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    Context Is Key: Comparative Biology Illuminates the Vertebrate Microbiome
    Commentary | Ecological and Evolutionary Science
    Context Is Key: Comparative Biology Illuminates the Vertebrate Microbiome

    Microbes affect vertebrates on timescales from daily to evolutionary, and the cumulative effect of these interactions is immense. However, how microbiomes compare across (host) species is poorly understood, as most studies focus on relatively few species. A recent mBio article by S. J. Song, J. G. Sanders, F. Delsuc, J. Metcalf, et al. (mBio 11:e02901-19, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio...

    Sarah M. Hird
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    Modeling of the Coral Microbiome: the Influence of Temperature and Microbial Network
    Research Article | Ecological and Evolutionary Science
    Modeling of the Coral Microbiome: the Influence of Temperature and Microbial Network

    Coral microbiome dysbiosis (i.e., shifts in the microbial community structure or complete loss of microbial symbionts) caused by environmental changes is a key player in the decline of coral health worldwide. Multiple factors in the water column and the surrounding biological community influence the dynamics of the coral microbiome. However, by including only temperature as an external factor, our model proved to be successful in...

    Laís F. O. Lima, Maya Weissman, Micheal Reed, Bhavya Papudeshi, Amanda T. Alker, Megan M. Morris, Robert A. Edwards, Samantha J. de Putron, Naveen K. Vaidya, Elizabeth A. Dinsdale
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    Bacterial Transformation Buffers Environmental Fluctuations through the Reversible Integration of Mobile Genetic Elements
    Research Article | Ecological and Evolutionary Science
    Bacterial Transformation Buffers Environmental Fluctuations through the Reversible Integration of Mobile Genetic Elements

    Natural transformation is the acquisition, controlled by bacteria, of extracellular DNA and is one of the most common mechanisms of horizontal gene transfer, promoting the spread of resistance genes. However, its evolutionary function remains elusive, and two main roles have been proposed: (i) the new gene acquisition and genetic mixing within bacterial populations and (ii) the removal of infectious parasitic mobile genetic elements (...

    Gabriel Carvalho, David Fouchet, Gonché Danesh, Anne-Sophie Godeux, Maria-Halima Laaberki, Dominique Pontier, Xavier Charpentier, Samuel Venner
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    Proposal of a Taxonomic Nomenclature for the <span class="named-content genus-species" id="named-content-1">Bacillus cereus</span> Group Which Reconciles Genomic Definitions of Bacterial Species with Clinical and Industrial Phenotypes
    Editor's Pick Research Article | Ecological and Evolutionary Science
    Proposal of a Taxonomic Nomenclature for the Bacillus cereus Group Which Reconciles Genomic Definitions of Bacterial Species with Clinical and Industrial Phenotypes

    Historical species definitions for many prokaryotes, including pathogens, have relied on phenotypic characteristics that are inconsistent with genome evolution. This scenario forces microbiologists and clinicians to face a tradeoff between taxonomic rigor and clinical interpretability. Using the Bacillus cereus group as a model, a conceptual framework for the...

    Laura M. Carroll, Martin Wiedmann, Jasna Kovac
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    Gliotoxin, a Known Virulence Factor in the Major Human Pathogen <span class="named-content genus-species" id="named-content-1">Aspergillus fumigatus</span>, Is Also Biosynthesized by Its Nonpathogenic Relative <em>Aspergillus fischeri</em>
    Observation | Ecological and Evolutionary Science
    Gliotoxin, a Known Virulence Factor in the Major Human Pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus, Is Also Biosynthesized by Its Nonpathogenic Relative Aspergillus fischeri

    Aspergillus fumigatus is a major opportunistic fungal pathogen of humans, but most of its close relatives are nonpathogenic. Why is that so? This important, yet largely unanswered, question can be addressed by examining how A. fumigatus and its close nonpathogenic relatives are similar or different...

