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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, Martina Dal Bello   +1 more
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Considering Intra-individual Genetic Heterogeneity to Understand Biodiversity [PDF]

, 2019
In this chapter, I am concerned with the concept of Intra-individual Genetic Hetereogeneity (IGH) and its potential influence on biodiversity estimates. Definitions of biological individuality are often indirectly dependent on genetic sampling -and vice ...
A Cárdenas-Flores, A Roger, A Roger, AV Gonzalez, B Rinkevich, B Rinkevich, B Santelices, B Santelices, B Santelices, B Santelices, B Santelices, B Santelices, B Santelices, B Santelices, B Santelices, B Wang, C Angelard, C Wagg, DC Queller, DC Queller, DE Gill, DJ Herman, DS Wilson, E Boon, E Boon, E Boon, E Boon, E Clarke, G Kuhn, H Youssoufian, HJ Folse, HJ Folse, I Matos, I Zarraonaindia, IR Sanders, J Marleau, J Maynard Smith, J Vijg, JE Strassmann, JE Strassmann, JJ Morris, JO McInerney, JT Bonner, JT Staley, K Monro, L Collado-Vides, LW Buss, M Giovannetti, M Hijri, M O’Malley, M Pineda-Krch, M Pineda-Krch, M Schweinsberg, ME Samuels, MG Heijden van der, N Corradi, NB Spinner, P Bonfante, R Riley, RE Michod, RP Erickson, S Okasha, S Sarkar, S. Andrew Inkpen, T Fagerström, T Pradeu, T Wernberg, T Wyss, WF Doolittle, WF Doolittle   +69 more
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A more significant role for insertion sequences in large-scale rearrangements in bacterial genomes

mBio
Insertion 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, Lavisha Parab, Frederic Bertels, Jenna Gallie   +3 more
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Evolutionary biology for the 21st century [PDF]

, 2013
New theoretical and conceptual frameworks are required for evolutionary biology to capitalize on the wealth of data now becoming available from the study of genomes, phenotypes, and organisms - including humans - in their natural environments.Molecular ...
Arnold, Stevan J., Bejerano, Gill, Brodie, E. D., Hibbett, David, Hoekstra, Hopi E., Losos, Jonathan B., Mindell, David P., Monteiro, Antónia, Moritz, Craig, Orr, H. Allen, Petrov, Dmitri A., Renner, Susanne S., Ricklefs, Robert E., Soltis, Pamela S., Turner, Thomas L.   +14 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, Jason B Sylvan, William J. Brazelton, Benjamin J. Tully, Katrina eEdwards, Craig L. Moyer, John F Heidelberg, William C. Nelson   +7 more
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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, Angel León-Buitimea, Francisco de Jesús Balderas-Cisneros, Francisco de Jesús Balderas-Cisneros, César Rodolfo Garza-Cárdenas, César Rodolfo Garza-Cárdenas, Javier Alberto Garza-Cervantes, Javier Alberto Garza-Cervantes, José Rubén Morones-Ramírez, José Rubén Morones-Ramírez   +9 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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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, Whitney E England, Mark J Young, Joshua S Weitz, Rachel J Whitaker   +4 more
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Tiny microbes, enormous impacts: what matters in gut microbiome studies? [PDF]

, 2016
Many factors affect the microbiomes of humans, mice, and other mammals, but substantial challenges remain in determining which of these factors are of practical importance. Considering the relative effect sizes of both biological and technical covariates
Debelius, Justine, Gonzalez, Antonio, Knight, Rob, Song, Se Jin, Vazquez-Baeza, Yoshiki, Xu, Zhenjiang Zech   +5 more
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Research progress on the relationship between the changes in microbial community composition of plaque and dental caries in children

口腔疾病防治, 2021
Among many factors affecting dental caries, bacteria are its initiating factor. From the perspective of ecological plaque hypothesis, the application of modern molecular biology methods enable scholars to deeply explore the relationship between the ...
ZHOU Qingnan, SHANG Jiajian
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