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'Infeasible' results from simulatePairwiseInteractions #2213

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majunyeong opened this issue Jan 10, 2024 · 2 comments
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'Infeasible' results from simulatePairwiseInteractions #2213

majunyeong opened this issue Jan 10, 2024 · 2 comments

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@majunyeong
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I am trying to predict interactions between microbes using the simulatePairwiseInteractions function with my models created through CarveMe.
I modified the 'HighFiberDiet_Oxygen' condition provided in the tutorial ("https://opencobra.github.io/cobratoolbox/stable/tutorials/tutorialMicrobeMicrobeInteractions.html") to fit my model.

my_dietConstraints_240102.txt
(ex) EX_fuc_L[u] --> EX_fuc__L[u] (BiGG format)

However, I got the following result:
infeasible_result

Most of the results were 'Infeasible'. Even more confusing, some pairs used the same diet and got normal results like 'Parasitism' or 'Amensalism', while others got results like 'No_Result'.

I have found the following similar issue, which has not been resolved
: #2009

I also checked to make sure that the exchange functions I put in as dietConstraints in the paired models I used for testing existed for the most part. I found that on average, about 52% of the exchange functions in the dietConstraints are present in the paired model. When I did the same analysis using the AGORA models and the dietConstraints from the tutorial, I found that on average about 60% of the exchange functions in the dietConstraints were also present in the AGORA paired model. The problem didn't seem to be caused by the dietConstraint I modified not being recognized by my paired models.

How can I solve this problem?

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rmtfleming commented Jan 10, 2024 via email

@almut-heinken
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Hello,
do the individual models (without joining them) grow on this diet? You may have to add additional compounds to enable growth.
Best regards,
Almut

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