1. How follow diversification? MLST for Streptococcus pneumoniae (Fraser et al., 2007) (Feil, 2003) OEB 192 – 09.09.23

2. Population genetic structure from MLST modest HGT high HGT (Feil, 2004)

3. “Everything is everywhere – the environment selects.” (Baas-Becking, 1934) Microbial biogeography

4. Diversity vs. distance (Cho & Tiedje, 2000)

5. Diversity vs. distance (Cho & Tiedje, 2000)

6. Non-random distributions of free-living taxa (Hughes Martiny et al., 2006)

7. Microbes in a host w/ biogeography: Helicobacter pylori (Falush et al.,2003)

8. Single rule may not always apply (Nesbø et al., 2006)

9. Speciation through time

10. Monday (9/28): *Guest lecture: selection upon codons **Turn in phylogenetics project