F. Bayer

Parallel ecological and evolutionary responses to selection in a natural bacterial community

The paper tracks ecological and evolutionary changes in a bacterial community under copper stress, finding that siderophore production converges at intermediate levels through both species sorting and evolution.

Network-based clustering unveils interconnected landscapes of genomic and clinical features across myeloid malignancies

The paper identifies novel subgroups in myeloid malignancies using a network-based clustering approach that integrates genomic and clinical features, improving prognostic accuracy.

Polaramycin B, and not physical interaction, is the signal that rewires fungal metabolism in the Streptomyces - Aspergillus interaction.

The paper identifies polaramycin B as the signaling molecule, not physical contact, that triggers metabolic rewiring in the Streptomyces-Aspergillus interaction by inducing ORS production and altering gene expression.

Resident microbial communities inhibit growth and antibiotic resistance evolution of Escherichia coli in human gut microbiome samples

This study shows that resident gut microbial communities suppress growth and prevent antibiotic resistance evolution in E. coli, even when resistance genes are present in the community.

Short-term evolution under copper stress increases probability of plasmid uptake

The paper shows that copper stress-induced evolution increases plasmid uptake probability in microbial clones.

Anthropogenic remediation of heavy metals selects against natural microbial remediation

The paper shows that liming acidic soils to remediate heavy metals reduces metal availability but selects against microbial taxa that naturally scavenge metals via siderophores.

Ecological selection of siderophore-producing microbial taxa in response to heavy metal contamination

The paper examines how heavy metal contamination influences siderophore production in microbial communities, finding increased production in contaminated environments.

Predicting the structure and function of coalesced microbial communities

The paper shows that mixing methanogenic communities leads to increased methane production, driven by dominant, resource-efficient communities rather than average species performance.