James A. Foster

TL;DR: This work extends the application of CPSO to the dynamic problem by considering a bi-modal parabolic environment of high spatial and temporal severity, and suggests that charged swarms perform best in the extreme cases, but neutral swarms are better optimizers in milder environments.

TL;DR: The conclusion that human milk, which is recommended as the optimal nutrition source for almost all healthy infants, contains a collection of bacteria more diverse than previously reported is supported.

TL;DR: It is postulate that because of differences in composition, not all vaginal communities are equally resilient, and that differences in the vaginal microbiota of Caucasian and black women may at least partly account for known disparities in the susceptibility of women in these racial groups to bacterial vaginosis and sexually transmitted diseases.

TL;DR: It is concluded that eDNA is a highly effective survey method and could be used as the basis for a national great crested newt monitoring programme.

TL;DR: It is suggested that nutritional factors and gut colonization patterns are determinants of the microbial development of respiratory tract microbiota in infants with CF and present opportunities for early intervention in CF with altered dietary or probiotic strategies.