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

The establishment of bacterial biofilms on surfaces is a complex process that requires
various factors for each consecutive developmental step. Here we report the screening of …

Transcriptomic studies have revealed a large number of uncharacterized genes that are
differentially expressed in biofilms, which may be important in regulating biofilm phenotypes …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a gram-negative opportunistic pathogen often associated with
nosocomial infections that are made more severe by this bacterium's ability to form robust …

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

Comparative genomics has greatly facilitated the identification of shared as well as unique
features among individual cells or tissues, and thus offers the potential to find disease …

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 …

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

Bacteria in biofilms have higher antibiotic tolerance than their planktonic counterparts. A
major outstanding question is the degree to which the biofilm-specific cellular state and its …

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