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Michael A. Brockhurst is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the broad field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, contributing to over 110 publications. Within this domain, their work extensively covers Genetics, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Molecular Medicine, and Endocrinology.

The scientist's research topics include Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Bacteriophages and microbial interactions, Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology, Vibrio bacteria research studies, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, and Gut microbiota and health.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • "Plasmid fitness costs are caused by specific genetic conflicts enabling resolution by compensatory mutation" (2021), published in PLoS Biology
  • "Ecological and evolutionary solutions to the plasmid paradox" (2021), published in Trends in Microbiology
  • "Why do plasmids manipulate the expression of bacterial phenotypes?" (2021), published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Eco-evolutionary Dynamics Set the Tempo and Trajectory of Metabolic Evolution in Multispecies Communities" (2020), published in Current Biology
  • "Horizontal gene transfer and ecological interactions jointly control microbiome stability" (2022), published in PLoS Biology

Frequent collaborators of Michael A. Brockhurst include:

  • James P. J. Hall
  • Ellie Harrison
  • Rosanna C. T. Wright
  • Anastasia Kottara
  • Steve Paterson

The scientist has published multiple articles in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Biology
  • Current Biology
  • Microbiology
  • mSystems

Best Publications

  • Bacteria–phage coevolution as a driver of ecological and evolutionary processes in microbial communities

    Britt Koskella;Michael A. Brockhurst

  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa Evolutionary Adaptation and Diversification in Cystic Fibrosis Chronic Lung Infections

    Craig Winstanley;Siobhan O’Brien;Michael A. Brockhurst

  • Antagonistic coevolution accelerates molecular evolution

    Steve Paterson;Tom Vogwill;Angus Buckling;Rebecca Benmayor

  • Plasmid-mediated horizontal gene transfer is a coevolutionary process

    Ellie Harrison;Michael A. Brockhurst

  • The evolution and genetics of virus host shifts.

    Ben Longdon;Michael A. Brockhurst;Colin A. Russell;John J. Welch

  • The Ecology and Evolution of Pangenomes.

    Michael A. Brockhurst;Ellie Harrison;James P.J. Hall;Thomas Richards

  • Running with the Red Queen: the role of biotic conflicts in evolution

    Michael A. Brockhurst;Tracey Chapman;Kayla C. King;Judith E. Mank

  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa Population Diversity and Turnover in Cystic Fibrosis Chronic Infections

    Eilidh Mowat;Steve Paterson;Joanne L. Fothergill;Joanne L. Fothergill;Elli A. Wright

  • The Beagle in a bottle

    Angus Buckling;R. Craig Maclean;Michael A. Brockhurst;Nick Colegrave

  • Parallel Compensatory Evolution Stabilizes Plasmids across the Parasitism-Mutualism Continuum

    Ellie Harrison;David Guymer;Andrew J. Spiers;Steve Paterson

  • Experimental coevolution of species interactions

    Michael A. Brockhurst;Britt Koskella

  • Differential impact of simultaneous migration on coevolving hosts and parasites.

    Andrew D. Morgan;Andrew D. Morgan;Michael A. Brockhurst;Laura D C Lopez-Pascua;Csaba Pal

  • THE EVOLUTION OF SPECIFICITY IN EVOLVING AND COEVOLVING ANTAGONISTIC INTERACTIONS BETWEEN A BACTERIA AND ITS PHAGE

    Virginie Poullain;Sylvain Gandon;Michael A. Brockhurst;Michael A. Brockhurst;Angus Buckling

  • Sampling the mobile gene pool: innovation via horizontal gene transfer in bacteria.

    James P. J. Hall;Michael A. Brockhurst;Ellie Harrison

  • Ecological and Evolutionary Benefits of Temperate Phage: What Does or Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger.

    Ellie Harrison;Michael A. Brockhurst

  • Siderophore-mediated cooperation and virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

    Angus Buckling;Freya Harrison;Michiel Vos;Michael A. Brockhurst

  • Rapid evolution of microbe-mediated protection against pathogens in a worm host.

    Kayla C. King;Michael A. Brockhurst;Olga Vasieva;Steve Paterson

  • Diversity and productivity peak at intermediate dispersal rate in evolving metacommunities

    Patrick Venail;R. C. MacLean;R. C. MacLean;T. Bouvier;M. A. Brockhurst

  • Source–sink plasmid transfer dynamics maintain gene mobility in soil bacterial communities

    James P. J. Hall;A. Jamie Wood;Ellie Harrison;Michael A. Brockhurst

  • Hybridization in Parasites: Consequences for Adaptive Evolution, Pathogenesis, and Public Health in a Changing World.

    Kayla C. King;Rike B. Stelkens;Joanne P. Webster;Deborah F. Smith

  • Kin selection and the evolution of virulence.

    A Buckling;M A Brockhurst

Frequent Co-Authors

Steve Paterson
Steve Paterson University of Liverpool
Angus Buckling
Angus Buckling University of Exeter
Craig Winstanley
Craig Winstanley University of Liverpool
Andy Fenton
Andy Fenton University of Liverpool
Paul B. Rainey
Paul B. Rainey Max Planck Society
Duncan D. Cameron
Duncan D. Cameron University of Sheffield
Michael E. Hochberg
Michael E. Hochberg University of Montpellier
Andy Gardner
Andy Gardner University of St Andrews
Gregory D. D. Hurst
Gregory D. D. Hurst University of Liverpool
Phillip C. Watts
Phillip C. Watts University of Jyväskylä

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