Not all human breast milk sold online is 100% human, microbiome of veggies, and a book by Rob Knight.
Pregnancy and birth
Cow’s Milk Contamination of Human Milk Purchased via the Internet – Sarah A. Keim – Pediatrics
Review: Milk Bioactives May Manipulate Microbes to Mediate Parent-Offspring Conflict – Cary R. Allen-Blevins – Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health
Food microbiology
Emerging Perspectives on the Natural Microbiome of Fresh Produce Vegetables – Colin R. Jackson – Agriculture
Metabolomics
Link did not work as of now – might work later? The colibactin warhead crosslinks DNA – Crawford – Nature Chemistry
Microbes in the news
Beyond Probiotics: Can You ‘Hack’ Your Microbiome? – Beth Skwarecki – LifeHacker Australia
Glyphosate, Roundup, GMOs and the microbiome part 1: crowdsourcing literature – Jonathan Eisen – The Tree of Life
Book by Rob Knight – Follow Your Gut – The Enormous Impact of Tiny Microbes – TED books
Ice Worm Guts Tell a Story of Partnership – Manon Verchot – Glacier Hub
An Amazonian Tribe May Hold The Secret To Better Gut Health – Anna Almendrala – Huffington Post
Microbes scared to death by virus presence – ScienceDaily
Spotting a molecular warhead for disease in the human gut – Jim Shelton – Yale News
Microbes are partly to blame for Arctic’s melting permafrost – Mary Beth Griggs – Popular Science
That Vagina Yogurt Probably Wasn’t Really Vagina Yogurt, Says Expert – Ben Richmond – Motherboard
MRSA Bacteria Thrives In Cigarette Smoke Environment – Paola Celedonio – Diabetes Insider
Glowing GE bacteria produced from kits ‘illegally’ in New Zealand – Tom Hunt – The Dominion Post
Bik’s Picks
Breast Milk Sold Online May Not Be 100% Human Milk – Cari Nierenberg – LiveScience
Please learn the difference between tortoises and sea turtles, say Florida wildlife officials – Rowena Lindsay – CS Monitor
What Americans Think About Climate Change in Seven Maps – Eric Roston – Bloomberg
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