The principle of monoclonality with regard to bacterial infections was considered immutable
prior to 30 years ago. This view, espoused by Koch for acute infections, has proven …

Groundbreaking research on the universality and diversity of microorganisms is now
challenging the life sciences to upgrade fundamental theories that once seemed …

Microbiome research is a quickly developing field in biomedical research, and we have
witnessed its potential in understanding the physiology, metabolism and immunology, its …

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This collection of 14 articles in Frontiers in Cellular and Infectious Microbiology aims to re-
assess Darwinian and neo-darwinian concepts of biological evolution in the light of the …

Studies in microbial evolution have focused on the origin and vertical transmission of
genetic variation within populations experiencing limited recombination. Genomic analyses …

The distributed genome hypothesis (DGH) states that each strain within a bacterial species
receives a unique distribution of genes from a population-based supragenome that is many …

Despite our interest and motivation, bacteria are not particularly easy organisms to study;
their niches are complex and poorly understood and the vast majority of these species are …

Bacterial pathogens impose a heavy burden of disease on human populations worldwide.
The gravest threats are posed by highly virulent respiratory pathogens, enteric pathogens …

Viewpoints regarding the evolution of pathogenic bacteria have themselves evolved over
the past two decades. Although it is perhaps extreme to suggest different teleological camps …