Sorry for a late post today – I had a lot of meetings. Here is what I found:
Gut microbiota shaped via fecal microRNA, the microgenderome, dysbiosis in Vitiligo skin lesions, metatranscriptomics, and an 18th century Yersinia pestis.
General microbiome
Perspective: Taking it Personally: Personalized Utilization of the Human Microbiome in Health and Disease – Niv Zmora – Cell Host & Microbe
The Human Microbiome: Opportunities for Dynamics, Systems, and Control
(based on the IFAC blog post Translate or Die) – Travis E. Gibson – Submitted to ACC 2016
Human skin microbiome
Microbial community profiling shows dysbiosis in the lesional skin of Vitiligo subjects – Parul Ganju – Scientific Reports
Human oral microbiome
Diversity and homogeneity of oral microbiota in healthy Korean pre-school children using pyrosequencing – Soo Eon Lee – Acta Odontologica Scandinavica
Short-term effects of povidone iodine and sodium fluoride therapy on plaque levels and microbiome diversity – C Reilly – Oral Diseases
Commentary: A new association for the oral metagenome – Nicholas S Jakubovics – Oral Diseases
Human vaginal microbiome
Review: Vaginal microbiota and microbiome:- Role in health and disease – Dr Amit A. Rangari – Indian Journal of Basic and Applied Medical Research;
Human gut microbiome
Support for the Microgenderome: Associations in a Human Clinical Population – Amy Wallis – Scientific Reports
Impact of increasing fruit and vegetables and flavonoid intake on the human gut microbiota – Annett Klinder – Food & Function
Colonization potential to reconstitute a microbe community in patients detected early after fecal microbe transplant for recurrent C. difficile – Ranjit Kumar – BMC Microbiology
Review: The microbiome and its implications in intestinal transplantation – Kroemer, Alexander – Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation
Animal models
Genetic and Metabolic Signals during Acute Enteric Bacterial Infection Alter the Microbiota and Drive Progression to Chronic Inflammatory Disease – Karishma Kamdar – Cell Host & Microbe
The Host Shapes the Gut Microbiota via Fecal MicroRNA – Shirong Liu – Cell Host & Microbe
Animal microbiome
The gastrointestinal tract microbiota of the Japanese quail, Coturnix japonica – Ngare Wilkinson – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Culturable endophytic bacterial communities associated with field grown soybean – Karla Bianca de Almeida Lopes – Journal of Applied Microbiology
Historical precipitation predictably alters the shape and magnitude of microbial functional response to soil moisture – Colin Averill – Global Change Biology
Water and waste microbiome
Development of new host-specific Bacteroides qPCRs for the identification of fecal contamination sources in water – Marta Gómez-Doñate – Microbiology Open
Bacterial diversity in oil-polluted marine coastal sediments – Alejandro Acosta-González – Current Opinion in Biotechnology
Spatial and temporal variability of bacterial communities in high alpine water spring sediments – Alfonso Esposito – Research in Microbiology
Biogeochemical, Isotopic and Bacterial Distributions Trace Oceanic Abyssal Circulation – Angelo Rubino – PLOS ONE
Metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, and bioinformatics
Eighteenth century Yersinia pestis genomes reveal the long-term persistence of an historical plague focus – Kirsten I Bos – BioRxiv
Metatranscriptomic analysis of diverse microbial communities reveals core metabolic pathways and microbiome-specific functionality – Yue Jiang – BMC Microbiome Journal
Viral metagenomics and blood safety – V. Sauvage – Transfusion Clinique et Biologique
Microbes in the news
Does our Microbiome Control Us or Do We Control It? – Dina Fine Maron – Scientific American
Your gut’s trick for controlling the bacteria that live in it – New Scientist
Mammals shape their microbiome to prevent disease – Science Codex
Low-Fiber Diets Cause Waves of Extinction in the Gut – Ed Yong – The Atlantic
Bad diets today can alter our great-great-grandkids’ biology – Katherine Ellen Foley – Quartz
Thoughtful and balanced comparison: mothur and QIIME – Pat Schloss – Mothur blog
Modifying the structure of wood alters plant microbiome – Science Daily
Gut Microbiome Similar in Formula- and Combination-Fed Babies – Troy Brown – MedScape
Eglin medical group first to find bacteria unseen in humans: Borrelia turicatae – Ilka Cole – US Air Force
Protecting the infant microbiome – Kathryn Kos – Examiner
Microbiology and art
Sunshine and microbiology inspire Reading artist’s work – Francesca Perryman – Get Reading
Science, publishing, and career
Re: Your Recent Email to Your Professor: Students who use emojis in their emails and write “heeeeelp!” in the subject line don’t necessarily know better. – Paul T. Corrigan and Cameron Hunt McNabb – Inside Higher Education
ORCID: Publishers embrace scheme to end name confusion – John Bohannon – Science
Give teachers a physics test from a woman and they’ll give her worse grades – John Timmer – Ars Technica
Astronomy’s snowballing sexual harassment scandal picks up even more cases – Rachel Feltman – Washington Post
Bik’s Picks
Inside the Eye: Nature’s Most Exquisite Creation – Ed Yong – National Geographic
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