Mycorrhizal fungi and CO2, pathogen defense in the gut, Mississippi River plume.
Animal experiments
Defensive Mutualism Rescues NADPH Oxidase Inactivation in Gut Infection – Gratiela Pircalabioru – Cell Host & Microbe
Press: Good gut relationships key in defence against pathogens – Medical Xpress
Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Mycorrhizal association as a primary control of the CO2 fertilization effect – César Terrer – Science
Press: Study finds that plant growth responses to high carbon dioxide depend on symbiotic fungi – EurekAlert
Grassland to woodland transitions: Dynamic response of microbial community structure and carbon use patterns – Courtney A. Creamer – Journal of Geophysical Research
The interaction between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and endophytic bacteria enhances plant growth of Acacia gerrardii under salt stress – Abeer Hashem – Frontiers in Microbiology
Water and extremophile microbiome
Mississippi River plume enriches microbial diversity in the northern Gulf of Mexico – Olivia U. Mason – Frontiers in Microbiology
Editorial: Anthropogenic impacts on the microbial ecology and function of aquatic environments – Maurizio Labbate – Frontiers in Microbiology
Unanticipated geochemical and microbial community structure under seasonal ice cover in a dilute, dimictic Arctic lake – Ursel Schuette – Frontiers in Microbiology
Comparative activity and functional ecology of permafrost soils and lithic niches in a hyper-arid polar desert – Jacqueline Goordial – Environmental Microbiology
Metagenomics and bioinformatics
Bioinformatic Characterization of Mosquito Viromes within the Eastern United States and Puerto Rico: Discovery of Novel Viruses – Kenneth G. Frey – Evolutionary Bioinformatics
Review: Reconstructing single genomes from complex microbial communities – Dongwan D. Kang – it-Information Technology
Review: A history of DNA sequence assembly – Eugene W. Myers Jr – it-Information Technology
Review: Millions of reads, thousands of taxa: microbial community structure and associations analyzed via marker genes – Miklós Bálint – FEMS Microbiology Reviews
Microbes in the news
Stanford undergrads cook up a biotech startup to develop new antibiotics for drug-resistant superbugs – Rosemary Mena-Werth – Stanford News
From the Evolution Conference, talk by Danielle Whittaker: Bacteria give bird its sexy smells – Patrick Monahan – Science
Australia’s Melbourne takes selfie of its microbiome – i4U News
The Microbiome and Bronchiolitis: An Unusual Pairing or Is It? – Lewis First – AAP Gateway
An Ounce of (Water) Prevention: microbial fuel degradation – Katherine Vanover – Fuel Market News
New study shows chronic fatigue isn’t just in your head. It may have to do with your gut – Ariana Eunjung Cha – Washington Post
Resistance to antibiotics and to immune system are interconnected in bacteria – EurekAlert
Researchers develop effective strategy for disrupting bacterial biofilms – EurekAlert
How a germ catches a virus – Phys.org
Coming Soon: Gut Bacteria That Actually Cure Your Disease: The $34 billion probiotics market includes some dubious products. This crop looks different – Deena Shanker – Bloomberg
TV weatherman retracts story about toxic bacteria at Northwest Florida beaches – The Destin Log
Bik’s non-microbiology Picks
Former Relman lab member: NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins Prepares for First Trip to Space – Alison Thoet – ABC News
107 Nobel laureates sign letter blasting Greenpeace over GMOs – Joel Achenbach – Washington Post
The Academic Hermit – What are you going to do with your tool?: installation as the Frederick G. Novy Collegiate Professor of Microbiome Research at the University of Michigan – Pat Schloss
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