Microbial evolution and transitions along the parasite–mutualist continuum

GC Drew, EJ Stevens, KC King - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2021 - nature.com
Virtually all plants and animals, including humans, are home to symbiotic microorganisms.
Symbiotic interactions can be neutral, harmful or have beneficial effects on the host …

Ecology and evolution of antimicrobial resistance in bacterial communities

MJ Bottery, JW Pitchford, VP Friman - The ISME Journal, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Accumulating evidence suggests that the response of bacteria to antibiotics is significantly
affected by the presence of other interacting microbes. These interactions are not typically …

Coevolutionary theory of hosts and parasites

LJ Buckingham, B Ashby - Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Host and parasite evolution are closely intertwined, with selection for adaptations and
counter‐adaptations forming a coevolutionary feedback loop. Coevolutionary dynamics are …

Plant disease risk is modified by multiple global change drivers

AL Laine - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Plant diseases are strongly influenced by host biodiversity, spatial structure, and abiotic
conditions. All of these are undergoing rapid change, as the climate is warming, habitats are …

Community context matters for bacteria-phage ecology and evolution

M Blazanin, PE Turner - The ISME Journal, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Bacteria-phage symbioses are ubiquitous in nature and serve as valuable biological
models. Historically, the ecology and evolution of bacteria-phage systems have been …

Next-generation cophylogeny: unravelling eco-evolutionary processes

I Blasco-Costa, A Hayward, R Poulin… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2021 - cell.com
A fundamental question in evolutionary biology is how microevolutionary processes
translate into species diversification. Cophylogeny provides an appropriate framework to …

The coevolutionary consequences of biodiversity change

AL Laine, JM Tylianakis - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2024 - cell.com
Coevolutionary selection is a powerful process sha** species interactions and
biodiversity. Anthropogenic global environmental change is resha** planetary …

Experimental (co) evolution in a multi‐species microbial community results in local maladaptation

M Castledine, D Padfield, A Buckling - Ecology Letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Interspecific coevolutionary interactions can result in rapid biotic adaptation, but most
studies have focused only on species pairs. Here, we (co) evolved five microbial species in …

The evolution of coevolution in the study of species interactions

AA Agrawal, X Zhang - Evolution, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The study of reciprocal adaptation in interacting species has been an active and inspiring
area of evolutionary research for nearly 60 years. Perhaps owing to its great natural history …

Phylogenetic congruence between Neotropical primates and plants is driven by frugivory

L Fuzessy, FAO Silveira, L Culot, P Jordano… - Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Seed dispersal benefits plants and frugivores, and potentially drives co‐evolution, with
consequences to diversification evidenced for, eg, primates. Evidence for macro …