Temperature and the development rates of thrips: Evidence for a constraint on local adaptation?
European Journal of Entomology, 2002 Typically, the relationship between insect development and temperature is described by two characteristics: the minimum temperature needed for development to occur (Tmin) and the number of day degrees required (DDR) for the completion of development.
David A. STACEY, Mark D.E. FELLOWES
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The Community Simulator: A Python package for microbial ecology
, 2020 Natural microbial communities contain hundreds to thousands of interacting species. For this reason, computational simulations are playing an increasingly important role in microbial ecology.
Cui, Wenping +3 more
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Bottom-Up Approaches to Synthetic Cooperation in Microbial Communities
Life, 2019 Microbial cooperation pervades ecological scales, from single-species populations to host-associated microbiomes. Understanding the mechanisms promoting the stability of cooperation against potential threats by cheaters is a major question that only ...
Daniel Rodríguez Amor +1 more
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A more significant role for insertion sequences in large-scale rearrangements in bacterial genomes
mBioInsertion sequences (ISs) are mobile pieces of DNA that are widespread in bacterial genomes. IS movements typically involve (i) excision of the IS element, (ii) cutting of target site DNA, and (iii) IS element insertion. This process generates a new copy
Wing Y. Ngan +3 more
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High-severity wildfire leads to multi-decadal impacts on soil biogeochemistry in mixed-conifer forests. [PDF]
, 2020 During the past century, systematic wildfire suppression has decreased fire frequency and increased fire severity in the western United States of America.
Bell C. W. +7 more
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Prospects for the study of evolution in the deep biosphere
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2012 Since the days of Darwin, scientists have used the framework of the theory of evolution to explore the interconnectedness of life on Earth and adaptation of organisms to the ever-changing environment.
Jennifer F Biddle +7 more
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Evolution of microbes and viruses: A paradigm shift in evolutionary biology?
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2012 When Charles Darwin formulated the central principles of evolutionary biology in the Origin of Species in 1859 and the architects of the Modern Synthesis integrated these principles with population genetics almost a century later, the principal if not ...
Eugene V. Koonin, Yuri I Wolf
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Synthetic Biology Tools for Engineering Microbial Cells to Fight Superbugs
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2022 With the increase in clinical cases of bacterial infections with multiple antibiotic resistance, the world has entered a health crisis. Overuse, inappropriate prescribing, and lack of innovation of antibiotics have contributed to the surge of ...
Angel León-Buitimea +9 more
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Meta-analysis reveals ammonia-oxidizing bacteria respond more strongly to nitrogen addition than ammonia-oxidizing archaea [PDF]
, 2016 Shifts in microbial communities driven by anthropogenic nitrogen (N) addition have broad-scale ecological consequences. However, responses of microbial groups to exogenous N supply vary considerably across studies, hindering efforts to predict community ...
Aronson, Emma L +4 more
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CRISPR-induced distributed immunity in microbial populations. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 In bacteria and archaea, viruses are the primary infectious agents, acting as virulent, often deadly pathogens. A form of adaptive immune defense known as CRISPR-Cas enables microbial cells to acquire immunity to viral pathogens by recognizing specific ...
Lauren M Childs +4 more
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