Mammalian corpse decomposition – beautiful work by Jessica Metcalf.
Microbiome of death
Microbial community assembly and metabolic function during mammalian corpse decomposition – Jessica L. Metcalf – Science
Human oral microbiome
Review: Oral microbiome, periodontitis and risk of head and neck cancer – Leonardo Victor Galvão-Moreira – Oral Oncology
Review: The emerging landscape of salivary diagnostics – Yong Zhang – Periodontology 2000
Review: Influence of saliva on the oral microbiota – Philip D. Marsh – Periodontology 2000
Human skin microbiome
OK, not microbial, but entertaining: A comparative clinical study of different hair removal procedures and their impact on axillary odor reduction in men – Anthony Lanzalaco – Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology
Human respiratory microbiome
Correspondence: Potential roles of disordered airway microbiota in patients with severe asthma – Zongxin Ling – Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Human gut microbiome
Stress and the Microbiota–Gut–Brain Axis in Visceral Pain: Relevance to Irritable Bowel Syndrome – Rachel D. Moloney – CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics
Review: SLE: Another Autoimmune Disorder Influenced by Microbes and Diet? – Qinghui Mu – Frontiers in Immunology
Review: The Intestinal Microbiome and the Liver Transplant Recipient: What We Know
and What We Need to Know – Iliana Doycheva
Microbiome models
Vancomycin treatment and butyrate supplementation modulate gut microbe composition and severity of neointimal hyperplasia after arterial injury – Karen J. Ho – Physiological Reports
Can closed artificial ecosystem have an impact on insect microbial community? A case study of yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor L.) – Leyuan Li – Ecological Engineering
Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Increasing aridity reduces soil microbial diversity and abundance in global drylands – Fernando T. Maestre – PNAS
The interaction between iron nutrition, plant species and soil type shapes the rhizosphere microbiome – Youry Pii – Plant Physiology and Biochemistry
Nitrification and Nitrifying Bacteria in a Coastal Microbial Mat – Haoxin Fan – Frontiers in Microbiology
Diversity of Phytophthora Species from Declining Mediterranean Maquis Vegetation, including Two New Species, Phytophthora crassamura and P. ornamentata sp. nov. – Bruno Scanu – PLOS ONE
Algae–bacteria interactions: Evolution, ecology and emerging applications – Rishiram Ramanan – Biotechnology Advances
Water microbiome
Particle-Associated Differ from Free-Living Bacteria in Surface Waters of the Baltic Sea – Angelika Rieck – Frontiers in Microbiology
The global ocean microbiome – Mary Ann Moran – Science
Hypothesis: Fractal Hypothesis of the Pelagic Microbial Ecosystem—Can Simple Ecological Principles Lead to Self-Similar Complexity in the Pelagic Microbial Food Web? – Selina Våge – Frontiers in Microbiology
Food microbiology
Microbiome profiling in fresh-cut products – Chiara Gorni – Trends in Food Science & Technology
FoodMicrobionet: A database for the visualisation and exploration of food bacterial communities based on network analysis – Eugenio Parente – International Journal of Food Microbiology
Bioinformatics and metagenomics
The MG-RAST metagenomics database and portal in 2015 – Andreas Wilke – Nucleic Acids Research
Infection and transplantation
The Interplay of Host Microbiota and Parasitic Protozoans at Mucosal Interfaces: Implications for the Outcomes of Infections and Diseases – Ann-Katrein Bär – PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Viruses and phages
The role of viruses in the evolution of cyanobacteria – S. V. Shestakov – Biology Bulletin Reviews
Microbes in the news
Thousands of unexpected microbes break down our bodies after death – Elizabeth Pennisi – Science
Meet the Necrobiome: The Waves of Microbes That Will Eat Your Corpse – Ed Yong – The Atlantic
Tiny Witnesses: Microbes Can Tell When A Murder Victim Died – Rob Stein – NPR
New Superbug Resistant To All Antibiotics Linked To Imported Meat – Judy Stone – Forbes
Chipotle, E. coli, and more: The surprising truths about food-borne illnesses – Sheila Kaplan – STAT news
What Your Microbiome Wants for Dinner – David R Montgomery and Anne Bikle
Bacteria engineered with synthetic circadian clocks – EurekAlert
Melanoma Meets Microbiome – Kenneth Y. Tsai – NEJM Journal Watch
Can the health of a pregnant woman’s gut influence her baby? – Massey University
Science, publishing, and career
Making the most of the postdoc experience – Lorena Escudero – Frontiers Blog
Should post-publication peer review be anonymous? The PubPeer organisers and two other scholars debate the merits and pitfalls of anonymity in peer review – Times Higher Education
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