Gut microbiota in stunted children in India, Chinese children with diabetes, Tibetan and Han populations at different altitudes, and searching for Darwin’s Warm Little Pond.

Human skin microbiome

Review: The influence of skin microorganisms on cutaneous immunity – Yasmine Belkaid – Nature Reviews Immunology

Human oral microbiome

Study recruitment: Reducing oral bacteria in those with mild dementia – Shelley Allen – ISRCTN Registry

Human gut microbiome

Weight gain in anorexia nervosa does not ameliorate the faecal microbiota, branched chain fatty acid profiles, and gastrointestinal complaints – Isabelle Mack – Scientific Reports

Longitudinal Analysis of the Intestinal Microbiota in Persistently Stunted Young Children in South India – Duy M. Dinh – PLOS ONE

Effects of Rifaximin on Transit, Permeability, Fecal Microbiome, and Organic Acid Excretion in Irritable Bowel Syndrome – Andrés Acosta – Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology

Imbalance of Fecal Microbiota at Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes in Chinese Children – Cui-Juan Qi – Chinese Medical Journal

Comparative Analysis of Gut Microbiota of Native Tibetan and Han Populations Living at Different Altitudes – Kang Li – PLOS ONE

Intestinal Microbiota Is Influenced by Gender and Body Mass Index – Carmen Haro – PLOS ONE

Associations between common intestinal parasites and bacteria in humans as revealed by qPCR – L. O’Brien Andersen – European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
Review: Gut microbiota, metabolites and host immunity – Michelle G. Rooks – Nature Reviews Immunology

Review: The behaviour of dietary fibre in the gastrointestinal tract determines its physiological effect – Edoardo Capuano – Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Animal experiments

Effects of dietary fibre source on microbiota composition in the large intestine of suckling piglets – Lingli Zhang – FEMS Microbiology Letters

Investigations on the possible impact of a glyphosate-containing herbicide on ruminal metabolism and bacteria in vitro by means of the “Rumen Simulation Technique” – Susanne Riede – Journal of Applied Microbiology

Piglet nasal microbiota at weaning may influence the development of Glässer’s disease during the rearing period – Florencia Correa-Fiz – BMC Genomics

Effects of a Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic on the Siberian Hamster (Phodopus sungorus) Gut Microbiome – Emma A. St. John – The FASEB Journal

Animal microbiome

Comparison of archaeal and bacterial communities in two sponge species and seawater from an Indonesian coral reef environment – Ana Rita Moura Polónia – Marine Genomics

Baboons: Vaginal Dysbiosis from an Evolutionary Perspective – Natalia Schlabritz-Loutsevitch – Scientific Reports

Review: Longevity-modulating effects of symbiosis: insights from Drosophila–Wolbachia interaction – Oleksandr M. Maistrenko – Biogerontology

Water and extremophile microbiome

Essay: A Field Trip to the Archaean in Search of Darwin’s Warm Little Pond – Bruce Damer- MDPI Life

Identification and characterization of yeasts isolated from sedimentary rocks of Union Glacier at the Antarctica – Salvador Barahona – Extremophiles

Ionic Strength Is a Barrier to the Habitability of Mars – Mark G. Fox-Powell – Astrobiology

Built environment microbiology

Urban Dust Microbiome: Impact on Later Atopy and Wheezing – Christina Tischer – Environmental Health Perspectives

Review: Pediatric Asthma and the Indoor Microbial Environment – Lidia Casas – Current Environmental Health Reports

Waste and pollution microbiology

Enhanced methane production via repeated batch bioaugmentation pattern of enriched microbial consortia – Zhiman Yang – Bioresource Technology

Techniques

Effect of short-term room temperature storage on the microbial community in infant fecal samples – Yong Guo – Scientific Reports

Microbial Ecology

Review: Microbial interactions and community assembly at microscales – Otto X Cordero – Current Opinion in Microbiology

Microbes in the news

How to feed a happy, healthy gut – Carrie Dennett – The Washington Post

Development of Gut Microbes and Gut Immunity Linked – Julia Evangelou Strait – Washington University School of Medicine

Newly Discovered Phages Can Target Antibiotic Resistance – Interview with Paul E. Turner PhD – Medical Research

Specter of Oyster Bacteria Brings Suit Against FDA – Lorraine Bailey – Courthouse News

Xenex Germ-Zapping Robot Kills CRE; Robot Destroys Nightmare Bacteria Like CRE, Ebola & C.Diff before They Make People Sick – Business Wire

Science, publishing and career

Excellent podcast for all genders: Sexism in biotech, from scantily clad models to how gender affects this podcast – Meg Tirrell and Luke Timmerman – STAT News