Placenta samples not distinguishable from controls, gut microbiome in ME/CFS and PKU patients, childhood undernutrition, corals’ microbial sentinels, and plant root traps.
Pregnancy and birth
I was hoping for this study to be done: Comparison of placenta samples with contamination controls does not provide evidence for a distinct placenta microbiota – Abigail P. Lauder – Microbiome
Systematic review: Treatment of bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy in order to reduce the risk of spontaneous preterm delivery – a clinical recommendation – Thor Haahr – Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
Human ear microbiome
The microbiome of otitis media with effusion – Chun Ling Chan – The Laryngoscope
Human gut microbiome
Reduced diversity and altered composition of the gut microbiome in individuals with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome – Ludovic Giloteaux – Microbiome
Phenylketonuria and Gut Microbiota: A Controlled Study Based on Next-Generation Sequencing – Felipe Pinheiro de Oliveira – PLOS ONE
Review: Childhood undernutrition, the gut microbiota, and microbiota-directed therapeutics – Laura V. Blanton – Science
Editorial: Gut microbiota and undernutrition – Caroline Ash – Science
Infection and microbiology
Role of Clinicogenomics in Infectious Disease Diagnostics and Public Health Microbiology – Lars F. Westblade – Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Novel Taxa Associated with Human Fungal Black-Grain Mycetomas: Emarellia grisea gen. nov., sp. nov., and Emarellia paragrisea sp. nov. – Andrew M. Borman – Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Sociomicrobiology and Pathogenic Bacteria – Joao B. Xavier – Microbiology Spectrum
Paleomicrobiology Data: Authentification and Interpretation – Michel Drancourt – Microbiology Spectrum
Animal experiments
Dietary fucoidan modulates the gut microbiota in mice by increasing the abundance of Lactobacillus and Ruminococcaceae – Qingsen Shang – Food & Function
Animal microbiome
Perspective: Corals’ microbial sentinels – Tracy D. Ainsworth – Science
Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Escaping Underground Nets: Extracellular DNases Degrade Plant Extracellular Traps and Contribute to Virulence of the Plant Pathogenic Bacterium Ralstonia solanacearum – Tuan Minh Tran – PLOS Pathogens
Press: An ‘arms race’ raging beneath our plants: A crop’s DNA-laden root trap manages to hold on to only a quarter of its bacterial prisoners. – Amy Middleton – Cosmos Magazine
Responsiveness of soil nitrogen fractions and bacterial communities to afforestation in the Loess Hilly Region (LHR) of China – Chengjie Ren – Scientific Reports
Spatial Shifts in Soil Microbial Activity and Degradation of Pasture Cover Caused by Prolonged Exposure to Cement Dust – Fuensanta Caravaca – Land Degradation & Development
Water and extremophile microbiome
Biogeochemical and 16S rRNA gene sequence evidence supports a novel mode of anaerobic methanotrophy in permanently ice-covered Lake Fryxell, Antarctica – Matthew A. Saxton – Limnology and Oceanography
Food microbiology
The Microbiome and Metabolites in Fermented Pu-erh Tea as Revealed by High-Throughput Sequencing and Quantitative Multiplex Metabolite Analysis – Yongjie Zhang – PLOS ONE
More microbiology
Sugar Synthesis from CO2 in Escherichia coli – Niv Antonovsky – Cell
Press: Eating air, making fuel. Scientists engineer bacteria to create sugar from the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide – Science Daily
Not a scientific paper, just a list of links: Web Alert: Synthetic microbial communities: An annotated selection of World Wide Web sites relevant to the topics in environmental microbiology – Lawrence P. Wackett – Environmental Microbiology
Techniques
High stability of faecal microbiome composition in guanidine thiocyanate solution at room temperature and robustness during colonoscopy – Yuichiro Nishimoto – Gut
Microbes in the news
New life form discovered in saliva is linked to human disease – Andy Coghlan – New Scientist
Seagulls Are Carrying a Dangerous Superbug Through the Skies – Maryn McKenna – National Geographic
Beware of Seagulls Carrying This Dangerous Superbug – Laura Lorenzetti – Fortune
Microbes In The Body Affect Success Of Organ Transplants: Study – Katrina Pascual -Tech Times
Scientists just found a compound that kills 98% of a drug-resistant bacteria – Fiona MacDonald – Science Alert
Milken Institute School of Public Health researchers awarded $7 million to study microbiome – Sera Royal – The GW Hatchet
Mycobacterium in olive oil for cancer treatment – EurekAlert
Scientists discover unsuspected bacterial link to bile duct cancer – MedicalXpress
Bik’s completely-not-microbiology Picks
The social dilemma of autonomous vehicles – Jean-François Bonnefon – Science
Have been catching up, and saw the paper about the placenta microbiota, or is there anyways? Learned something new today, thanks for your Digest, as always. 🙂 Of course the debate about autonomous cars is much more complicated that it seems!
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