Microbial Evolution

Microbial evolution is the process of cumulative genetic and phenotypic change in microbial populations driven by mutation, natural selection, genetic drift, and horizontal gene transfer.

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687K

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2017–2026

2.4K

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Microbiology

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Antibiotic Resistance EvolutionArchaeal EvolutionCoevolution Of MicrobesComparative Microbial GenomicsEvolution Of Metabolic PathwaysEvolution Of Microbial CommunitiesEvolutionary Ecology Of MicrobesExperimental Evolution Of MicrobesGenetic VariationGenome Reduction

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UCHIME improves sensitivity and speed of chimera detection

R. C. Edgar, Brian J. Haas, José C. Clemente et al. · Bioinformatics · 2011 · 15.5K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Microbiology +17

Taxonomic Note: A Place for DNA-DNA Reassociation and 16S rRNA Sequence Analysis in the Present Species Definition in Bacteriology

Erko Stackebrandt, Brett M. Goebel · INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY · 1994 · 7.1K citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Microbiology +17

DNA–DNA hybridization values and their relationship to whole-genome sequence similarities

Johan Goris, Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis, Joel A. Klappenbach et al. · INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY · 2007 · 4.8K citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Microbiology +17

Evolution of Mammals and Their Gut Microbes

Ruth E. Ley, Micah Hamady, Catherine Lozupone et al. · Science · 2008 · 3.8K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, Microbiology +17

Rapid phylogenetic analysis of large samples of recombinant bacterial whole genome sequences using Gubbins

Nicholas J. Croucher, Andrew J. Page, Thomas R. Connor et al. · Nucleic Acids Research · 2014 · 2.9K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, Microbiology +17

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Richard E. Lenski
Michigan State University, United States
136 publications · 22.8K citations
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Dan I. Andersson
Uppsala University, Sweden
50 publications · 7.1K citations
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Angus Buckling
University of Exeter, United Kingdom
62 publications · 6.9K citations
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Eduardo P. C. Rocha
Institut Pasteur, France
50 publications · 6.8K citations
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R. Craig MacLean
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
45 publications · 4.8K citations
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
PNAS · 421 publications · 69.7K citations
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Journal of Bacteriology
JB · 448 publications · 36.5K citations
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Science
116 publications · 40.8K citations
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Genetics
232 publications · 23.8K citations
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Applied and Environmental Microbiology
AEM · 236 publications · 19.2K citations
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See also Microbial Evolution
Evolutionary Mechanisms	Natural Selection Horizontal Gene Transfer Genetic Drift Mutation Recombination
Experimental Methods	Comparative Genomics Genome Sequencing Directed Evolution Experimental Evolution Long-term Evolution Experiments
Adaptive Outcomes	Antibiotic Resistance Biofilm Formation Metabolic Adaptation Microbial Virulence Factors Bacterial Infections Ecological Niche Adaptation Peptide Resistance Mechanisms
Population Dynamics	Evolutionary Dynamics Horizontal Gene Transfer Niche Differentiation Population Bottlenecks Clonal Interference Genetic Drift Cross-feeding