… We will then discuss evidence for and against microbial local adaptation in nature and
possible evolutionary mechanisms promoting or impeding it. Finally, we propose protocols for …

… to these variables, a more general way to estimate importance of local adaptation is to …
and local adaptation of this species affect the structure of a natural soil (compost) microbial …

… locally adapted is, at least in part, due to microbial community composition and vice versa.
Indeed, a reciprocal transplant study comparing local adaptation … primarily locally adapted to …

… Even for microbes that can be reliably found in the wild, … Here, we have circumvented these
issues in the microbial … islands may be the result of local adaptation to the 9 C difference in …

… If microbial communities are locally adapted to tolerate heavy metal concentrations in the
environment, one would expect the association patterns among microbial EEA from polluted …

… However, knowledge of home versus away comparisons aids interpretation of local versus
… of local adaptation. Henceforth, we use “local adaptation” to refer to local adaptation in the …

… This Molecular Ecology Special Issue on ‘Microbial Local Adaptation’ highlights different
approaches that can be used to study patterns and mechanisms of adaptation in microbes …

… Microbes are incredibly abundant and diverse and are key to … We measured local
adaptation of bacteria and their … -scale spatial structuring of microbial genetic diversity in soil. …

… leads to local adaptation. For instance, the consistent absence of certain microbial clades from
… populations that are locally adapted to the composition of their local microbial community. …

… If species in a community have similar responses to abiotic conditions, we would expect
local adaptation of individual species within a community to mirror local adaptation of the whole …