Symbiont transmission enables the host to maintain a symbiosis throughout generations. Two profoundly different strategies can be distinguished. The symbiont can be selected out of a pool of ...

Bacteria produce a large variety of antimicrobial compounds directed against other bacterial species competing for the same resources. To mount an effective attack on their competitors some bacteria ...

Characterizing and manipulating cellular behavior requires a mechanistic understanding of the causal interactions between cellular components. We present an approach to detect causal interactions ...