Opening the session, Takizawa described the gut microbiome as a dynamic ecosystem that evolves throughout life in response to ...

Microbial communities are considered particularly diverse—in soil, water and the human body. A common assumption in ecology ...

The study of microbial ecology and holobiont evolution explores the dynamic relationships between microbial communities and their multicellular hosts across ecological and evolutionary timescales.

The gut microbiota comprises a highly diverse ecosystem of bacteria, archaea, fungi and viruses inhabiting the gastrointestinal tract. Microbial ecology of the gut explores the composition, spatial ...

Cancer researchers are increasingly turning to the microbiome to understand why some patients respond well to treatment while others face severe complications. Gut microbial communities shift during ...

Canadian universities are helping to build the scientific foundations for microbial biofuels through research spanning algal ...