Metabolism Compatibility Map, display as a scatter plot, integrates complementarity index (x-axis) and competition index (y-axis) for all taxa covered in MicrobiomeNet based on GEMs.
Seed metabolite:
The minimal group of external compounds required by a specific organism to
produce all other compounds in its metabolism.
Competition index:
The similarity of the nutrition requirement of two microbes, denoted by the proportion
of shared seed metabolites.
Complementarity index:
The potential for one microbe to produce the seed motabolite required by another
microbe.