Ratzke Lab
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New paper out in ISMEJ!
Microbes can "remember" their past by modifying their environment. This externalized memory can impact future interactions and community assemblies.
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Microbes can "remember" their past by modifying their environment. This externalized memory can impact future interactions and community assemblies.
academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
Environment-mediated interactions cause an externalized and collective memory in bacteria
Abstract. Bacteria usually live in complex communities interacting with many other microbial species. These interactions determine who can persist in a com
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August 14, 2025 at 7:02 AM
New paper out in ISMEJ!
Microbes can "remember" their past by modifying their environment. This externalized memory can impact future interactions and community assemblies.
academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
Microbes can "remember" their past by modifying their environment. This externalized memory can impact future interactions and community assemblies.
academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
More resources, less diversity?
Our new preprint reveals that increasing resource diversity can reduce microbial biodiversity—contrary to classical ecological theory.
Luckily, we understood why this happens.
Read more: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#MicrobialEcology #Biodiversity
Our new preprint reveals that increasing resource diversity can reduce microbial biodiversity—contrary to classical ecological theory.
Luckily, we understood why this happens.
Read more: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#MicrobialEcology #Biodiversity
Emergent loss of microbial biodiversity with increasing resource diversity
The origin of biodiversity is arguably the most fundamental question in ecology - especially how countless microbial species coexist within a single community. A prevailing hypothesis holds that micro...
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May 16, 2025 at 8:59 AM
More resources, less diversity?
Our new preprint reveals that increasing resource diversity can reduce microbial biodiversity—contrary to classical ecological theory.
Luckily, we understood why this happens.
Read more: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#MicrobialEcology #Biodiversity
Our new preprint reveals that increasing resource diversity can reduce microbial biodiversity—contrary to classical ecological theory.
Luckily, we understood why this happens.
Read more: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#MicrobialEcology #Biodiversity