Predator-prey dynamics of Vibrio cholerae on chitin suggest an alternative mode of biofilm formation in marine snow conditions Abstract. Vibrio cholerae is a ubiquitous marine bacterium that solubilizes and consumes chitin in the marine water column. In both the marine environment

Predator-prey dynamics of Vibrio cholerae on chitin suggest an alternative mode of biofilm formation in marine snow conditions

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Rapid resistance evolution against phage cocktails Abstract. When bacteria are treated with multiple antibiotics simultaneously, resistance is highly unlikely to evolve. In contrast, resistance against mult

Rapid resistance evolution against phage cocktails

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Priority effects drive strain-level community composition of honeybee gut microbiota Abstract. Gut microbial communities often differ at the strain level among individual hosts, but the mechanisms driving this variation remain poorly unders

Priority effects drive strain-level community composition of honeybee gut microbiota

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Density-dependent feedback and higher-order interactions enable coexistence in phage-bacteria community dynamics Abstract. Diverse phage-bacteria communities coexist at high densities in environmental, agricultural, and human-associated microbiomes. Phage-bacteria coe

Density-dependent feedback and higher-order interactions enable coexistence in phage-bacteria community dynamics

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Eco-evolutionary dynamics sustain a potent yet rare antibiotic gene cluster in Streptomyces Abstract. Microbial secondary metabolites have been recognized and utilized for nearly a century. Nevertheless, the eco-evolutionary mechanisms governing t

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Roles of microbial interactions in determining the establishment and function of synthetic consortium inoculants for soil applications

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Resistance variation and bacterial interactions shape adaptation of a genetically diverse pathogen population to antibiotic therapy Abstract. Antimicrobial resistance poses a major threat to global human health. The emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance is usually studied for

Resistance variation and bacterial interactions shape adaptation of a genetically diverse pathogen population to antibiotic therapy
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Downy mildew disease-suppressive soils transmit a protective core microbiome to the phyllosphere Abstract. Plants can respond to pathogen attack by assembling disease-suppressive microbiomes. In Arabidopsis thaliana, infection by the obligate foliar do

Downy mildew disease-suppressive soils transmit a protective core microbiome to the phyllosphere

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Phage infection fronts trigger early sporulation and viral entrapment in bacterial populations Abstract. Bacteriophage (phage) infect, lyse, and propagate within bacterial populations. However, physiological changes in bacterial cell state can protec

Phage infection fronts trigger early sporulation and viral entrapment in bacterial populations
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Mutations in legume genes that influence symbiosis create a complex selective landscape for rhizobial symbionts Abstract. In the mutualism between leguminous plants and rhizobia bacteria, rhizobia live inside root nodules, creating potential for host genes to shape t

Mutations in legume genes that influence symbiosis create a complex selective landscape for rhizobial symbionts

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Discovery and cultivation of prokaryotic taxa in the age of metagenomics and artificial intelligence Abstract. Despite advances in sequencing, microbial genomics, and cultivation techniques, the vast majority of prokaryotic species remain uncultured, which

Discovery and cultivation of prokaryotic taxa in the age of metagenomics and artificial intelligence

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Hidden reservoir of highly adaptable multi-host plasmids that propagate antibiotic genes in healthy human populations Abstract. Plasmids are key vectors for disseminating antibiotic resistance genes, yet their diversity and dynamics in the healthy human gut microbiome rema

Hidden reservoir of highly adaptable multi-host plasmids that propagate antibiotic genes in healthy human populations

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Pseudomonas virulence factor SaxA detoxifies plant glucosinolate hydrolysis products, rescuing a commensal that suppresses virulence gene expression Abstract. Plants produce a plethora of specialised metabolites that often play important roles in their defence against pathogenic microbes or herbivorous

Pseudomonas virulence factor SaxA detoxifies plant glucosinolate hydrolysis products, rescuing a commensal that suppresses virulence gene expression

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Metabolite interactions mediate beneficial alliances between Bacillus and Trichoderma for effective Fusarium wilt control
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Mycorrhizal control of microbial gene transcription and taxonomic composition in the rhizosphere and bulk soil

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Hyphal growth determines spatial organization and coexistence in a pathogenic polymicrobial community in a spatially structured environment Abstract. The bodies of macroorganisms host microbes living in multi-species communities. Sequencing approaches have revealed that different organs host di

Hyphal growth determines spatial organization and coexistence in a pathogenic polymicrobial community in a spatially structured environment

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Offensive role of the Bacillus extracellular matrix in driving metabolite-mediated dialogue and adaptive strategies with the fungus Botrytis Abstract. Bacterial–fungal interactions have traditionally been attributed to secondary metabolites, but the role of the bacterial extracellular matrix in

Offensive role of the Bacillus extracellular matrix in driving metabolite-mediated dialogue and adaptive strategies with the fungus Botrytis

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Everything is everywhere but Escherichia coli adapts to different niches Abstract. Pathogens that are harmless in one environment can cause serious disease in another. Among host-associated bacteria, transition between hosts can

Everything is everywhere but Escherichia coli adapts to different niches

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Epigenetic landscape underlying plant-microbiome chemical communication Abstract. Chemical communication, a universal mode among the interactive members within dynamic plant-microbiome systems, fundamentally drives coevolutiona

Epigenetic landscape underlying plant-microbiome chemical communication

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Competitive fitness of Staphylococcus aureus against nasal commensals depends on biotin biosynthesis and acquisition Abstract. The human nasal microbiome can serve as a reservoir for pathogens. In particular, the opportunistic pathogen Staphylococcus aureus can be a membe

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Competitive fitness of Staphylococcus aureus against nasal commensals depends on biotin biosynthesis and acquisition

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Interplay of ecological processes modulates microbial community reassembly following coalescence Abstract. Microbial community coalescence refers to the mixing of entire microbial communities and their environments. Despite conceptually analogous to a

Francisco on merging biotic and abiotic coalescence + proof-of-principle experiment with community coalescence in soil

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Ian on hemicellulose metabolism by root-associated Bacteriodota

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Host-microbiota matching and epigenetic modulation drive Daphnia magna responses to cyanobacterial stress Abstract. Microbial communities are crucial in host adaptation to stressors, particularly in dynamic ecosystems. In aquatic environments, Daphnia magna is

Host-microbiota matching and epigenetic modulation drive Daphnia magna responses to cyanobacterial stress

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Contrasting viral infection strategies for single cell and colonial Microcystis populations consistent with Black Queen dynamics Abstract. Cyanobacterial blooms dominated by Microcystis spp. pose significant ecological challenges, including the release of toxins and disruption of aqu

Contrasting viral infection strategies for single cell and colonial Microcystis populations consistent with Black Queen dynamics

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Epigenetic landscape underlying plant-microbiome chemical communication Abstract. Chemical communication, a universal mode among the interactive members within dynamic plant-microbiome systems, fundamentally drives coevolutiona

Epigenetic landscape underlying plant-microbiome chemical communication

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Synergistic biodegradation of polyethylene by experimentally evolved bacterial biofilms

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Pectin-derived oligogalacturonides shape mutualistic interactions between Bacillus and its host plant Abstract. Certain beneficial bacteria of the root-associated microbiome such as B. velezensis protect plants against diseases and are promising biocontrol

Pectin-derived oligogalacturonides shape mutualistic interactions between Bacillus and its host plant

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