Paul Wilmes

TL;DR: This study provides direct evidence linking the metabolic activities of “Accumulibacter” to the chemical transformations observed in EBPR, and provides functional evidence of microbial transformations important for enhanced biological phosphorus removal.

TL;DR: This review focuses on widely used in vivo, in vitro, ex vivo and in silico approaches to study host-microbial community interactions and suggests suggestions on how to develop future experimental models that not only allow the study of host- microbiota interactions but are also amenable to high-throughput experimentation.

TL;DR: This study provides the first detailed characterization of the extracellular RNA complement of the enteric model bacterium E. coli and suggests the selective export of specific RNA biotypes by E. Escherichia coli, which indicates a potential role forextracellular bacterial RNAs in intercellular communication.

TL;DR: Investigation of links between genotype and ecology of two genotypic groups of Leptospirillum group II bacteria in comprehensively characterized, natural acidophilic biofilm communities shows how subtle genetic variations can lead to distinct ecological strategies.

TL;DR: This work discusses several representative metaproteomic investigations of activated sludge, acid mine drainage biofilms, freshwater and seawater microbial communities, soil, and human gut microbiota and highlights current challenges and possible solutions to enable conclusive links between microbial community composition, physiology, function, interactions, ecology, and evolution in situ.