Today is the International Women’s Day! This is a day for awareness about the importance of support equality in rights and opportunities for women.

About International Women’s Day

Gender at Nature Ecology & Evolution

Helping women progress in traditionally male dominated fields

Rosalind Franklin: Navigating workplace politics to gain recognition in science

International Women’s Day 2017: pursuing a career in science

BMC Series Blog: International Women’s Day

Events and Webinars

3rd Annual Translational Microbiome Conference, April 12-13, 2017 in Boston, MA

Webinar: Nomadic nanopore sequencing of metagenomes with the MinION

Microbiome research

Salivary Gluten Degradation and Oral Microbial Profiles in Healthy Individuals and Celiac Disease Patients – Na Tian – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Impact of Westernized Diet on Gut Microbiota in Children on Leyte Island – Jiro Nakayama – Frontiers in Microbiology

Comparison of culture-dependent and culture-independent molecular methods for characterization of vaginal microflora – Shirali Pandya – Journal of Medical Microbiology

Effect of predatory bacteria on the gut bacterial microbiota in rats – Kenneth Shatzkes – Scientific Reports

Methods article: Critical Issues in Mycobiota Analysis – Bettina Halwachs – Frontiers in Microbiology

Microbiota alteration is associated with the development of stress-induced despair behavior – Ioana A. Marin – Scientific Reports

Review: Beyond Hygiene: Commensal Microbiota and Allergic Diseases – Sung-Wook Hong – Immune Network

Fecal Bacterial Communities in treated HIV infected individuals on two antiretroviral regimens – Sandra Pinto-Cardoso – Scientific Reports

Editorial: How can the gut microbiota affect immune recovery in HIV-infected individuals? – Sergio Serrano-Villar – Future Microbiology

Unexplored Archaeal Diversity in the Great Ape Gut Microbiome – Kasie Raymann – mSphere

Probiotics

Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG supernatant enhance neonatal resistance to systemic Escherichia coli K1 infection by accelerating development of intestinal defense – Xiaolong He – Scientific Reports

Bifidobacterium breve with α-linolenic acid alters the composition, distribution and transcription factor activity associated with metabolism and absorption of fat  – Elaine Patterson – Scientific Reports

Timely use of Probiotics in Hospitalized Adults Prevents Clostridium difficile Infection: a Systematic Review with Meta-Regression Analysis – Nicole T. Shen – Gastroenterology

Metagenomics

Review: Beneficial Microorganisms for Corals (BMC): Proposed Mechanisms for Coral Health and Resilience – Raquel S. Peixoto – Frontiers in Microbiology

Microfluidic-based mini-metagenomics enables discovery of novel microbial lineages from complex environmental samples – Feiqiao Yu – bioRxiv

Untangling Genomes of Novel Planctomycetal and Verrucomicrobial Species from Monterey Bay Kelp Forest Metagenomes by Refined Binning – John Vollmers – Frontiers in Microbiology

Environmental Viral Genomes Shed New Light on Virus-Host Interactions in the Ocean – Yosuke Nishimura – mSphere

Pathogens

Metabolic activity, urease production, antibiotic resistance and virulence in dual species biofilms of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus – Ilse Vandecandelaere – PLoS ONE

Review: Mollicutes in vaginal microbiology: Mycoplasma hominis, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Ureaplasma parvum and Mycoplasma genitalium – David Taylor-Robinson – Research in Microbiology

Case report: Contribution of Ultra Deep Sequencing in the Clinical Diagnosis of a New Fungal Pathogen Species: Basidiobolus meristosporus – Emilie Sitterlé – Frontiers in Microbiology

The Chlamydia suis genome exhibits high levels of diversity, plasticity and mobile antibiotic resistance: comparative genomics of a recent livestock cohort shows influence of treatment regimes – Helena M.B. Seth-Smith – Genome Biology and Evolution

Extremophiles

Reducing salinity by flooding an extremely alkaline and saline soil changes the bacterial community but its effect on the archaeal community is limited – Arit S de León-Lorenzana – Frontiers in Microbiology

Early life

Paleoproterozoic sterol biosynthesis and the rise of oxygen – David A. Gold – Nature