; Porifera/physiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-03-05
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2553671-0
    ISSN 2041-1723 ; 2041-1723
    ISSN (online) 2041-1723
    ISSN 2041-1723
    DOI 10.1038/s41467-019-08890-y
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  5. Article ; Online: Revealing Complex Ecological Dynamics via Symbolic Regression.

    Chen, Yize / Angulo, Marco Tulio / Liu, Yang-Yu

    BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology

    2019  Volume 41, Issue 12, Page(s) e1900069

    Abstract: Understanding the dynamics of complex ecosystems is a necessary step to maintain and control them. Yet, reverse-engineering ecological dynamics remains challenging largely due to the very broad class of dynamics that ecosystems may take. Here, this ... ...

    Abstract Understanding the dynamics of complex ecosystems is a necessary step to maintain and control them. Yet, reverse-engineering ecological dynamics remains challenging largely due to the very broad class of dynamics that ecosystems may take. Here, this challenge is tackled through symbolic regression, a machine learning method that automatically reverse-engineers both the model structure and parameters from temporal data. How combining symbolic regression with a "dictionary" of possible ecological functional responses opens the door to correctly reverse-engineering ecosystem dynamics, even in the case of poorly informative data, is shown. This strategy is validated using both synthetic and experimental data, and it is found that this strategy is promising for the systematic modeling of complex ecological systems.
    MeSH term(s) Ecology ; Ecosystem ; Models, Theoretical
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-10-16
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 50140-2
    ISSN 1521-1878 ; 0265-9247
    ISSN (online) 1521-1878
    ISSN 0265-9247
    DOI 10.1002/bies.201900069
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  6. Article ; Online: Coexistence holes characterize the assembly and disassembly of multispecies systems.

    Angulo, Marco Tulio / Kelley, Aaron / Montejano, Luis / Song, Chuliang / Saavedra, Serguei

    Nature ecology & evolution

    2021  Volume 5, Issue 8, Page(s) 1091–1101

    Abstract: A central goal of ecological research has been to understand the limits on the maximum number of species that can coexist under given constraints. However, we know little about the assembly and disassembly processes under which a community can reach such ...

    Abstract A central goal of ecological research has been to understand the limits on the maximum number of species that can coexist under given constraints. However, we know little about the assembly and disassembly processes under which a community can reach such a maximum number, or whether this number is in fact attainable in practice. This limitation is partly due to the challenge of performing experimental work and partly due to the lack of a formalism under which one can systematically study such processes. Here, we introduce a formalism based on algebraic topology and homology theory to study the space of species coexistence formed by a given pool of species. We show that this space is characterized by ubiquitous discontinuities that we call coexistence holes (that is, empty spaces surrounded by filled space). Using theoretical and experimental systems, we provide direct evidence showing that these coexistence holes do not occur arbitrarily-their diversity is constrained by the internal structure of species interactions and their frequency can be explained by the external factors acting on these systems. Our work suggests that the assembly and disassembly of ecological systems is a discontinuous process that tends to obey regularities.
    MeSH term(s) Ecosystem
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-05-27
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ISSN 2397-334X
    ISSN (online) 2397-334X
    DOI 10.1038/s41559-021-01462-8
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  7. Article ; Online: Identifying keystone species in microbial communities using deep learning.

    Wang, Xu-Wen / Sun, Zheng / Jia, Huijue / Michel-Mata, Sebastian / Angulo, Marco Tulio / Dai, Lei / He, Xuesong / Weiss, Scott T / Liu, Yang-Yu

    Nature ecology & evolution

    2023  Volume 8, Issue 1, Page(s) 22–31

    Abstract: ... keystone species identification (DKI) framework based on deep learning to resolve this challenge. Our key ... validated this DKI framework using synthetic data and applied DKI to analyse real data. We found ... The presented DKI framework demonstrates the power of machine learning in tackling a fundamental problem ...

