Elze Hesse

Sign and strength of pairwise interactions in natural isolates depend on environment type.

The paper investigates how environmental conditions affect pairwise bacterial interactions, finding more negative interactions in nutrient-rich media and more positive interactions in nutrient-poor media.

Community complexity does not weaken pairwise coevolution in a soil bacterial community

The study examines how community complexity affects coevolution between Pseudomonas fluorescens and Variovorax sp., finding that pairwise coevolution remains unaffected by the presence of other species.

Competition between plasmids conferring the same antimicrobial resistance leads to plasmid-host network specialisation

The paper studies how competition between plasmids with the same antimicrobial resistance affects host-plasmid network structure in bacterial communities under different antibiotic conditions.

Cheats can boost the success of a cooperative invader

The paper shows that a mix of siderophore-producing and cheating strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa outperforms pure cooperator or cheater populations in environments where siderophores are beneficial.

Parallel ecological and evolutionary responses to selection in a natural bacterial community

The paper tracks ecological and evolutionary changes in a bacterial community under copper stress, finding that siderophore production converges at intermediate levels through both species sorting and evolution.

Glucosinolates promote initial population establishment of feral oilseed rape

This study shows that glucosinolates affect the initial establishment of feral oilseed rape by balancing seedling recruitment and post-recruitment survival.