The genomics era has revolutionized studies of adaptive evolution by monitoring large
numbers of loci throughout the genomes of many individuals. Ideally, the investigation of …

Micro-organisms play key roles in various ecosystems, but many of their functions and
interactions remain undefined. To investigate the ecological relevance of microbial …

Bacteria display dynamic abundance fluctuations over time in marine environments, where
they play key biogeochemical roles. Here, we characterized the seasonal dynamics of …

The swift rise of omics-approaches allows for investigating microbial diversity and plant-
microbe interactions across diverse ecological communities and spatio-temporal scales. The …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) and gene duplication are often considered as separate
mechanisms driving the evolution of new functions. However, the mobile genetic elements …

Background Although originally thought to evolve clonally, studies have revealed that most
bacteria exchange DNA. However, it remains unclear to what extent gene flow shapes the …

Prochlorococcus are the most abundant free-living photosynthetic carbon-fixing organisms
in the ocean. Prochlorococcus show small genome sizes, low genomic G+ C content …

A persistent microbial seed bank is postulated to sustain the marine biosphere, and recent
findings show that prokaryotic taxa present in the ocean's surface dominate prokaryotic …

The activities of different microbes in the cow rumen have been shown to modulate the
host's ability to utilize plant biomass, while the host–rumen interface has received little …

The phyllosphere microbiome is increasingly recognised as an influential component of
plant physiology, yet it remains unclear whether stable host-microbe associations generally …