Thinking and decision making, bacterial style: Bacterial Neural Networks, Obernai, France, 7th-12th June 2002. by Armitage, J, Dorman, C, Hellingwerf, K, Schmitt, R, Summers, D, Holland, B

“…Appreciation of the diversity of bacterial behaviour and adaptation capacities requires the study of a broad range of organisms and at this meeting we sampled more than 30 species with new findings which included the nature of gaseous receptors, advances in chemotaxis, subversion of host defences by pathogens, adaptation to high salt, community life and its obvious benefits, cell to cell communications and even the nature of bacterial circadian rhythms. With around 80 bacterial genomes now completed, and many more almost there, it was appropriate to complete the meeting with an introduction to Systems Biology and prospects for simulating the virtual cell. …”

Microbial circadian clocks: host-microbe interplay in diel cycles by Emily M. Wollmuth, Esther R. Angert

“…The intricate and complex relationship between the microbiota and their host makes it challenging to disentangle host behaviors from bacterial circadian rhythms and clock mechanisms that might govern the daily oscillations observed in these microbial populations. …”
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Dietary <i>Lactobacillus delbrueckii</i> Affects Ileal Bacterial Composition and Circadian Rhythms in Pigs by Wenxin Luo, Zhangzheng Yin, Mingliang Zhang, Xingguo Huang, Jie Yin

“…Cosinor analysis was conducted to test bacterial circadian rhythm in pigs, while no significant circadian rhythm in bacterial α-diversity and phyla composition was observed. …”
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