Overview of key players of the human microbiome in different sites, foals are born with a rich gut microbiome, biogeography of salmon microbiome, bacteria on Chinese glaciers, and the effect of X-rays on the mango microbiome.

General human microbiome

Diversity of key players in the microbial ecosystems of the human body – Ferenc Jordán – Scientific Reports

Pregnancy and birth

Intestinal microbiota in neonates requiring urgent surgery: assessing the role of probiotics using fecal DNA sequencing – Hiroshi Murakami – Pediatric Surgery International

Review: Bacterial munch for infants: potential pediatric therapeutic interventions of probiotics – Mohsin Khurshid – Future Microbiology

Review: Introduction : Microbiome in human reproduction – Jason M. Franasiak – Fertility and Sterility

Correspondence: Vaginal microbiota during pregnancy: Pathways of risk of preterm delivery in the absence of intrauterine infection? – Jeffrey A Keelan – PNAS

Reply to Keelan and Payne: Microbiota-related pathways for preterm birth – Daniel B DiGiulio – PNAS

Human oral microbiome

Microbiomes of Endodontic-Periodontal Lesions before and after Chemomechanical Preparation – Brenda P.F.A. Gomes – Journal of Endodontics

Oral microbiota in patients with atherosclerosis – Frida Fåk – Atherosclerosis

Review: Intermicrobial interactions as a driver for community composition and stratification of oral biofilms – Nicholas S. Jakubovics – Journal of Molecular Biology

Review: The Fungal Biome of the Oral Cavity – Jyotsna Chandra – Candida Species

Human respiratory microbiome

Are bronchoalveolar lavages a good source for microbial profiling? Differences between throat and bronchoalveolar lavage microbiomes – Alexandra Zimmermann – Journal of Medical Microbiology

Human gut microbiome

Donor species richness determines fecal microbiota transplantation success in inflammatory bowel disease – Severine Vermeire – Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis

Gut mucosal microbiome across stages of colorectal carcinogenesis – Geicho Nakatsu – Nature Communications

Review: Gut mycobiota and adenomas – Chunguang Luan – Gut Microbes

Review: Rate of establishing the gut microbiota in infancy has consequences for future health – Shaillay Dogra – Gut Microbes

Animal microbiome

Development of the faecal microbiota in foals – M. C. Costa – Equine Veterinary Journal

Bacterial communities in termite fungus combs are comprised of consistent gut deposits and contributions from the environment – Saria Otani – Microbial Ecology

The biogeography of the atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) gut microbiome – Martin S Llewellyn – The ISME Journal

Exposure to West Nile Virus Increases Bacterial Diversity and Immune Gene Expression in Culex pipiens – Steven D. Zink – Viruses

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Plant-microbe rhizosphere interactions mediated by Rehmannia glutinosa root exudates under consecutive monoculture – Linkun Wu – Scientific Reports

Drivers of bacterial beta diversity in two temperate forests –  Wang – Ecological Research

Characterizing bacterial assemblages in sediments and aerosols at a dry lake bed in Australia using high-throughput sequencing – Chris Munday – Aerobiologia

Review: Influence of soil microbiota in nurse plant systems – Susana Rodríguez-Echeverría – Functional Ecology

Review: The Role of Plant–Microbe Interactions and Their Exploitation for Phytoremediation of Air Pollutants – Nele Weyens – International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Water and extremophile microbiome

Metagenomic analysis of the bacterial community of the Sea of Azov – D. G. Matishov – Marine Biology

Taxonomic and functional characteristics of microbial communities and their correlation with physicochemical properties of four geothermal springs in Odisha, India – Jhasketan Badhai – Frontiers in Microbiology

High diversity and distinctive community structure of bacteria on glaciers in China revealed by 454 pyrosequencing – Qing Liu – Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Review: Databases of the marine metagenomics – Katsuhiko Mineta – Gene

Waste microbiology

Changes in Microbial Composition of Wastewater During Treatment in a Full-Scale Plant – Marija Kaevska – Current Microbiology

Wastewater treatment and microbial communities in an integrated photo-bioelectrochemical system affected by different wastewater algal inocula – Li Xiao – Algal Research

Review: Microbial diversity in support of anaerobic biomass valorization – M. Jobard – Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Food microbiology

Effect of X-ray treatments on Escherichia coli O157:H7, Listeria monocytogenes, Shigella flexneri, Salmonella enterica and inherent microbiota on whole mangoes – Barakat S M Mahmoud – Letters in Applied Microbiology

Metagenomics and bioinformatics

Poster: Alignment-free methods for metagenomic profiling – Shanshan Gao – BMC Bioinformatics

Infection microbiology

Microbial diversity on intravascular catheters from paediatric patients – L. Zhang – European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Phages and viruses

Function of the CRISPR-Cas System of the Human Pathogen Clostridium difficile – Pierre Boudry – mBio

Microbial Ecology

Do modern theories of biodiversity fail to predict commonness and rarity among microbes? – William R. Shoemaker – PeerJ

Strongly Deterministic Population Dynamics in Closed Microbial Communities – Zak Frentz – Physical Review

Microbes in the news

Scientists debate mega-microbiome initiatives: Research standards will advance the field, proponents say, but critics counter that they will stifle creativity – Rachel Becker – Nature

Foals born with rich microbial community in their gut – study – Horsetalk

Halloween: Monster Microbiology, 101: If werewolves and other ghouls existed, they’d surely have microbiomes – Rob Dunn – Science Friday

Bacteria in space – ‘You cannot just open the window’ – Interview with Ralf Möller about microbes found on the ISS – DW

New technique could prevent biofilms on catheters and medical implants – EurekAlert

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