Microbial Consortia

"Microbial Consortia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A group of different species of microorganisms that act together as a community.

Descriptor ID	D059013
MeSH Number(s)	G06.591.750 G16.500.275.157.049.100.500.750 N06.230.124.049.100.500.500
Concept/Terms	Microbial Consortia Microbial Consortia Consortia, Microbial Microbial Consortium Consortium, Microbial

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Microbial Consortia".

Biological Sciences [G]
Microbiological Phenomena [G06]
Microbiota [G06.591]
Microbial Consortia [G06.591.750]
Biological Phenomena [G16]
Ecological and Environmental Phenomena [G16.500]
Environment [G16.500.275]
Ecosystem [G16.500.275.157]
Biodiversity [G16.500.275.157.049]
Biota [G16.500.275.157.049.100]
Microbiota [G16.500.275.157.049.100.500]
Microbial Consortia [G16.500.275.157.049.100.500.750]
Health Care [N]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Environment [N06.230]
Ecosystem [N06.230.124]
Biodiversity [N06.230.124.049]
Biota [N06.230.124.049.100]
Microbiota [N06.230.124.049.100.500]
Microbial Consortia [N06.230.124.049.100.500.500]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2012	1	0	1
2014	1	0	1
2016	1	1	2
2018	2	1	3
2020	1	0	1
2021	0	1	1
2025	2	0	2

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Sokolova EA, Smirnova NV, Fedorets VA, Khlistun IV, Mishukova OV, Tromenschleger IN, Savenkov OA, Saprikin OI, Rogaev EI, Buyanova MD, Filippova IM, Mayorova TM, Glukhova MA, Ivanovna MM, Manakhov AD, Voronina EN. Microbial Consortium Application Under Temperature Stress: Effects on the Rhizosphere Microbiome and Plant Growth. Int J Mol Sci. 2025 Dec 07; 26(24).

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Menon R, Bhattarai SK, Crossette E, Prince AL, Olle B, Silber JL, Bucci V, Faith J, Norman JM. Multi-omic profiling a defined bacterial consortium for treatment of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection. Nat Med. 2025 Jan; 31(1):223-234.

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Noto Guillen M, Rosener B, Sayin S, Mitchell A. Assembling stable syntrophic Escherichia coli communities by comprehensively identifying beneficiaries of secreted goods. Cell Syst. 2021 11 17; 12(11):1064-1078.e7.

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Park H, Patel A, Hunt KA, Henson MA, Carlson RP. Artificial consortium demonstrates emergent properties of enhanced cellulosic-sugar degradation and biofuel synthesis. NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes. 2020 12 02; 6(1):59.

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Stein RR, Tanoue T, Szabady RL, Bhattarai SK, Olle B, Norman JM, Suda W, Oshima K, Hattori M, Gerber GK, Sander C, Honda K, Bucci V. Computer-guided design of optimal microbial consortia for immune system modulation. Elife. 2018 04 17; 7.

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Vasiliadou IA, Molina R, Martinez F, Melero JA, Stathopoulou PM, Tsiamis G. Toxicity assessment of pharmaceutical compounds on mixed culture from activated sludge using respirometric technique: The role of microbial community structure. Sci Total Environ. 2018 Jul 15; 630:809-819.

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Carlson RP, Beck AE, Phalak P, Fields MW, Gedeon T, Hanley L, Harcombe WR, Henson MA, Heys JJ. Competitive resource allocation to metabolic pathways contributes to overflow metabolisms and emergent properties in cross-feeding microbial consortia. Biochem Soc Trans. 2018 04 17; 46(2):269-284.

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Pold G, Billings AF, Blanchard JL, Burkhardt DB, Frey SD, Melillo JM, Schnabel J, van Diepen LT, DeAngelis KM. Long-Term Warming Alters Carbohydrate Degradation Potential in Temperate Forest Soils. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2016 11 15; 82(22):6518-6530.

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Scholz M, Ward DV, Pasolli E, Tolio T, Zolfo M, Asnicar F, Truong DT, Tett A, Morrow AL, Segata N. Strain-level microbial epidemiology and population genomics from shotgun metagenomics. Nat Methods. 2016 05; 13(5):435-8.

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Brown AR, Boothman C, Pimblott SM, Lloyd JR. The impact of gamma radiation on sediment microbial processes. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 Jun 15; 81(12):4014-25.

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