… of the long-term dynamics of competition that remain to be tested. … microbial competition
will allow us to better predict the behaviour of microbes, and to control and manipulate microbial …

… distinct mechanisms of microbial allelopathy, each with a distinct mediator of competition:
chemicals, viruses or immunity. The study of chemically mediated microbial competition is by …

… In principle, this could lead to resource competition. However, not all of these generalists
compete for all of the available resources at the same time [3]. Rather, microbes often use …

… hyperparasitism has a critical role in the evolution and epidemiology of microbial pathogens.
We conclude that these ecological and evolutionary effects may combine to shape patterns …

… In this Perspective, we draw on emerging ecological theory to illustrate … in competitive ability
for understanding costs of resistance and the persistence of resistant pathogens in microbial …

… microbes, why should we study the evolution of microbes? That is the rest of the story! Microbial
evolution in the past and microbial evolution … evolutionary ecology principles to microbes…

… When this approach is informed by predictive evolutionary ecological theory and appropriate
evolutionary selection, we think that creating engineered consortia will be a realizable goal. …

… microbes with their largely inaccessible ecology. In the following three subsections, I first
review what sociobiology has taught us about microbes … include ecology and eco-evolutionary …

… biofilms, which were dominated by competitive interactions, resulted in reduced levels of
competition due to the inhibition of highly competitive species within the population. This led to …

… the ecology and evolution of their host. We review the natural history and evolutionary ecology
of … , before examining their impact on host ecology and evolution. We posit that sex-ratio …