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Jobs and events

Second Genome (San Francisco, CA) is hiring.

Southern California Microbiome Symposium – Connections to the Environment and Health – Sept 23, UC Irvine

Human gut microbiome

Review: Current Hypothesis for the Relationship between Dietary Rice Bran Intake, the Intestinal Microbiota and Colorectal Cancer Prevention – Winnie K. W. So – MDPI Nutrients

Animal models

Temporal Development of Gut Microbiota in Triclocarban Exposed Pregnant and Neonatal Rats – Rebekah C. Kennedy – Scientific Reports

Animal microbiome

Parasitic Infection by Pseudocapillaria tomentosa is Associated with a Longitudinal Restructuring of the Zebrafish Gut Microbiome – Christopher A Gaulke – bioRxiv

Biology, Pest Status, Microbiome and Control of Kudzu Bug (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Plataspidae): A New Invasive Pest in the U.S. – Anirudh Dhammi – International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

A Hardy Plant Facilitates Nitrogen Removal via Microbial Communities in Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetlands in Winter – Penghe Wang – Scientific Reports

Diversity, Specificity, and Phylogenetic Relationships of Endohyphal Bacteria in Fungi That Inhabit Tropical Seeds and Leaves – Justin P. Shaffer – Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

More microbiology

Nuclear pore-like structures in a compartmentalized bacterium – Evgeny Sagulenko – bioRxiv

Review: Molecular microbiology methods for environmental diagnosis – T. Bouchez – Environmental Chemistry Letters

Self-healing cementitious materials based on bacteria and nutrients immobilized respectively – Huaicheng Chen – Construction and Building Materials

Techniques

An Enteric Micromotor Can Selectively Position and Spontaneously Propel in the Gastrointestinal Tract – Jinxing Li – ACS Nano

Microbes in the news

Black Slime Is Coating World Monuments—And That May Be Good – Michelle Z. Donahue – National Geographic

Designing Buildings to House Our Favorite Germs – Melissa Pandika – Ozy

Very cool talks: Lake Arrowhead Microbial Genomes #LAMG16: Day 3 – David Coil – MicroBEnet

Prairies Yield Clues for Antibiotic Resistance – AgResearch Magazine

Genetically Engineered Bacteria Can Grow Food, Forks on Mars – Jacqueline Ronson – Inverse.com

CosmoCrops! – The 2016 winners of the Nordic Mini-Jamboree! – Copenhagen University iGEM
UW Medical Center takes action after finding bacteria in medical devices – Coral Garnick – BizJournals

Gut bacteria explain insects’ tolerance to a toxic diet – Science Daily

A field guide to dangerous bacteria – Tabletopwhale

Science, publishing, and career

The natural selection of bad science – Paul E. Smaldino – Royal Society Open Science

Press: The Inevitable Evolution of Bad Science – Ed Yong – The Atlantic

Salaries: Reality check: A feeling that good performance is not adequately rewarded is pervading the research world – Chris Woolston – Nature Careers