Research on animal–microbiota interactions has become a central topic in biological
sciences because of its relevance to basic eco-evolutionary processes and applied …

Genetic variation in the human gut microbiome is responsible for conferring a number of
crucial phenotypes like the ability to digest food and metabolize drugs. Yet, our …

Ecology and evolution are considered distinct processes that interact on contemporary time
scales in microbiomes. Here, to observe these processes in a natural system, we collected a …

Microorganisms are the primary engines of biogeochemical processes and foundational to
the provisioning of ecosystem services to human society. Free‐living microbial communities …

Cheese fermentation and flavour formation are the result of complex biochemical reactions
driven by the activity of multiple microorganisms. Here, we studied the roles of microbial …

Recent studies have shown that microbial communities are composed of groups of
functionally cohesive taxa whose abundance is more stable and better-associated with …

Undefined starter cultures are poorly characterized bacterial communities from
environmental origin used in cheese making. They are phenotypically stable and have …

Recent observations have revealed that closely related strains of the same microbial
species can stably coexist in natural and laboratory settings subject to boom and bust …

Prokaryotic species are composed of multiple clonal lineages coexisting in the same habitat.
In recent years, understanding the maintenance of this high intraspecific genetic diversity in …

Multiple ecological forces act together to shape the composition of microbial communities.
Phyloecology approaches—which combine phylogenetic relationships between species …