The evolution of coexistence from competition in experimental co-cultures of Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Microbial communities are comprised of many species that coexist on small spatial scales. This is difficult to explain because many interspecies interactions are competitive, and ecological theory predicts that one species will drive the extinction of another species that competes for the same resource. Conversely, evolutionary theory proposes that natural selection can lead to coexistence by driving competing species to use non-overlapping resources.

Mitochondrial genomes and phylogenetic relationships of , , and (Perciformes: Latidae).

The complete mitochondrial genomes of four fish species of the commercially important family Latidae were sequenced using the Illumina MiSeq, thereby significantly increasing the mitogenomic resources for the family. Whole mitogenome-based phylogenetic analysis supports the monophyly of the genus and more generally the family Latidae. The mitogenome sequences from this study will be useful for future assessments of the diversity within and between species and studies of phylogenetic relationships within the diverse and taxonomically challenging perciform fishes.