Building the microbiome in health and disease: niche construction and social conflict in bacteria

The demographic determinants of human microbiome health

(2015) Sylvie Estrela et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Antibiotic Treatment Selects for Cooperative Virulence of Salmonella Typhimurium

(2014) Médéric Diard et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Collective antibiotic resistance: mechanisms and implications

(2014) Nicole M Vega et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Precision microbiome reconstitution restores bile acid mediated resistance to Clostridium difficile

(2014) Charlie G. Buffie et al.   NATURE

Targeting virulence: can we make evolution-proof drugs?

(2014) Richard C. Allen et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

War and peace: social interactions in infections

(2014) H. C. Leggett et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Loss of Social Behaviours in Populations of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infecting Lungs of Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

(2014) Natalie Jiricny et al.   PLoS One

Cooperative secretions facilitate host range expansion in bacteria

(2014) Luke McNally et al.   Nature Communications

Bistable Expression of Virulence Genes in Salmonella Leads to the Formation of an Antibiotic-Tolerant Subpopulation

(2014) Markus Arnoldini et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Correction: Requirements for Pseudomonas aeruginosa Acute Burn and Chronic Surgical Wound Infection

(2014)   PLoS Genetics

Protist predation can favour cooperation within bacterial species

(2013) V.-P. Friman et al.   Biology Letters

THE NICHE CONSTRUCTION PERSPECTIVE: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL

(2013) Thomas C. Scott-Phillips et al.   EVOLUTION

Fecal Transplantation for RecurrentClostridium difficileInfection in Older Adults: A Review

(2013) Kristin E. Burke et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY

Stabilization of cooperative virulence by the expression of an avirulent phenotype

(2013) Médéric Diard et al.   NATURE

Biofilm streamers cause catastrophic disruption of flow with consequences for environmental and medical systems

(2013) Knut Drescher et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Clostridium difficile: A Cause of Diarrhea in Children

(2013) Megan A. Moreno et al.   JAMA Pediatrics

From Metabolism to Ecology: Cross-Feeding Interactions Shape the Balance between Polymicrobial Conflict and Mutualism

(2012) Sylvie Estrela et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Evolution of virulence in opportunistic pathogens: generalism, plasticity, and control

(2012) Sam P. Brown et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Species Interactions Alter Evolutionary Responses to a Novel Environment

(2012) Diane Lawrence et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Decomposition of dissolved organic matter released by an isolate of Microcystis aeruginosa and morphological profile of the associated bacterial community

(2011) IC. Moreira et al.   BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY

Peaceful Mutualism in the Gut: Revealing Key Commensal Bacteria for the Creation and Maintenance of Immunological Homeostasis

(2011) Jun Kunisawa et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

In-Vivo Expression Profiling of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections Reveals Niche-Specific and Strain-Independent Transcriptional Programs

(2011) Piotr Bielecki et al.   PLoS One

The Sociomicrobiology of Antivirulence Drug Resistance: a Proof of Concept

(2011) B. Mellbye et al.   mBio

Within-Host Competition Drives Selection for the Capsule Virulence Determinant of Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2010) Elena S. Lysenko et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Fitness correlates with the extent of cheating in a bacterium

(2010) N. JIRICNY et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Parallel Evolution in Pseudomonas aeruginosa over 39,000 Generations In Vivo

(2010) H. K. Huse et al.   mBio

Pseudomonas aeruginosaMicroevolution during Cystic Fibrosis Lung Infection Establishes Clones with Adapted Virulence

(2009) Alessandra Bragonzi et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Succession of Bacterial Populations during Plant Residue Decomposition in Rice Field Soil

(2009) J. Rui et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Horizontal Gene Transfer of the Secretome Drives the Evolution of Bacterial Cooperation and Virulence

(2009) Teresa Nogueira et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

DENSITY DEPENDENCE AND COOPERATION: THEORY AND A TEST WITH BACTERIA

(2009) Adin Ross-Gillespie et al.   EVOLUTION

SYNTHESIS: Evolutionary ecology of microbial wars: within-host competition and (incidental) virulence

(2009) Sam P. Brown et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Social evolution in micro-organisms and a Trojan horse approach to medical intervention strategies

(2009) S. P. Brown et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Spite and virulence in the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2009) R. F. Inglis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Characterizing a model human gut microbiota composed of members of its two dominant bacterial phyla

(2009) M. A. Mahowald et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Death and cannibalism in a seasonal environment facilitate bacterial coexistence

(2008) Daniel E. Rozen et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Self-destructive cooperation mediated by phenotypic noise

(2008) Martin Ackermann et al.   NATURE

Physiological heterogeneity in biofilms

(2008) Philip S. Stewart et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY