Microbial systems as real-life simulations

What if equations smelled really bad? Microbial systems, in nature on in the lab, are a fantastic way to test some ecological and evolutionary hypotheses about metabolic ecology, co-evolution, and community interactions.

Resource Availability Affects the Structure of a Natural Bacteria-Bacteriophage Community
T. Poisot G. Lepennetier E. Martinez J. Ramsayer M.E. Hochberg
Terminal Investment Induced by a Bacteriophage in a Rhizosphere Bacterium
T. Poisot T. Bell E. Martinez C. Gougat-Barbera M.E. Hochberg
The Structure of Natural Microbial Enemy-Victim Networks
T. Poisot M. Lounnas M.E. Hochberg
Phage-Bacteria Infection Networks
J.S. Weitz T. Poisot J.R. Meyer C.O. Flores S. Valverde M.B. Sullivan M.E. Hochberg
Bacteriophage Richness Reduces Bacterial Niche Overlap in Experimental Microcosms
M.G. Matias D. Gravel M. Combe T. Poisot C. Barbera M. Lounnas T. Bouvier N. Mouquet
Environment-Host-Microbial Interactions Shape the Sarracenia Purpurea Microbiome at the Continental Scale
Z.B. Freedman A. McGrew B. Baiser M. Besson D. Gravel T. Poisot S. Record L.B. Trotta N.J. Gotelli
Temperature and Trophic Structure Are Driving Microbial Productivity Along a Biogeographical Gradient
S.M. Gray T. Poisot E. Harvey N. Mouquet T.E. Miller D. Gravel