Microbial Population Biology

Check out the latest blog on mutation by Olivia Judson: http://judson.blogs.nytimes.com/
Last week, she talked about the poorly studied, rare group of mutations that are beneficial, and this week, she talks about the potential for mutational hotspots.  As always, it’s written very well and for the public.

Also, check out this wacky study: the airborne microbial metagenome, at: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0001862 

Lastly, the article that Steffen had mentioned regarding various game theoretical outcomes given the existence of community resources can be found here:

http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0000593