Figure 1.

Screen data processing and concept demonstration. (A) Example of a 3-bacteria consortium and its sub-consortia. The consortium can be seen as a super-consortium and split into 3 different pairs of sub-consortia, with corresponding in silico expression as matrix manipulation. Each row of the matrix represents an option for breaking down the original consortium demonstrated in the in vitro diagram. Letter ‘A’ refers to algae and numbers 1, 2, and 3 represent co-cultured bacteria strains. (B) Conceptual definitions for screen parameters CI and FS. (C) Hierarchical structures of multiple CI of the same consortium under different super-consortia.