Research from all publishers Recent investigations in microbial genetics have focused on elucidating the molecular determinants of gene regulation and the evolution of adaptive traits. Advances in ...

In a new study, researchers found that the microbes living in your gut pass on from one generation to the next. Knowing this is key to keeping them healthy.

The American Academy of Microbiology, the honorific leadership group and scientific think tank of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), announced today the release of its landmark report ...

Object Details author Kassen, Rees Summary "Why and how did life become so diverse? This has been a central problem in biology. Experimen-tal Evolution and the Nature of Biodiversity explores how ...

Anshuman Swain, Levi Fussell, William F. Fagan, Higher-order effects, continuous species interactions, and trait evolution shape microbial spatial dynamics, Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

Specialization in mutualisms is thought to be a major driver of diversification, but few studies have explored how novel specialization evolves, or its relation to the evolution of other niche axes. A ...