    Abstract Previous studies suggested that microbial communities can harbour keystone species whose removal can cause a dramatic shift in microbiome structure and functioning. Yet, an efficient method to systematically identify keystone species in microbial communities is still lacking. Here we propose a data-driven keystone species identification (DKI) framework based on deep learning to resolve this challenge. Our key idea is to implicitly learn the assembly rules of microbial communities from a particular habitat by training a deep-learning model using microbiome samples collected from this habitat. The well-trained deep-learning model enables us to quantify the community-specific keystoneness of each species in any microbiome sample from this habitat by conducting a thought experiment on species removal. We systematically validated this DKI framework using synthetic data and applied DKI to analyse real data. We found that those taxa with high median keystoneness across different communities display strong community specificity. The presented DKI framework demonstrates the power of machine learning in tackling a fundamental problem in community ecology, paving the way for the data-driven management of complex microbial communities.
    MeSH term(s) Deep Learning ; Microbiota ; Machine Learning
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-11-16
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2397-334X
    ISSN (online) 2397-334X
    DOI 10.1038/s41559-023-02250-2
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  8. Article ; Online: A theoretical framework for controlling complex microbial communities

    Marco Tulio Angulo / Claude H. Moog / Yang-Yu Liu

    Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-

    2019  Volume 12

    Abstract: ... Here, the authors introduce the notion of structural accessibility and develop a framework to identify ...

    Abstract Controlling microbial communities could help restore ecosystems and maintain healthy microbiota. Here, the authors introduce the notion of structural accessibility and develop a framework to identify minimal sets of driver species, manipulation of which could allow control of a microbial community.
    Keywords Science ; Q
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Nature Publishing Group
    Document type Article ; Online
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  9. Article ; Online: A theoretical framework for controlling complex microbial communities

    Marco Tulio Angulo / Claude H. Moog / Yang-Yu Liu

    Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-

    2019  Volume 12

    Abstract: ... Here, the authors introduce the notion of structural accessibility and develop a framework to identify ...

    Abstract Controlling microbial communities could help restore ecosystems and maintain healthy microbiota. Here, the authors introduce the notion of structural accessibility and develop a framework to identify minimal sets of driver species, manipulation of which could allow control of a microbial community.
    Keywords Science ; Q
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Nature Portfolio
    Document type Article ; Online
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  10. Article ; Online: A simple criterion to design optimal non-pharmaceutical interventions for mitigating epidemic outbreaks.

    Angulo, Marco Tulio / Castaños, Fernando / Moreno-Morton, Rodrigo / Velasco-Hernández, Jorge X / Moreno, Jaime A

    Journal of the Royal Society, Interface

    2021  Volume 18, Issue 178, Page(s) 20200803

    Abstract: For mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic, much emphasis is made on implementing non-pharmaceutical interventions to keep the reproduction number below one. However, using that objective ignores that some of these interventions, like bans of public events or ... ...

    Abstract For mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic, much emphasis is made on implementing non-pharmaceutical interventions to keep the reproduction number below one. However, using that objective ignores that some of these interventions, like bans of public events or lockdowns, must be transitory and as short as possible because of their significant economic and societal costs. Here, we derive a simple and mathematically rigorous criterion for designing optimal transitory non-pharmaceutical interventions for mitigating epidemic outbreaks. We find that reducing the reproduction number below one is sufficient but not necessary. Instead, our criterion prescribes the required reduction in the reproduction number according to the desired maximum of disease prevalence and the maximum decrease of disease transmission that the interventions can achieve. We study the implications of our theoretical results for designing non-pharmaceutical interventions in 16 cities and regions during the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, we estimate the minimal reduction of each region's contact rate necessary to control the epidemic optimally. Our results contribute to establishing a rigorous methodology to design optimal non-pharmaceutical intervention policies for mitigating epidemic outbreaks.
    MeSH term(s) COVID-19 ; Communicable Disease Control ; Disease Outbreaks/prevention & control ; Humans ; Pandemics ; SARS-CoV-2
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-05-12
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2156283-0
    ISSN 1742-5662 ; 1742-5689
    ISSN (online) 1742-5662
    ISSN 1742-5689
    DOI 10.1098/rsif.2020.0803
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