Keywordsmicrobial communities; mathematical models; dynamics; integrative modeling approaches; n/a; competitive exclusion principle; microbial interactions; nitrifying bacteria; coexistence; chemostat models; ecosystem functions; biofilm; mathematical modeling; gene; community; photosynthesis; photorespiration; chemostat model; phototroph-heterotroph consortium; microbial communities; biofilm consortia; gut microbiome; cross feeding; metabolic modeling; biofilm modeling; cross-feeding; cyanobacteria; elementary flux mode analysis; irradiance; resource allocation; RuBisCO; stress acclimation; microbial communities; mathematical modeling; community ecology; interspecies interactions; mechanistic modeling; phenomenological modeling; stochastic; deterministic; microbial ecology; simulation; null model; ecosystem function; microbial fuel cells; biolectrochemical systems; mathematical model; heterotrophic bacteria; methanogenic archaea; exoelectrogenic bacteria; complex substrate; microbial communities; host-microbe interactions; mathematical modelling; diatoms; synthetic ecology; algal biotechnology; individual-based model; invasion; bioaugmentation; engineered community; anaerobic fungi; in silico modeling; microbial consortia; dynamic flux balance analysis; non-model organism; lignocellulose; n/a