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  "id": 17131833,
  "title": "Emergent metabolic cooperation in communities of microbes that maximise growth rate by optimal protein expression",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/emergent-metabolic-cooperation-in-communities-of-microbes-that",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.28.762437v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Many microbial communities involve metabolic exchanges between their members. We present a mathematical modelling formalism for studying the adaptation of metabolic strategies by microbes to external metabolites produced by themselves and their community partners. Each microbial species is assumed to maximise its growth rate by optimal allocation of finite biosynthetic resources for protein…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}