Laryngeal microbiome, nitrogen fixation by bivalve symbionts, subalpine snow in California, sequence data compression tools. Flying back to Cali today, blogging from Phoenix.
Human respiratory microbiome
The human laryngeal microbiome: effects of cigarette smoke and reflux – Marie E. Jetté – Scientific Reports
Animal microbiome
This is pretty cool: Nitrogen fixation in a chemoautotrophic lucinid symbiosis – Sten König – Nature Microbiology
Fecal Bacterial Composition of Sichuan Snub-Nosed Monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana) – Chen Su – International Journal of Primatology
Lesion recovery and the bacterial microbiome in two Caribbean gorgonian corals – Kartick P. Shirur – Marine Biology
Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Isolation and Identification of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) from the Rhizosphere of Sugarcane in Saline and Non-Saline Soil – Elham Lamizadeh – International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Science
Different responses of rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere soil microbial communities to consecutive Piper nigrum L. monoculture – Zhigang Li – Scientific Reports
Note: 16S rRNA amplicon study, not metagenomics. Proceed with caution. Looking for Rhizobacterial Ecological Indicators in Agricultural Soils Using 16S rRNA metagenomic Amplicon Data – José R. Valverde – PLOS ONE
Comparison of Microbial Community Composition and Diversity in Native Coastal Wetlands and Wetlands that Have Undergone Long-Term Agricultural Reclamation – Shiqi Xu – Wetlands
Review: Biology and evolution of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in the light of genomics – Laurent Kamel – New Phytologist
Review: Plant microbiomes and sustainable agriculture – Philip Hunter – EMBO press
Water and extremophile microbiome
Microbial community structure of subalpine snow in the Sierra Nevada, California – Chelsea J. Carey – Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
Unique community structure of viruses in a glacier soil of the Tianshan Mountains, China – Li-Li Han – Journal of Soils and Sediments
Composition and distribution of microbial communities in natural river wetlands and corresponding constructed wetlands – Qingqing Ca – Ecological Engineering
The culturable mycobiota of a Mediterranean marine site after an oil spill: Isolation, identification and potential application in bioremediation – Elena Bovio – Science of the Total Environment
Metagenomics and bioinformatics
proGenomes: a resource for consistent functional and taxonomic annotations of prokaryotic genomes – Daniel R. Mende – Nucleic Acids Research
Comparison of high-throughput sequencing data compression tools – Ibrahim Numanagić – Nature Methods
Phages and ecology
Ecological conditions determine extinction risk in co-evolving bacteria-phagepopulations – Rosanna C. T. Wright – BMC Evolutionary Biology
Microbes in the news
‘Rare’ and ‘unusual’ bacteria discovered on Muni by SFSU researchers – Alyssa Pereira – SF Gate
How lack of oxygen makes bacteria cause acne and how to stop it – Andy Coghlan – New Scientist
Necrotizing Fasciitis: A Profound Mystery In Medical Microbiology – Alex Berezow – American Council on Science and Health
Doctors warn of bacteria in salt water after Jacksonville officer almost dies – Letisha Bereola – Action News Jax
Healdsburg company makes ‘food’ for the gut’s bacteria – Press Democrat