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multi-function irreducible consortia
MULTI-FUNCTION CONSORTIUM (irreducible)
corpus v0.3.0 · hash 3574ed92836e…
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Provenanced sample report (Syntropa B13, multi-function irreducible discovery). corpus v0.2.0 (fingerprint 3574ed92836e) | tools v0.1.0 git f48abe1-dirty code 3708f923470b | env py3.13.13 win32 swiglpk5.0.13+osqp1.1.3+highspy1.15.1+pyscipopt6.2.1+optlang1.9.1 deps fec80ac6eed5 [UNCOMMITTED -- not git-reproducible until committed]. Honest-by-construction: read the caveats.
What this is
Minimal consortia that make a SUITE of products from a single feedstock, where EACH member contributes a distinct necessary function (remove any member -> lose >=1 product). This is the near-term form of the large-N north star reachable with stoichiometric community FBA (the single-target thermodynamic form needs TFA -- a Phase-2 capability). OOS-confirmed: the discovery mode replicates on held-out organism pools.
Consortium b13-0.2.0-persist-glc -- n=2, makes 7 products from glucose
Products: 12ppd__S, d23hb, etoh, for, ind3ac, pacald, ptrc
| member | source | uniquely necessary for (lost if removed) |
|---|---|---|
cme_gcf011059145 |
CarveMe 1.6.6 reconstruction from NCBI RefSeq proteome | d23hb, ind3ac, pacald, ptrc |
cme_gcf014202275 |
CarveMe 1.6.6 reconstruction from NCBI RefSeq proteome | etoh, for, ind3ac, pacald |
Caveats (disclosed up front)
- FBA proves a route is stoichiometrically POSSIBLE, not that a living cell/co-culture will do it.
- Every consortium here is a HYPOTHESIS until cultured; nothing is wet-lab validated.
- IRREDUCIBLE-by-CAPABILITY: removing any member loses >=1 product's community exchange -- the engine-native semantics, not a demonstrated obligate co-culture.
- N (members) is set by how many DISTINCT products are demanded vs. member generality -- reconstructions are production-generalists, so a small N covers many products. Larger balanced N needs a broader product suite or de-gap-filled specialist models.
- Where a member cannot grow alone yet contributes a product beside a feeder (an auxotroph), that is EMERGENT cross-feeding -- real in the model, a hypothesis for the bench.