Bacteriophage (phage) therapy, ie, the use of viruses that infect bacteria as antimicrobial
agents, is a promising alternative to conventional antibiotics. Indeed, resistance to antibiotics …

Bacteria–phage coevolution, the reciprocal evolution between bacterial hosts and the
phages that infect them, is an important driver of ecological and evolutionary processes in …

Phages are the most abundant organisms in the biosphere and they are a ubiquitous feature
of prokaryotic existence. A bacteriophage is a virus which infects a bacterium. Archaea are …

Studying the coevolutionary dynamics between bacteria and the bacteriophage viruses that
infect them is critical to understanding both microbial diversity and ecosystem functioning …

Over the past two decades, marine virology has progressed from a curiosity to an intensely
studied topic of critical importance to oceanography. At concentrations of approximately 10 …

The biodiversity of microbial communities has important implications for the stability and
functioning of ecosystem processes. Yet, very little is known about the environmental factors …

Bacteria and their viruses (phages) undergo rapid coevolution in test tubes, but the
relevance to natural environments is unclear. By using a “mark-recapture” approach, we …

Viruses are the most abundant life forms on Earth, with an estimated 10 31 total viruses
globally. The majority of these viruses infect microbes, whether bacteria, archaea or …

SUMMARY A trade-off between strategies maximizing growth and minimizing losses
appears to be a fundamental property of evolving biological entities existing in environments …

The intestinal microbiota is intimately linked to human health. Decoding the mechanisms
underlying its stability in healthy subjects should uncover causes of microbiota-associated …