Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)—the ability of microorganisms to adapt and survive under
diverse chemical selection pressures—is influenced by complex interactions between …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the six bacterial pathogens, Enterococcus faecium,
Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas …

Studying within-species variation has traditionally been limited to culturable bacterial
isolates and low-resolution microbial community fingerprinting. Metagenomic sequencing …

As one of the few cellular traits that can be quantified across the tree of life, DNA-replication
fidelity provides an excellent platform for understanding fundamental evolutionary …

The discovery of penicillin by Sir Alexander Fleming in 1928 provided us with access to a
new class of compounds useful at fighting bacterial infections: antibiotics. Ever since, a …

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

Antibiotic resistance is often the result of mutations that block drug activity; however, bacteria
also evade antibiotics by transiently expressing genes such as multidrug efflux pumps. A …

M. tuberculosis is evolving antibiotic resistance, threatening attempts at tuberculosis
epidemic control. Mechanisms of resistance, including genetic changes favored by selection …

From protists to humans, all animals and plants are inhabited by microbial organisms. There
is an increasing appreciation that these resident microbes influence the fitness of their plant …

The Logic of Chance offers a reappraisal and a new synthesis of theories, concepts, and
hypotheses on the key aspects of the evolution of life on earth in light of comparative …