Fecal microbiota transplants also work with frozen stool, rhizobacterial communities on red pepper plants, effect of vaginal ring contraceptives, and the cilantro microbiome.

Pregnancy and birth microbiome

Maternal group B Streptococcus and the infant gut microbiota – A. E. Cassidy-Bushrow – Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

Not a microbiome paper, but of interest: Cesarean Section Delivery is not a Risk Factor for Development of IBD: A Population-based Analysis – Charles N. Bernstein – Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Human gut microbiome

Faecal microbiota transplant for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection using long-term frozen stool is effective: clinical efficacy and bacterial viability data – S. P. Costello – Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Review: Colonization Resistance of the Gut Microbiota against Clostridium difficile – Ana Elena Pérez-Cobas – Antibiotics

Review: Microbiome and Asthma: What Have Experimental Models Already Taught Us?
R. Bonamichi-Santos – Journal of Immunology Research

Human reproductive microbiome

Effects of a One Year Reusable Contraceptive Vaginal Ring on Vaginal Microflora and the Risk of Vaginal Infection: An Open-Label Prospective Evaluation – Yongmei Huang – PLOS ONE

Animal models

Lessons from the Drosophila microbiota – Emma L Walton – Biomedical Journal

Studying host-microbiota interactions in Drosophila melanogaster – Jean Kanellopoulos – Biomedical Journal

Impact of Selection for Digestive Efficiency on Microbiota Composition in the Chicken –
Sandrine Mignon-Grasteau – PLOS ONE

Animal microbiome

Deep insights into carbohydrate metabolism in the rumen of mehsani buffalo at different diet treatments – Nidhi R. Parmar – Genomics Data

Metagenomics: Microbiome analyses of pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus Vannamei) collected from disparate geographical locations – Arun S. Seetharam – Genomics Data

Classifying the bacterial gut microbiota of termites and cockroaches: a curated phylogenetic reference database (DictDb) – Aram Mikaelyan – Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Rhizobacterial Communities and Red Pepper (Capsicum annum) Yield under Different Cropping Systems – Byung Kwon Jung – International Journal of Agriculture & Biology

Soil Microbial Community Structure and Metabolic Activity of Pinus elliottii Plantations across Different Stand Ages in a Subtropical Area – Zeyan Wu – PLOS ONE

Microbiomes and potential metabolic pathways of pristine and anthropized Brazilian mangroves – Vanessa L.R. Nogueira – Regional Studies in Marine Science

Phylogenetic Characterization and Community Diversity of Hydrocarbon-Utilizing
Bacteria in Soil Microcosms Enriched with Aromatic Hydrocarbons – Ola Olapade A – Bioremediation & Biodegradation

Review: The Hidden World within Plants: Ecological and Evolutionary Considerations for Defining Functioning of Microbial Endophytes – Pablo R. Hardoim – Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Water microbiome

Ecological connectivity shapes quasispecies structure of RNA viruses in an Antarctic lake – A. López-Bueno – Molecular Ecology

Causes and consequences of habitat fragmentation in river networks – Matthew R. Fuller – Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Capability of the natural microbial community in a river water ecosystem to degrade the drug naproxen – Paola Grenni – Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Food microbiology

Cilantro microbiome before and after nonselective pre-enrichment for Salmonella using 16S rRNA and metagenomic sequencing – Karen G. Jarvis – BMC Microbiology

Changes in the microbial communities of air-packaged and vacuum-packaged common carp (Cyprinus carpio) stored at 4 °C – Yuemei Zhang – Food Microbiology

Metagenomics

An Overview of Genome Organization and How We Got There: from FISH to Hi-C – James Fraser – Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Microbes in the news

Statistical Advances Help Unlock Mysteries of the Human Microbiome – Infection Control Today

Seeking samples from FIV positive kitties – Holly Ganz – MicroBEnet

NOFA Says ‘Heal the Climate, Heal Ourselves’ – EcoRI news

Guest Post — The Emergent Microbiome: A Revolution for the Life Sciences – Part II, 2015 Patent Trends – Jessica Miles and Anthony D Sabatelli – JDsupra

A Genetically Modified Yeast Turns Sugar Into Painkillers: Stanford scientists have engineered a strain of yeast that can produce opiates on its own – Adam Hoffman – Smithsonian

Science, publishing, and career

What is the future of Science? This guy might know! Podcast with Francis Collins, NIH Director – Michael DL Johnson – Black Science Blog

Bik’s Picks

Longer-term outcome in the prevention of psychotic disorders by the Vienna omega-3 study – G. Paul Amminger – Nature Communications

Music as an aid for postoperative recovery in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Jenny Hole – The Lancet

How can ants tell each other apart? Why, with their crazy refined sense of smell. – Elahe Izadi – Washington Post

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