Events and conferences

3rd Microbiome R&D and Business Collaboration Forum: USA – 10-11 September 2015, San Diego

Symposium ‘Women & Their Microbes’, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 8, 2015 in Micropia

Human gut microbiome

Associations between host gene expression, the mucosal microbiome, and clinical outcome in the pelvic pouch of patients with inflammatory bowel disease – Xochitl C Morgan – Genome Biology

Animal models of microbiome research

High-grain feeding causes strong shifts in ruminal epithelial bacterial community and expression of Toll-like receptor genes in goats – Jun-hua Liu – Frontiers in Microbiology

Site-specific programming of the host epithelial transcriptome by the gut microbiota – Felix Sommer – Genome Biology

Animal microbiome

Bats: Bacteria Isolated from Bats Inhibit the Growth of Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the Causative Agent of White-Nose Syndrome – Joseph R. Hoyt – PLOS ONE

Plant microbiome

Interactions of Methylotrophs with Plants and Other Heterotrophic Bacteria – Hiroyuki Iguchi – Microorganisms

Soil and sediment microbiome

Effects of 100 years wastewater irrigation on resistance genes, class 1 integrons and IncP-1 plasmids in Mexican soil – Sven Jechalke – Frontiers in Microbiology

Microbial methane formation in deep aquifers of a coal-bearing sedimentary basin, Germany – Friederike Gründger – Frontiers in Microbiology

Farm management, not soil microbial diversity, controls nutrient loss from smallholder tropical agriculture – Stephen A. Wood – Frontiers in Microbiology

Water microbiome

Viruses and bacteria in floodplain lakes along a major Amazon tributary respond to distance to the Amazon River – Rafael M. Almeida – Frontiers in Microbiology

Extremophile microbiome

Permafrost thawing in organic Arctic soils accelerated by ground heat production – Jørgen Hollesen – Nature Climate Change
See also:
Bacteria warm up permafrost – Nature

Alternative lifestyle: The processes that allow life to thrive in deep-sea vents are happening all around us – Nick Higgs – New Scientist

Bacterial community structure across environmental gradients in permafrost thaw ponds: methanotroph-rich ecosystems – Sophie Crevecoeur – Frontiers in Microbiology

Influence of Martian regolith analogs on the activity and growth of methanogenic archaea, with special regard to long-term desiccation – Janosch Schirmack – Frontiers in Microbiology

Diversity and role of plasmids in adaptation of bacteria inhabiting the Lubin copper mine in Poland, an environment rich in heavy metals – Lukasz Dziewit – Frontiers in Microbiology

Active Microbial Communities Inhabit Sulphate-Methane Interphase in Deep Bedrock Fracture Fluids in Olkiluoto, Finland – Malin Bomberg – BioMed Research International

Food microbiology

Review: Recent trends in non-invasive in situ techniques to monitor bacterial colonies in solid (model) food – María M. Lobete – Frontiers in Microbiology

Bioreactor and wastewater microbiome

Bacteriophages as indicators of human and animal faecal contamination in raw and treated wastewaters from Tunisia – M. Yahya – Journal of Applied Microbiology

Microbial Ecology

Taking advantage of quorum sensing – Cláudio Nunes-Alves – Nature Reviews Microbiology

Metagenomics and bioinformatics

Phylogenomics and systematics in Pseudomonas – Margarita Gomila – Frontiers in Microbiology

Kraken: ultrafast metagenomic sequence classification using exact alignments – Derrick E Wood and Steven L Salzberg (HT: Tomer Altman)

Metabolomics

Exometabolomics and MSI: deconstructing how cells interact to transform their small molecule environment – Leslie P Silva – Current Opinion in Biotechnology

 

Microbes in the news

Life below Antarctic ice survives on ancient forests – Catherine Brahic – New Scientist

Eden Project’s ‘Human Biome’ is a gross, musical microbe showcase – Katie Collins – Wired

Company provides easy access to microbiome data – Mark Niu – CCTV America

 

Gates Foundation Issues Call for Application for Round 15 of Grand Challenges Initiative  – Philanthropy News Digest

Changes in Lung Microbiota May Help Predict Cystic Fibrosis Pulmonary Exacerbations – Patricia Silva – Cystic Fibrosis News today

Body maps reveal the bacteria and chemicals lurking on skin – Meera Senthilingam – CNN

 

Gut Bacteria May Be Associated with Parkinson’s Phenotype – Neurology Advisor

Microbes Engineered to Prevent Obesity – Katherine Bourzac – Technology Review
Cornell Researchers Identify Gut Microbes that May Help Some People Remain Thin; Findings Could Result in Clinical Laboratory Tests to Analyze the Microbiomes of Individuals – Dark Daily

Silver linings: a personal memoir about Hurricane Katrina and fungal volatiles
Joan W. Bennett – Frontiers in Microbiology

 

Sequencing the intestinal microbiome to target therapies: Vanni Bucci looking for probiotic cocktails – Bryan Goodchild and Ellie Castano – University of Massachusetts Medical School Communications

Bacteria inhibit bat-killing fungus, could combat white-nose syndrome – Tim Stephens – University of California Santa Cruz

Turtle phage therapy might help develop alternative to antibiotic treatments for humans, Queensland researchers say – Nance Haxton – ABC Australia

9 Types Of Bacteria You Didn’t Know You’re Sharing Your House With – Esther Inglis-Arkell

 

Science, publishing, and career

Chris Butler: Wants to snuggle up to bacteria – BMJ Observations

‘Plagiarism, fraud, and predatory publishing’ are polluting science, says bioethicist Arthur Caplan – Susan Perry – MinnPost

Bik’s Picks

Hair Regrowth Discovery Suggests Skin Cells Communicate Like Bacteria – Dina Fine Maron – Scientific American

Genome sequencing mountain gorillas reveals the genetic impact of inbreeding – Aylwyn Scally – The Conversation

Gem lover donates $13M for Smithsonian’s science education – Brett Zongker  – Washington Post

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