Antibiotics are powerful drugs used in the treatment of bacterial infections. The inappropriate
use of these medicines has driven the dissemination of antibiotic resistance (AR) in most …

Any successful strategy aimed at enhancing crop productivity with microbial products
ultimately relies on the ability to scale at regional to global levels. Microorganisms that show …

Ecological theory suggests that habitat disturbance differentially influences distributions of
habitat generalist and specialist species. While well-established for macroorganisms, this …

How ecological niche breadth evolves is central to adaptation and speciation and has been
a topic of perennial interest. Niche breadth evolution research has occurred within …

Specialization is a concept based on a broad theoretical framework developed by
evolutionary biologists and ecologists. In the past 10 years, numerous studies have reported …

Introduction Microbial generalists and specialists are thought to have distinct impacts on
community dynamics, while there have been limited efforts to estimate their contribution to …

This study describes and validates a new method for metagenomic biomarker discovery by
way of class comparison, tests of biological consistency and effect size estimation. This …

Studies of local adaptation provide important insights into the power of natural selection
relative to gene flow and other evolutionary forces. They are a paradigm for testing …

The Vibrionaceae, which encompasses several potential pathogens, including V. cholerae,
the causative agent of cholera, and V. vulnificus, the deadliest seafood-borne pathogen, are …

Migration strategies in fishes comprise a rich, ecologically important, and socioeconomically
valuable example of biological diversity. The variation and flexibility in migration is evident …