title: Editorial: Development of Microbial Ecological Theory: Stability, Plasticity, and Evolution of Microbial Ecosystems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University Hachioji, Japan.
authors.forename: Shin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haruta
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Shimane University Matsue, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuhisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Green Science and Technology, Shizuoka UniversityShizuoka, Japan; Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemical Engineering, Shizuoka UniversityHamamatsu, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Futamata
keywords: diversity; ecological theory; evolution; interspecies interaction; mathematical modeling; resilience; stability