How Stress and Antibiotic Exposure Affect Bacterial Intra- and Inter-species Competition
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2021) | Viewed by 3600
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Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue will focus on the impact of stress and sub-MIC antibiotic exposure on bacterial competition.
To survive, bacteria have to be able to withstand abiotic stresses, such as changes in osmotic pressure, pH, and temperature, and biotic stresses, such as predators. However, bacteria rarely live in isolation. They share and compete for nutrients with other bacteria and also eukaryotic organisms, such as fungi. Even within a single species, the emergence of social cheaters from within a population has been described.
Microbial consortia are important in a variety of contexts, including human health and nutrient cycles. With interest in these consortia, such as the gut microbiota, increasing, our understanding of interactions and competition between consortia becomes more important. An interesting aspect of this is how the over-use of antibiotics, and the consequent selection of resistance mechanisms in exposed strains, affects cooperation and competition between bacteria.
We, therefore, invite you to submit an original research article or a review in the area of intra- and inter-species competition, with a particular focus on the influence of stress on these interactions. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: gut microbial competition; the impact of exposure to sub-inhibitory levels of antibiotics on bacterial virulence; and the resistance to stress of environmental bacterial consortia.
Dr. Volker Behrends
Dr. Michal Letek
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bacterial virulence
- gut microbiota
- bacterial–fungal interaction
- quorum sensing
- bacterial communities
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