Metagenomics of weight loss, and the microbiomes of pollen, offices, and Irish Lough Neagh.
Human respiratory microbiome
Alterations of the Nasopharyngeal Microbiota in Infants with Cystic Fibrosis. Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator and Antibiotic Effects – Edith T. Zemanick – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Human gut microbiome
Characterization of the Gut Microbial Community of Obese Patients Following a Weight-Loss Intervention Using Whole Metagenome Shotgun Sequencing – Sandrine Louis – PLOS ONE
Influence of the Biliary System on Biliary Bacteria Revealed by Bacterial Communities of the Human Biliary and Upper Digestive Tracts – Fuqiang Ye – PLOS ONE
Animal microbiome
Horizontal gene transfer from bacteria has enabled the plant-parasitic nematode Globodera pallida to feed on host-derived sucrose – Etienne G.J. Danchin – Molecular Biology and Evolution
Review: The interplay between intestinal bacteria and host metabolism in health and disease: lessons from Drosophila melanogaster – Adam C. N. Wong – Disease Models & Mechanisms
Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Pollen-Associated Microbiome Correlates with Pollution Parameters and the Allergenicity of Pollen – Andrea Obersteiner – PLOS ONE
Built environment microbiome
Geography and location are the primary drivers of office microbiome composition – John Chase – PeerJ Preprint
Water microbiome
Commentary: Is El Niño a long-distance corridor for waterborne disease? – Jaime Martinez-Urtaza – Nature Microbiology
Viruses
Viruses’ origin could relate to the act of prey among primitive life forms during the old ages – Eslam Abbas – PeerJ Preprint
Metagenomic Characterisation of the Viral Community of Lough Neagh, the Largest Freshwater Lake in Ireland – Timofey Skvortsov – PLOS ONE
Microbial ecology
The impact of selection, gene conversion, and biased sampling on the assessment of microbial demography – Marguerite Lapierre – Molecular Biology and Evolution
Social amoebae trap and kill bacteria by casting DNA nets – Xuezhi Zhang – Nature Communications
Bioinformatics
LS3: A method for improving phylogenomic inferences when evolutionary rates are heterogeneous among taxa – Carlos J. Rivera-Rivera – Molecular Biology and Evolution
Microbes in the news
Bacteria or virus? New tests may identify what’s causing your infection – Fox News
El Niño Opens Up a Bridge for Bacteria to Travel Between Continents – Esther Inglis-Arkell – Gizmodo
Building Off NYC Subway Study, Consortium to Profile Metagenomes of Transit Systems in 45 Cities – Monica Heger – GenomeWeb
White House calls for microbiome science support – Stephen Daniells – Nutraingredients[hr]