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In 2021 @microbioj @MicrobioSoc launched a Microbial Evolution section: we are very excited to receive your new submissions!
But @microbioj actually has a long history of publishing great microbial evolution papers over the years!
Here are some of the highlights from 2020:
But @microbioj actually has a long history of publishing great microbial evolution papers over the years!
Here are some of the highlights from 2020:
Overturning the dogma that P. aeruginosa is non-competent @Cwhitch &co showed recombination by natural transformation happens in biofilms (which are chock full of naked DNA...) with big implications for understanding the genome evolution of this pathogen https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/mic.0.000956
Cheats are a problem for cooperation in bacteria, as in humans. Linking expression of public + private goods through quorum sensing should favour cooperation but @Jamesrgurney &co show instead that evolution rewires QS enabling new cheater strategies https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/mic.0.000941
Diversity is a common feature of biofilms but why? @RobYn_Jerdan &co show that diverse biofilm-forming mutants of P. fluorescens are ecologically distinct, fulfilling different roles. Diversity may therefore underlie the success of the biofilm lifestyle https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/mic.0.000938
Some bacterial symbionts like V. fischeri must also cope with life outside the host in a changing environment. Surprisingly, adaptation to acidic, but not alkaline, free-living conditions improved performance of symbionts back inside their squid host https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/mic.0.000884
Biotechnology often requires microbes that grow in extreme conditions. Two papers showed the power of adaptive laboratory evolution for generating tolerant strains and for understanding the varied molecular mechanisms enabling this
https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/mic.0.000982
https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/mic.0.000867
https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/mic.0.000982
https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/mic.0.000867
Acquiring new genes on plasmids is often costly but @jpjhall &co show that evolution can rapidly reduce fitness costs (within just 48 hours!) through diverse molecular mechanisms of compensatory evolution thus enabling horizontal gene transfer https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/mic.0.000862
And finally, @microbioj also publishes review papers like: The on-going community evolution experiment being done unwittingly in labs across the globe that use classic lab strains, now far from isogenic due to varied mutations acquired over past decades https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/mic.0.000869
The greater focus by @microbioj on microbial evolution will be great for our field!
We have an amazing team of new expert editors (more details soon)
So please do consider submitting your next discovery to @microbioj #publishingforthecommunity
We have an amazing team of new expert editors (more details soon)
So please do consider submitting your next discovery to @microbioj #publishingforthecommunity
