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 …

Given one conception of biological individuality (evolutionary, physiological, etc.), can a
holobiont–that is the host+ its symbiotic (mutualistic, commensalist and parasitic) …

Microbes and microbiology are seldom encountered in philosophical accounts of the life
sciences. Although microbiology is a well-established science and microbes the basis of life …

Many practicing biologists accept that nothing in their discipline makes sense except in the
light of evolution, and that natural selection is evolution's principal sense-maker. But what …

The theory of evolution by natural selection is, perhaps, the crowning intellectual
achievement of the biological sciences. There is considerable debate, though, about which …

Animals are associated with a microbiome that can affect their reproductive success. It is,
therefore, important to understand how a host and its microbiome coevolve. According to the …

Benthic diatoms are dominant primary producers in intertidal mudflats and constitute a major
source of organic carbon to consumers and decomposers residing within these ecosystems …

Host-microbe interactions play crucial roles in marine ecosystems. However, we still have
very little understanding of the mechanisms that govern these relationships, the evolutionary …

Epigenetic processes manage gene expression and products in a real‐time manner,
allowing a single genome to display different phenotypes. In this paper, we discussed the …

Taxonomy is the science of defining and naming groups of biological organisms based on
shared characteristics and, more recently, on evolutionary relationships. With the birth of …