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Synergy and Group Size in Microbial Cooperation [PDF]
, 2012 Microbes produce many molecules that are important for their growth and development, and the exploitation of these secretions by nonproducers has recently become an important paradigm in microbial social evolution. Although the production of these public-
Sumpter, David J. T. +4 more
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Towards Bioleaching of a Vanadium Containing Magnetite for Metal Recovery
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Vanadium – a transition metal – is found in the ferrous-ferric mineral, magnetite. Vanadium has many industrial applications, such as in the production of high-strength low-alloy steels, and its increasing global industrial consumption requires new ...
Sören Bellenberg +9 more
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Importance of positioning for microbial evolution [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2014 Significance Microbes commonly form dense communities that are central to many diseases and bioremediation. Here we demonstrate a simple and general principle of living in dense communities: microbes will commonly compete to reach nutrients at the community edge, akin to plants competing for light.
W. Kim +4 more
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Microbial warfare and the evolution of symbiosis
Biology Letters, 2022 Cooperative symbionts enable their hosts to exploit a diversity of environments. A low genetic diversity (high relatedness) between the symbionts within a host is thought to favour cooperation by reducing conflict within the host. However, hosts will not be favoured to transmit their symbionts (or commensals) in costly ways that increase relatedness ...
Patel, M, West, S
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Metabolic flexibility as a major predictor of spatial distribution in microbial communities [PDF]
, 2014 A better understand the ecology of microbes and their role in the global ecosystem could be achieved if traditional ecological theories can be applied to microbes. In ecology organisms are defined as specialists or generalists according to the breadth of
Carbonero Franck +11 more
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Animal Microbiome, 2023 Background In mammals, the gut microbiota has important effects on the health of their hosts. Recent research highlights that animal populations that live in captivity often differ in microbiota diversity and composition from wild populations.
Hanna M. Bensch +4 more
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Evolution and the microbial control of insects [PDF]
Evolutionary Applications, 2012 AbstractInsect pathogens can be utilized in a variety of pest management approaches, from inundative release to augmentation and classical biological control, and microevolution and the consideration of evolutionary principles can potentially influence the success of all these strategies.
Cory, Jenny S, Franklin, Michelle T
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Communications Earth & Environment, 2022 Distinct distributions of microbial communities are present across potential acid sulfate soils, the overlying transition zone and actual sulfate soils, according to genomic and transcriptomic analyses of an acid sulfate soil profile in Finland.
Eva Högfors-Rönnholm +8 more
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Seeing the forest for the genes: using metagenomics to infer the aggregated traits of microbial communities [PDF]
, 2014 Most environments harbor large numbers of microbial taxa with ecologies that remain poorly described and characterizing the functional capabilities of whole communities remains a key challenge in microbial ecology.
Daniel eLaughlin +8 more
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Microbial Effects on Repository Performance [PDF]
, 2010 This report presents a critical review of the international literature on microbial effects in and around a deep geological repository for higher activity wastes.
West, J. M. +2 more
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