Microbiome in hyposalivation, frailty microbiotas in discordant twins, saline lakes in Novosibirsk.

Human oral microbiome

Bacterial composition in whole saliva from patients with severe hyposalivation– a case-control study – Daniel Belstrøm – Oral Diseases

Human respiratory microbiome

Mixed group of Rhizobiales microbes in lung and blood of a patient with fatal pulmonary illness – Shyh-Ching Lo – Int J Clin Exp Pathol

Human gut microbiome

Signatures of early frailty in the gut microbiota – Matt Jackson – Genome Medicine

Unique β-Glucuronidase Locus in Gut Microbiomes of Crohn’s Disease Patients and Unaffected First-Degree Relatives – Karine Gloux – PLOS ONE

Animal models

Enhancement of Microbiota in Healthy Macaques Results in Beneficial Modulation of Mucosal and Systemic Immune Function – Jennifer A. Manuzak – The Journal of Immunology

Natural Pig Plasma Immunoglobulins Have Anti-Bacterial Effects: Potential for Use as Feed Supplement for Treatment of Intestinal Infections in Pigs – Chris J. Hedegaard – PLOS ONE

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Nice to meet you: genetic, epigenetic and metabolic controls of plant perception of beneficial associative and endophytic diazotrophic bacteria in non-leguminous plants – T. L. G. Carvalho – Plant Molecular Biology

Water and extremophile microbiome

Ecological succession reveals potential signatures of marine–terrestrial transition in salt marsh fungal communities – Francisco Dini-Andreote – The ISME Journal

(updated link) The role of environmental factors for the composition of microbial communities of saline lakes in the Novosibirsk region (Russia) – Alla V. Bryanskaya – BMC Microbiology 

Phages and microbial ecology

Bacteriophages affect evolution of bacterial communities in spatially distributed habitats: a simulation study – Alexandra Igorevna Klimenko – BMC Microbiology

Microbes in the news

UK Armed forces hospital’s water supply ‘contaminated with bacteria’ – Damien Gayle – The Guardian

Umpqua Hot Springs re-opens, after water tests clear of bacteria – Jamie Hale – Oregon Live

Far-Out Photos Reveal The Beautiful Bacteria Living In Our Teeth – Jacqueline Howard – Huffington Post Science

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