Soil microorganisms carry out important processes, including support of plant growth and
cycling of carbon and other nutrients. However, the majority of soil microbes have not yet …

The marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus is the smallest and most abundant
photosynthetic organism on Earth. In this Review, we summarize our understanding of the …

In animals and plants, social structure can reduce conflict within populations and bias
aggression toward competing populations; however, for bacteria in the wild it remains …

Antibiotics have natural functions, mostly involving cell-to-cell signaling networks. The
anthropogenic production of antibiotics, and its release in the microbiosphere results in a …

The genetic variants that underlie microbial environmental adaptation are key components
of models of microbial diversification. Characterizing adaptive variants and the pangenomic …

Recent work draws attention to community-community encounters ('coalescence') as likely
an important factor shaping natural ecosystems. This work builds on MacArthur's classic …

Wildlife diseases can have significant impacts on wildlife conservation and management.
Many of the pathogens that affect wildlife also have important implications for domestic …

Members of the neutrophilic iron-oxidizing candidate class Zetaproteobacteria have
predominantly been found at sites of microbially mediated iron oxidation in marine …

Extrinsic factors influencing evolutionary processes are often categorically lumped into
interactions that are environmentally (eg, climate, landscape) or community-driven, with little …

The development of culture-independent strategies to study microbial diversity and function
has led to a revolution in microbial ecology, enabling us to address fundamental questions …