Plant disease outbreaks pose significant risks to global food security and environmental
sustainability worldwide, and result in the loss of primary productivity and biodiversity that …

Recent studies have brought forward the critical role of emergent properties in shaping
microbial communities and the ecosystems of which they are a part. Emergent properties …

Sulfur as a macroelement plays an important role in biochemistry in both natural
environments and engineering biosystems, which can be further linked to other important …

Since the first edition of Stochastic Modelling for Systems Biology, there have been many
interesting developments in the use of" likelihood-free" methods of Bayesian inference for …

Communities of microorganisms (microbiota) are present in all habitats on Earth and are
relevant for agriculture, health, and climate. Deciphering the mechanisms that determine …

In the last two decades self-healing of concrete through microbial based carbonate
precipitation has emerged as a promising technology for making concrete structures more …

The physical interactions of growing bacterial cells with each other and with their
surroundings significantly affect the structure and dynamics of biofilms. Here a 3D agent …

Microbial communities are complex living systems that populate the planet with diverse
functions and are increasingly harnessed for practical human needs. To deepen the …

Biofilms are increasingly recognised as a critical global issue in a multitude of industries
impacting health, food and water security, marine sector, and industrial processes resulting …

Highlights•Dynamic models are powerful tools to understand and engineer microbial
communities.•Model frameworks vary across scales and require different types of …