Generation of genetic diversity is a prerequisite for bacterial evolution and adaptation. Short-
term diversification and selection within populations is, however, largely uncharacterised, as …

Studying parallel evolution of similar traits in independent within-species lineages provides
an opportunity to address evolutionary predictability of molecular changes underlying …

How biodiversity arises and can be maintained in asexual microbial populations growing on
a single resource remains unclear. Many models presume that beneficial genotypes will …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important opportunistic pathogen causing chronic airway
infections, especially in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. The majority of the CF patients acquire …

Bacterial cooperative associations and dynamics in biofilm microenvironments are of special
interest in recent years. Knowledge of localized gene‐expression and corresponding …

Background Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a ubiquitous environmental microorganism and
also a common cause of infection. Its ability to survive in many different environments and …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an environmental bacterium and an opportunistic human
pathogen. It is also a well-established model organism to study bacterial adaptation to …

Temperate phages drive genomic diversification in bacterial pathogens. Phage-derived
sequences are more common in pathogenic than nonpathogenic taxa and are associated …

Microbial population polymorphisms are commonly observed in natural environments,
including long-term infected hosts. However, the underlying processes promoting and …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa MPAO1 is the parental strain of the widely utilized transposon
mutant collection for this important clinical pathogen. Here, we validate a model system to …