Siderophores, the secondary metabolite of various microorganisms are ferric ion specific
chelators secreted under iron stressed condition. These non-ribosomal peptides have been …

Blood in healthy organisms is seen as a 'sterile'environment: it lacks proliferating microbes.
Dormant or not-immediately-culturable forms are not absent, however, as intracellular …

Most natural environments harbour a stunningly diverse collection of microbial species. In
these communities, bacteria compete with their neighbours for space and resources …

Why is it that some parasites cause high levels of host damage (ie virulence) whereas others
are relatively benign? There are now numerous reviews of virulence evolution in the …

Although virulence is typically attributed to single pathogenic strains, here we investigated
whether effectors secreted by a population of non-virulent strains could function as public …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

The microbial communities of humans are characteristic and complex mixtures of
microorganisms that have co-evolved with their human hosts. The species that make up …

Infections that consist of multiple parasite strains or species are common in the wild and are
a major public health concern. Theory suggests that these infections have a key influence on …

From an evolutionary perspective, social behaviours are those which have fitness
consequences for both the individual that performs the behaviour, and another individual …

It has been more than two decades since the formulation of the so‐called 'trade‐
off'hypothesis as an alternative to the then commonly accepted idea that parasites should …