Microbial communities are shaped by positive and negative interactions ranging from
competition to mutualism. In the context of the mammalian gut and its microbial inhabitants …

How bacterial chemotaxis is performed is much better understood than why. Traditionally,
chemotaxis has been understood as a foraging strategy by which bacteria enhance their …

Mutualism is commonly observed in nature but not often reported for bacterial communities.
Although abiotic stress is thought to promote microbial mutualism, there is a paucity of …

Aerobic glycolysis, or preferential fermentation of glucose-derived pyruvate to lactate despite
available oxygen, is associated with proliferation across many organisms and conditions. To …

Despite numerous surveys of gene and species content in heterotrophic microbial
communities, such as those found in animal guts, oceans, or soils, it is still unclear whether …

Organisms—especially microbes—tend to live together in ecosystems. While some of these
ecosystems are very biodiverse, others are not, and while some are very stable over time …

A major unresolved question in microbiome research is whether the complex taxonomic
architectures observed in surveys of natural communities can be explained and predicted by …

Microbial communities are composed of cells of varying metabolic capacity, and regularly
include auxotrophs that lack essential metabolic pathways. Through analysis of auxotrophs …

Cancer cells rewire their metabolism to promote growth, survival, proliferation, and long-term
maintenance. The common feature of this altered metabolism is the increased glucose …

The rate of cell growth is crucial for bacterial fitness and drives the allocation of bacterial
resources, affecting, for example, the expression levels of proteins dedicated to metabolism …