by Henry N. Williams — Not long ago, Elio said in this blog that pre­da­tion, a ma­jor force in evo­lu­tion, is some­what ne­glected in mi­cro­bi­o­log­i­cal cir­cles. The full im­pli­ca­tions of pre­da­tion are just be­gin­ning to be un­cov­ered as more be­comes known about the ecol­ogy, phys­i­ol­ogy, and ge­nomics of preda­tors against mi­crobes and their in­ter­ac­tions…