Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 2021 Pectobacterium atrosepticum is a narrow-host-range, pectinolytic, plant-pathogenic bacterium causing blackleg of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) worldwide. Till present, several P.
Robert Czajkowski +4 more
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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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Sphagnum physiology in the context of changing climate: emergent influences of genomics, modelling and host-microbiome interactions on understanding ecosystem function. [PDF]
, 2014 Peatlands harbour more than one-third of terrestrial carbon leading to the argument that the bryophytes, as major components of peatland ecosystems, store more organic carbon in soils than any other collective plant taxa. Plants of the genus Sphagnum are
Gu, Lianhong +9 more
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Movement ecology and sex are linked to barn owl microbial community composition. [PDF]
, 2020 The behavioural ecology of host species is likely to affect their microbial communities, because host sex, diet, physiology, and movement behaviour could all potentially influence their microbiota.
Bowie, Rauri CK +8 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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Microbial genomic taxonomy [PDF]
, 2013 A need for a genomic species definition is emerging from several independent studies worldwide. In this commentary paper, we discuss recent studies on the genomic taxonomy of diverse microbial groups and a unified species definition based on genomics ...
Chimetto, Luciane +5 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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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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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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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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