Ahead of #MicroEvo22 next week I thought I'd take the pulse of the microbial evolution field...

It is in rude health!

Here is a plot of the proportion of microbiology papers that are about microbial evolution: this has grown consistently since 2000 and in 2021 made up >12% of microbiology papers (or 9700/78000)

#MicrobialEvolution #EvolutionaryMicrobiology #ExperimentalEvolution