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

Multicellular communities of adherent bacteria known as biofilms are often detrimental in the
context of a human host, making it important to study their formation and dispersal …

During colonization of the Hawaiian bobtail squid (Euprymna scolopes), Vibrio fischeri
bacteria undergo a lifestyle transition from a planktonic motile state in the environment to a …

Facultative multicellular behaviors expand the metabolic capacity and physiological
resilience of bacteria. Despite their ubiquity in nature, we lack an understanding of how …

Interbacterial competition is prevalent in host-associated microbiota, where it can shape
community structure and function, impacting host health in both positive and negative ways …

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

The marine bacterium Vibrio fischeri efficiently colonizes its symbiotic squid host, Euprymna
scolopes, by producing a transient biofilm dependent on the symbiosis polysaccharide …

The symbiont Vibrio fischeri uses motility to colonize its host. In numerous bacterial species,
motility is negatively controlled by cyclic-di-GMP (c-di-GMP), which is produced by …

Cyclic diguanylate (c-di-GMP) is a near-ubiquitous signaling molecule that regulates the
motility-to-sessility transition in many bacterial species. Among the phenotypes influenced …

Midichloria spp. are intracellular bacterial symbionts of ticks. Representatives of this genus
colonise mitochondria in the cells of their hosts. To shed light on this unique interaction we …