10.7554/eLife.48508.001 Plant leaves constitute a huge microbial habitat of global importance.
How microorganisms survive the dry daytime on leaves and avoid desiccation is not well …

The Atlantic and Pacific Oceans represent different biogeochemical regimes in which the
abundant marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus thrives. We have shown that …

Survival of respiratory viral pathogens in expelled saliva microdroplets is central to their
transmission, yet the factors that determine survival in such microdroplets are not well …

The phyllosphere – the aerial parts of plants – is an important microbial habitat that is home
to diverse microbial communities. The spatial organization of bacterial cells on leaf surfaces …

Early bacterial surface colonization is not a random process wherein cells arbitrarily attach
to surfaces and grow; but rather, attachment events, movement and cellular interactions …

Diverse antibiotic compounds are abundant in microbial habitats undergoing recurrent wet-dry
cycles, such as soil, root and leaf surfaces, and the built environment. These antibiotics …

Bacteria are social organisms that interact extensively within and between species while
responding to external stimuli from their environments. Designing synthetic microbial …

The keeping quality of red bell pepper (Capsicum annuum) is relatively low, since the fruits
are sensitive to low temperature (< 7 C), rot development and water loss. The effect of …

Plant leaves constitute a huge microbial habitat of global importance. How microorganisms
survive the dry daytime on leaves and avoid desiccation is not well-understood. There is …

A large portion of bacterial life occurs on surfaces that are not constantly saturated with
water and experience recurrent wet-dry cycles. While soil, plant leaves and roots, and many …