Bacteriophages (phages) are viruses that specifically infect bacteria. These viruses were
discovered a century ago and have been used as a model system in microbial genetics and …

Beneficial microbial symbionts that are horizontally acquired by their animal hosts undergo a
lifestyle transition from free-living in the environment to associating with host tissues. In the …

Background Many animals and plants acquire their coevolved symbiotic partners shortly
post-embryonic development. Thus, during embryogenesis, cellular features must be …

Bacteria-infecting viruses, bacteriophages, are the most abundant biological entities on the
planet, frequently serving as model systems in basic research and increasingly relevant for …

Parasite–host co-evolution results in population extinction or co-existence, yet the factors
driving these distinct outcomes remain elusive. In this study, Salmonella strains were …

The moon jellyfish Aurelia aurita is associated with a highly diverse microbiota changing
with provenance, tissue, and life stage. While the crucial relevance of bacteria to host fitness …

Many animals and plants use toxic molecules to defend themselves. Some make their
producers unpalatable to predators, some act as protective signals, and some directly inhibit …

The symbiotic relationship between the bioluminescent bacterium Vibrio fischeri and the
bobtail squid Euprymna scolopes serves as a valuable system to investigate bacterial …

Introduction The host range of phages is usually assessed with the agar overlay method.
However, this method is both cumbersome and subjective. Therefore, a microbroth assay …

Lysogens are bacteria that contain viruses (prophages) integrated into their genomes, and
these prophages often affect metabolic pathways and other traits of their bacterial hosts …