Another new paper on gorilla gut microbiome, reviews on role of microbes in obesity, and finding the microbial equivalent of cockroaches.

Pregnancy and birth microbiome

Pathogenesis of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis – Joanna C. Lim – Pediatric Surgery International

Human oral microbiome

Differentiation of salivary bacterial profiles of subjects with periodontitis and dental caries – Daniel Belstrøm – Journal of Oral Microbiology

Secretome of gingival epithelium in response to subgingival biofilms – N. Bostanci – Molecular Oral Microbiology

Human gut microbiome

Perspective: Integrating host gene expression and the microbiome to explore disease pathogenesis – Allyson L Byrd and Julia A Segre – Genome Biology

Review: Recent Advances in Characterizing the Gastrointestinal Microbiome in Crohn’s Disease: A Systematic Review – Emily K Wright – Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Review: Dietary effects on human gut microbiome diversity – Zhenjiang Xu and Rob Knight – British Journal of Nutrition

Review: Obesity and the gastrointestinal microbiota: a review of associations and mechanisms – Catherine Graham – Nutrition Reviews

Review: Gut Microbiome and Obesity: A Plausible Explanation for Obesity – Claudia Sanmiguel – Current Obesity Reports

Animal model microbiome

Distinct Commensals Induce Interleukin-1β via NLRP3 Inflammasome in Inflammatory Monocytes to Promote Intestinal Inflammation in Response to Injury – Sang-Uk Seo – Immunity
Animal microbiome

Gut microbiome composition and metabolomic profiles of wild western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) reflect host ecology – Andres Gomez – Molecular Ecology

Soil and plant root microbiome

Forest floor community metatranscriptomes identify fungal and bacterial responses to N deposition in two maple forests – Cedar N. Hesse – Frontiers in Microbiology

Parent materials have stronger effects than land use types on microbial biomass, activity and diversity in red soil in subtropical China – Huan Deng – Pedobiologia

Changes in soil microbial functional diversity and biochemical characteristics of tree peony with amendment of sewage sludge compost – Xiangdong Huang – Environmental Science and Pollution Research

16S rRNA study, not metagenomics: Cataloguing the bacterial diversity of the Sundarbans mangrove, India in the light of metagenomics – Pijush Basak – Genomics Data

Relationships among bulk soil physicochemical, biochemical, and microbiological parameters in an organic alfalfa-rice rotation system – Ana R. Lopes – Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Soil microbial responses over 2 years following biochar addition to a north temperate forest – Genevieve L. Noyce – Biology and Fertility of Soils

Water microbiome

Temporal Dynamics of Active Prokaryotic Nitrifiers and Archaeal Communities from River to Sea – Mylène Hugoni – Microbial Ecology

Extremophile microbiome

Finding the microbial equivalent of cockroaches: The impact of gamma radiation on sediment microbial processes – Ashley R. Brown – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Built environment microbiome

Methods to Assess Human Occupancy and Occupant Activity in Hospital Patient Rooms – Sandra Dedesko – Building and Environment

Bioreactor microbiology

Bacterial communities in haloalkaliphilic sulfate-reducing bioreactors under different electron donors revealed by 16S rRNA MiSeq sequencing – Jiemin Zhou – Journal of Hazardous Materials

Microbial Ecology

Antimicrobial Resistance: The Major Contribution of Poor Governance and Corruption to This Growing Problem – Peter Collignon – PLOS ONE

Local–global overlap in diversity informs mechanisms of bacterial biogeography – Joshua A Livermore and Stuart E Jones – The ISME Journal

Metagenomics and bioinformatics

Inference of Markovian Properties of Molecular Sequences from NGS Data and Applications to Comparative Genomics – Jie Ren – ArXiv

Techniques

Normalization of environmental metagenomic DNA enhances the discovery of under-represented microbial community members – J.-B. Ramond – Letters in Applied Microbiology

Estimating Protistan Diversity using High-throughput Sequencing – Sarah K. Hu – Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Microbes in the news

Connecting Indoor Microbiome Studies with Indoor Chemistry – Jonathan Eisen – MicroBE.net

Smart Sewers Will Reveal What’s in Cambridge Citizens’ Guts – Elie Dolgin – IEEE Spectrum

Microbes disprove long-held assumption that all organisms share a common vocabulary – Science Daily

Scientists study mystery of Lake Erie toxic bacteria – Detroit Free Press

Jessica Cofield puts degrees in microbiology to good use – Crystal Garrett – Sun Journal

MRSA Bacteria From Borrowed Makeup Brush Paralyzes 27-Year-Old Woman – Lecia Bushak – Medical Daily

Science, publishing, and career

Virginia student earns admission to all eight Ivy League schools, and others – T. Rees Shapiro – Washington Post

China’s medical research integrity questioned – The Lancet

The seven sins of peer review – Technologist

Bik’s Picks

Review: Innovations in Health Value and Functional Food Development of Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) – Brittany L. Graf – Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety

In Hawaii, Chickens Gone Wild – Kenneth Chang – New York Times

Komodo dragon named Smaug gets a leg up from a new prosthetic – Rachel Feltman – Washington Post

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