Sequencing the genome and microbiome of about 1,500 tick samples from regions across China revealed host–microbe associations in ticks that could have implications for controlling ticks and tick-borne diseases.

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We use a demographic model to explicitly connect individual performance to population-level dynamics, parameterised using experimental data on competing Daphnia genotypes from two latitudes. We show ....

The rapid evolution of microbiology as a field of research has led to the introduction of new terminology and the adaptation of existing terms. However, inconsistencies in the use of these terms, inc...

Microbial communities play critical roles in ecosystem functioning across a wide range of environmental conditions. The physiological stress imposed by temperature, pH and resource levels can shape t...

From its foundation, the field of conservation biology has been inherently multidisciplinary, bringing together diverse tools for managing biodiversity amid global anthropogenic change (1). First described by Soulé (2), the field of conservation biology operates to conserve and restore biotic communities, which can involve interdependent species that have coevolved with one another (2). Relatively little attention has been given to the potential role of microbial communities in conservation and their host interactions, despite microbes constituting the majority of biodiversity and cellular biomass on Earth (3) and providing important functional roles to hosts and ecosystems (4, 5). Plant-associated microbes are increasingly utilized in agriculture to promote plant health (6), but their use in conservation is mainly limited to applications of root associates.

Warmer temperatures associated with climate change disrupt relationships between plants and the fungi living in their leaves and roots by reducing the abundance and diversity of these fungi—especiall...

Microbial invasion strongly affects microbial ecosystems and human health. Here, the authors disentangle two key components of microbial invasion in the lab – invader’s dispersal and residents’ resist...

A hurricane researcher. An invasive-insect entomologist. An e-cigarette toxicologist. A biomedical librarian. Those are some of the people included in Silenced Science Stories, a visual storytelling p...

Community assembly in aquatic habitats is heavily influenced by hydrology, but understanding the influence of other habitat conditions is also critical. Most studies focus on comparisons of geogra...