Virtually all plants and animals, including humans, are home to symbiotic microorganisms.
Symbiotic interactions can be neutral, harmful or have beneficial effects on the host …

For more than 30 years, the association between the Hawaiian bobtail squid, Euprymna
scolopes, and the bioluminescent bacterium Vibrio fischeri has been studied as a model …

Bioluminescence is a phenomenon that has fascinated mankind for centuries. Today the
phenomenon and its sibling, chemiluminescence, have impacted society with a number of …

Many symbiotic relationships rely on the acquisition of microbial partners from the
environment. However, the mechanisms by which microbial symbionts find and colonize …

As our understanding of the human microbiome progresses, so does the need for natural
experimental animal models that promote a mechanistic understanding of beneficial …

Bioluminescence spans all oceanic dimensions and has evolved many times—from bacteria
to fish—to powerfully influence behavioral and ecosystem dynamics. New methods and …

Integrons are assembly platforms—DNA elements that acquire open reading frames
embedded in exogenous gene cassettes and convert them to functional genes by ensuring …

The SAR11 clade consists of very small, heterotrophic marine α-proteobacteria that are
found throughout the oceans, where they account for about 25% of all microbial cells …

Microbial ecology is the study of interactions among microbes in natural environments and
their roles in biogeochemical cycles, food web dynamics, and the evolution of life. Microbes …

Vibrios are natural inhabitants of aquatic environments and form symbiotic or pathogenic
relationships with eukaryotic hosts. Recent studies reveal that the ability of vibrios to form …