Testing antibacterial and antismelly capacities of deodorant with a sniffer panel, uncovering trophic interactions by metagenomic sequencing of ladybugs’ gut contents.
Events
6th ASM Beneficial Microbes meeting, Days 3-4 – Tera Levin – Storify
Human armpit microbiome
Smelly armpits, bacteria, and a sniffer panel: Effective axillary malodour reduction by polyquaternium-16-containing deodorants – B. Traupe – International Journal of Cosmetic Science
Human gut microbiome
Review: Pathogenesis of acute graft-versus-host disease: from intestinal microbiota alterations to donor T cell activation – Robert Zeiser – British Journal of Haemotology
Review: Role of the gut microbiota in host appetite control: bacterial growth to animal feeding behaviour – Sergueï O. Fetissov – Nature Reviews Endocrinology
Animal microbiome
Ladybugs: Uncovering Trophic Interactions in Arthropod Predators through DNA Shotgun-Sequencing of Gut Contents – Débora P. Paula – PLOS ONE
Does adaptive radiation of a host lineage promote ecological diversity of its bacterial communities? A test using gut microbiota of Anolis lizards – Tiantian Ren – Molecular Ecology
Built Environment microbiome
Previously in preprint, now published: Microbial diversity of extreme habitats in human homes – Amy M. Savage – PeerJ
Techniques / Bioreactors
Quantitative high-throughput population dynamics in continuous-culture by automated microscopy – Jason Merritt – Scientific Reports
Microbes in the news
Genevieve Sullivan: Bacteria and Food Packaging – Darren Chow – Cornell Sun
Samantha VanWees: Bacteria, Light and Milk Processing – Isabelle Philippe – CornellSun
This should be Open Access, because it is just a list of links. But it is not unfortunately: Web Alert: Ecophysiology of anaerobes: An annotated selection of World Wide Web sites relevant to the topics in environmental microbiology – Lawrence P. Wackett
An arms race with a superbug: Study shows how pneumonia-causing bacteria invade the body – Phys.org
Coming together for microbiology: new network for scientists working in forensic medicine – Labnews UK
The possible link between bacteria and chronic disease? – Jason Tetro – PopSci
See paper in Advanced Materials featured yesterday: Delivering beneficial bacteria to the GI tract. Method that transports microbes through the stomach to the intestine may benefit human health – Anne Trafton – MIT News Office
Science, publishing, and career
Mansplaining: how not to talk to female Nasa astronauts – Laura Bates – The Guardian
