Lutz Becks

Convergent responses to light stress in oligohymenophorean ciliates bearing green algal symbionts

The paper investigates convergent cellular responses to light stress in three oligohymenophorean ciliates with green algal symbionts, identifying shared gene expression patterns across species.

Evolution induced state shifts in a long-term microbial community experiment

This study tracks four-year microbial community evolution in two environments, showing how adaptive mutations in one species can cause abrupt community state shifts.

Universal bacterial clade dynamics dominate under predation despite altered phenotypes and mutation targets

This study examines genome-wide evolution in bacterial prey under ciliate predation, finding that clade dynamics remain similar to those in non-predated populations despite phenotypic and mutational changes.

Eco-evolutionary dynamics and environmental detoxification jointly shape bacterial community response to antibiotic perturbation

The paper shows antibiotic history shapes microbial response through eco-evolutionary and environmental feedbacks, creating a trade-off between resistance and recovery.

The mechanistic rules for species coexistence

The paper uses a mechanistic consumer-resource model to predict phytoplankton community composition across resource conditions and species richness, finding that competition for essential resources reduces diversity.

Seasonal genotypic and phenotypic differentiation of a cosmopolitan freshwater diatom

The paper investigates seasonal genotypic and phenotypic differentiation in Asterionella formosa, finding that seasonal shifts are driven by biotic interactions rather than environmental parameters.

Virophage replication mode determines ecological and evolutionary changes in a host-virus-virophage system

This study investigates how virophage replication modes affect ecological and evolutionary dynamics in a host-virus-virophage system, finding that integration correlates with host survival but not virophage reactivation.