Gut fermentation bubbles might promote decompression sickness in divers, corals of the Tropical Eastern Pacific, and a new microbiome book: Let Them Eat Dirt.
General microbiome
Review: Transitioning From Descriptive to Mechanistic Understanding of the Microbiome: The Need for a Prospective Longitudinal Approach to Predicting Disease – Victoria J. Martin – The Journal of Pediatrics
Pregnancy and early life
Shifts in Lachnospira and Clostridium sp. in the 3-month stool microbiome are associated with preschool-age asthma – Leah Stiemsma – Clinical Science
Human oral microbiome
Review: The role of bacteriophages in periodontal health and disease – Graça Pinto – Future Medicine
Human urinary tract microbiome
A diverse virome in kidney transplant patients contains multiple viral subtypes with distinct polymorphisms – Asha Rani – Scientific Reports
Human vaginal microbiome
Neither vaginal nor buccal administration of 800 μg misoprostol alters mucosal and systemic immune activation or the cervicovaginal microbiome: a pilot study – Spyros A. Kalams – The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care
Human gut microbiome
Gut fermentation seems to promote decompression sickness in humans – Sébastien de Maistre – Journal of Applied Physiology
Review: Role of gut microbiota and nutrients in amyloid formation and pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease – Francesca Pistollato – Nutrition Reviews
Review: Enteric immunity, the gut microbiome, and sepsis: Rethinking the germ theory of disease – Javier Cabrera-Perez – Experimental Biology and Medicine
Review: Probiotic supplementation can positively affect anxiety and depressive symptoms: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials – Meysam Pirbaglou – Nutrition Research
Animal experiments
Structural modulation of the gut microbiota and the relationship with body weight: compared evaluation of liraglutide and saxagliptin treatment – Lin Wang – Scientific Reports
Microbial antigen mimics activate diabetogenic CD8 T cells in NOD mice – Ningwen Tai – Journal of Experimental Medicine
Press: Yale study shows that gut microbes could trigger type 1 diabetes – Jack Woodfield – Diabetes.co.uk
Intestinal immune maturation is accompanied by temporal changes in the composition of the microbiota – G. Den Hartog – Beneficial Microbes
Animal microbiome
First deep screening of bacterial assemblages associated with corals of the Tropical Eastern Pacific – Joicye Hernández-Zulueta – FEMS Microbiology Ecology
Bioinformatics
Reference point insensitive molecular data analysis – M. Altenbuchinger – Bioinformatics
Microbes in the news
New book: Let Them Eat Dirt – B. Brett Finlay and Marie-Claire Arrieta
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I am wondering about this “let them eat dirt” thing. I follow the microbiome quite closely (in large part thanks to your blog), and to me the “eat dirt” thing seems similar to certain anti-vax sentiments, in that people have forgotten how prolific certain microbial illnesses used to be (and still are in many 3rd world countries due to poor sanitation).
And it also seems to me that people are misallocating the benefits of certain microbes, along with a lack of recognition of the role antibiotics play in wiping out beneficial microbes. From the literature it seems that the beneficial ones are found in breast milk, vagina during birth, and healthy foods. But NOT dirt. In fact, due to this common misallocation of benefits I took this soil bacteria ( https://www.amazon.com/review/R1UA8D182MJAIJ ) and got HORRENDOUS, permanent detrimental results. And in the meantime after, I’ve come across numerous sources that corroborate my experience (some of which I listed in that review of the product).
I’m very curious to get your opinion on this.
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