M. Sieber

Gut-associated functions are favored during microbiome assembly across C. elegans life

This study examines microbiome assembly dynamics in C. elegans, showing increased gut-associated functions and enrichment of specific bacterial genera over the host's lifetime.

On the effect of inheritance of microbes in commensal microbiomes

This study models microbial inheritance from parents to offspring and finds it significantly shapes microbiomes in hosts with short lifespans or limited environmental colonization.

SUB-OPTIMAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS PROLONG PHAGE EPIDEMICS IN BACTERIAL POPULATIONS

The paper shows that suboptimal environmental conditions slow phage resistance evolution in bacteria, prolonging phage epidemics and potentially increasing the persistence of virulent phages.

The effect of microbial selection on the occurrence-abundance patterns of microbiomes

The paper investigates how type-specific rates affect occurrence-abundance patterns in microbial communities using a computational model and finds that large immigration and biodiversity lead to these patterns regardless of neutrality.

Higher phage virulence accelerates the evolution of host resistance

The paper experiments with phage virulence and shows that higher virulence accelerates host resistance evolution, leading to faster phage extinction.

Measuring the quality of scientific references in Wikipedia: an analysis of more than 115M citations to over 800,000 scientific articles

The paper analyzes over 115 million citations in Wikipedia to assess the quality of scientific references, finding most cited articles are uncited or untested by subsequent studies.

Neutrality in the Metaorganism

This study shows that microbiota community structure across various host organisms aligns with neutral model predictions, suggesting neutral processes rather than host selection primarily shape microbial communities after colonization.

Bacteriophage can promote the emergence of physiologically sub-optimal host phenotypes

The paper models how bacteriophage dependence on host growth rate creates a feedback loop that allows slow-growing bacteria to outcompete fast-growing ones, potentially leading to phage extinction and altruistic host death.

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure - the effect of bacteria on phytoplankton-zooplankton interactions in chemostat systems

This study shows that bacteria can significantly affect phytoplankton-zooplankton interactions in chemostat experiments under certain conditions, depending on experimental setup and predator traits.

Temperate phages as self-replicating weapons in bacterial competition

The paper investigates how temperate phages influence bacterial competition in Hydra vulgaris microbiota by modulating interactions between Curvibacter sp. and Duganella sp.