Species loss within a microbial community can increase resource availability and spur
adaptive evolution. Environmental shifts that cause species loss or fluctuations in community …

Most species belong to ecological communities where their interactions give rise to
emergent community-level properties, such as diversity and productivity. Understanding and …

Mutually beneficial interspecific interactions are abundant throughout the natural world,
including between microbes. Mutualisms between microbes are critical for everything from …

Microbial evolution is typically studied in monocultures or in communities of competing
species. But microbes do not always compete and how positive inter-species interactions …

Clostridioides difficile can transiently or persistently colonize the human gut, posing a risk for
infections. This colonization is influenced by complex molecular and ecological interactions …

Resource partitioning is central to the incredible productivity of microbial communities,
including gigatons in annual methane emissions through syntrophic interactions. Previous …

Clostridioides difficile can transiently or persistently colonize the human gut, posing a risk
factor for infections. This colonization is influenced by complex molecular and ecological …

Populations facing lethal environmental change can avoid extinction by undergoing rapid
genetic adaptation, a phenomenon termed evolutionary rescue. While this phenomenon has …

Standard methods of monitoring the growth kinetics of anaerobic microorganisms are
generally impractical when there is a protracted or indeterminate period of active growth …

How natural and engineered microbial communities function depends on ecological interac-
29 tions between their member species. As species adapt to one another and to their …