    Sonja L. Knowles, Matthew E. Mead, Lilian Pereira Silva, Huzefa A. Raja, Jacob L. Steenwyk, Gustavo H. Goldman, Nicholas H. Oberlies, Antonis Rokas
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    Plasmids Shaped the Recent Emergence of the Major Nosocomial Pathogen <span class="named-content genus-species" id="named-content-1">Enterococcus faecium</span>
    Editor's Pick Research Article | Ecological and Evolutionary Science
    Plasmids Shaped the Recent Emergence of the Major Nosocomial Pathogen Enterococcus faecium

    Enterococcus faecium is one of the most frequent nosocomial pathogens of hospital-acquired infections. E. faecium has gained resistance against most commonly available antibiotics, most notably, against ampicillin, gentamicin, and vancomycin, which renders infections difficult to treat. Many...

    S. Arredondo-Alonso, J. Top, A. McNally, S. Puranen, M. Pesonen, J. Pensar, P. Marttinen, J. C. Braat, M. R. C. Rogers, W. van Schaik, S. Kaski, R. J. L. Willems, J. Corander, A. C. Schürch
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    Microbial Life Deep Underfoot
    Commentary | Ecological and Evolutionary Science
    Microbial Life Deep Underfoot

    Soil is one of the most diverse microbial habitats on Earth. While the distribution and abundance of microbial taxa in surface soils have been well described, the phylogenetic and functional diversity of bacteria and archaea in deep-soil strata remains unexplored.

    Jay T. Lennon
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    Effects of Spatial Variability and Relic DNA Removal on the Detection of Temporal Dynamics in Soil Microbial Communities
    Research Article | Ecological and Evolutionary Science
    Effects of Spatial Variability and Relic DNA Removal on the Detection of Temporal Dynamics in Soil Microbial Communities

    Nearly all microbial communities are dynamic in time. Understanding how temporal dynamics in microbial community structure affect soil biogeochemistry and fertility are key to being able to predict the responses of the soil microbiome to environmental perturbations. Here, we explain the effects of soil spatial structure and relic DNA on the determination of microbial community fluctuations over time. We found that intensive spatial...

    Paul Carini, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Eve-Lyn S. Hinckley, Hannah Holland‐Moritz, Tess E. Brewer, Garrett Rue, Caihong Vanderburgh, Diane McKnight, Noah Fierer
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    Carbon Use Efficiency and Its Temperature Sensitivity Covary in Soil Bacteria
    Research Article | Ecological and Evolutionary Science
    Carbon Use Efficiency and Its Temperature Sensitivity Covary in Soil Bacteria

    Soil microbes respond to environmental change by altering how they allocate carbon to growth versus respiration—or carbon use efficiency (CUE). Ecosystem and Earth System models, used to project how global soil C stocks will continue to respond to the climate crisis, often assume that microbes respond homogeneously to changes in the environment. In this study, we quantified how CUE varies with changes in temperature and substrate...

    Grace Pold, Luiz A. Domeignoz-Horta, Eric W. Morrison, Serita D. Frey, Seeta A. Sistla, Kristen M. DeAngelis
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    A Genus Definition for <em>Bacteria</em> and <em>Archaea</em> Based on a Standard Genome Relatedness Index
    Editor's Pick Research Article | Ecological and Evolutionary Science
    A Genus Definition for Bacteria and Archaea Based on a Standard Genome Relatedness Index

    In recent decades, the taxonomy of Bacteria and Archaea, and therefore genus designation, has been largely based on the use of a single ribosomal gene, the 16S rRNA gene, as a taxonomic marker. We propose an approach to delineate genera that excludes the direct use of the 16S rRNA gene and focuses on a standard genome relatedness index, the average nucleotide identity. Our findings are of importance to the microbiology...

    R. A. Barco, G. M. Garrity, J. J. Scott, J. P. Amend, K. H. Nealson, D. Emerson

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