Understanding the characteristics of functional organisms is the key to managing and
updating biological processes for wastewater treatment. This review, for the first time …

Advancements in synthetic biology have facilitated the incorporation of heterologous
metabolic pathways into various bacterial chassis, leading to the synthesis of targeted …

Soil is home to a multitude of microorganisms from all three domains of life. These
organisms and their interactions are crucial in driving the cycling of soil carbon. One key …

Size and shape profoundly influence an organism's ecophysiological performance and
evolutionary fitness, suggesting a link between morphology and diversity. However, not …

Submicron-precision particle characterization is crucial for counting, sizing and identifying a
variety of biological particles, such as bacteria and apoptotic bodies. Microfluidic impedance …

Bacteria adopt a wide variety of sizes and shapes, with many species exhibiting
stereotypical morphologies. How morphology changes, and over what timescales, is less …

Data from nearly 1000 species reveal the upper bound to rates of biomass production
achievable by natural selection across the Tree of Life. For heterotrophs, maximum growth …

A fitness landscape is a map between the genotype and its reproductive success in a given
environment. The topography of fitness landscapes largely governs adaptive dynamics …

Body size covaries with population dynamics across life's domains. Metabolism may impose
fundamental constraints on the coevolution of size and demography, but experimental tests …

One of the most common bacterial shapes is a rod, yet we have a limited understanding of
how this simple shape is constructed. While only six proteins are required for rod shape, we …