When We Stop Thinking about Microbes as Cells.
- van Gestel J Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland; Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland. Electronic address: jordivangestel@gmail.com.
- Kolter R Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
- 2019-05-15
Published in:
- Journal of molecular biology. - 2019
bacteria
communities
microbes
microbiology
Archaea
Bacteria
Biodiversity
Biological Evolution
Ecology
Environmental Microbiology
Microbial Interactions
Selection, Genetic
English
Microbes are often thought of as individual cells. However, in their natural habitats, they typically exist in the context of other cells, be they of the same or different species. How these cells interact in space and time is key to their ecology and evolution. In this perspective, we consider the implications of this in terms of the future of microbiological research. This article is part of the special issue "Microbiology: how to bridge mechanisms and phenomenology" edited by Suckjoon Jun.
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- DOI 10.1016/j.jmb.2019.05.004
- PMID 31082437
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- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/238333
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