Invasive Staphylococcus aureus infections are common, causing high mortality,
compounded by the propensity of the bacterium to develop drug resistance. S. aureus is an …

The fascinating patterns of collective motion created by autonomously driven particles have
fuelled active-matter research for over two decades. So far, theoretical active-matter …

Studying within-species variation has traditionally been limited to culturable bacterial
isolates and low-resolution microbial community fingerprinting. Metagenomic sequencing …

Bacteria often live within matrix-embedded communities, termed biofilms, which are now
understood to be a major mode of microbial life. The study of biofilms has revealed their vast …

Microbes are typically surrounded by different strains and species with whom they compete
for scarce nutrients and limited space. Given such challenging living conditions, microbes …

Bacteria possess a diverse range of mechanisms for inhibiting competitors, including
bacteriocins, tailocins, type VI secretion systems and contact-dependent inhibition (CDI) …

A key aspect of bacterial survival is the ability to evolve while migrating across spatially
varying environmental challenges. Laboratory experiments, however, often study evolution …

How do growing bacterial colonies get their shapes? While colony morphogenesis is well
studied in two dimensions, many bacteria grow as large colonies in three-dimensional (3D) …

In active matter, particles typically experience mediated interactions, which are not
constrained by Newton's third law and are therefore generically non-reciprocal. Non …

The face of evolutionary biology is changing: from reconstructing and analysing the past to
predicting future evolutionary processes. Recent developments include prediction of …