A growing awareness of the diversity and ubiquity of microbes (eukaryotes, prokaryotes, and
viruses) associated with larger 'host'organisms has led to the realisation that many diseases …

Microbial interactions are crucial for Earth ecosystem function, but our knowledge about
them is limited and has so far mainly existed as scattered records. Here, we have surveyed …

The relationships between parasites and their hosts are intimate, dynamic and complex; the
evolution of one is inevitably linked to the other. Despite multiple origins of parasitism in the …

Drivers of marine disease outbreaks are poorly understood in spite of their growing impact.
We present here results from a unique case study examining how cockles Cerastoderma …

With over 10000 species of Amphipoda currently described, this order is one of the most
diverse groups of freshwater and marine Crustacea. Members of this group are globally …

Studies of animal and plant microbiomes are burgeoning, but the majority of these focus on
bacteria and rarely include microeukaryotes other than fungi. However, there is growing …

Host, pathogen, and environment are determinants of the disease triangle, the latter being a
key driver of disease outcomes and persistence within a community. The dinoflagellate …

Environmental DNA approaches are increasingly used to detect microorganisms in
environmental compartments, including water. They show considerable advantages to study …

Myxozoans are highly diverse and globally distributed cnidarian endoparasites in freshwater
and marine habitats. They have adopted a heteroxenous life cycle, including invertebrate …

Intracellular microcolonies of bacteria (IMC), in some cases developing large extracellular
cysts (bacterial aggregates), infecting primarily gill and digestive gland, have been …