Fanconi anemia, Clostridium subcluster decreased in UC, ectomycorrhizas in oak forests, cryoconite hole anaerobes.

Human oral microbiome

The Salivary Microbiome and Oral Cancer Risk: A Pilot Study in Fanconi Anemia – C.P. Furquim – Journal of Dental Research

Human gut microbiome

A Single Species of Clostridium Subcluster XIVa Decreased in Ulcerative Colitis Patients – Kozue Takeshita – Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Composition of gut microbiota in infants in China and global comparison – Ya-Shu Kuang – Scientific Reports

Changes in duodenal tissue-associated microbiota following hookworm infection and consecutive gluten challenges in humans with coeliac disease – Paul Giacomin – Scientific Reports

Making sense of the cause of Crohn’s – a new look at an old disease – Anthony W. Segal – F1000 Research

Metaanalysis: The Emerging Role of the Gut Microbiome in Adult Patients With Multiple Sclerosis – Pamela K. Newland – Journal of Neuroscience Nursing

Review: Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 in Ulcerative Colitis Treatment: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Giuseppe Losurdo – Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Human blood and tissue microbiology

Comparing culture and molecular methods for the identification of microorganisms involved in necrotizing soft tissue infections – Vibeke Børsholt Rudkjøbing – BMC Infectious Diseases

Review: Mechanisms of Bacterial Colonization of Implants and Host Response – Christof Wagner – Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Animal models

Fecal Microbiota and Metabolome in a Mouse Model of Spontaneous Chronic Colitis: Relevance to Human Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Ainsley M. Robinson – Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Microbiota induces tonic CCL2 systemic levels that control pDC trafficking in steady state – M Swiecki – Mucosal Immunology

Siderophore-based immunization strategy to inhibit growth of enteric pathogens – Martina Sassone-Corsia – PNAS

Akkermansia muciniphila improves metabolic profiles by reducing inflammation in chow diet-fed mice – Shaoqian Zhao – Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

The highly variable microbiota associated to intestinal mucosa correlates with growth and hypoxia resistance of sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax, submitted to different nutritional histories – François-Joël Gatesoupe – BMC Microbiology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Plant growth patterns in a tripartite strip relay intercrop are shaped by asymmetric aboveground competition – Chengdong Huang – Field Crops Research

First detection of Endogone ectomycorrhizas in natural oak forests – Kohei Yamamoto – Mycorrhiza

[PFD] Grape berry bacterial inhibition by different copper fungicides – Guilherme Martins – BIO Web of Conferences

Sensitive responders among bacterial and fungal microbiome to pyrogenic organic matter (biochar) addition differed greatly between rhizosphere and bulk soils – Z Dai – Scientific Reports

Water and extremophile microbiome

Enrichment of Cryoconite Hole Anaerobes: Implications for the Subglacial Microbiome – Marek K. Zdanowski – Microbial Ecology

Food microbiology

Sensory, microbiological and physico-chemical characterization of Klila, a traditional cheese made in the south-west of Algeria – Benamara R. N. – African Journal of MIcrobiology Research

Does organically produced lettuce harbor higher abundance of antibiotic resistance genes than conventionally produced? – Bokai Zhu – Environment International

Built environment microbiology

Microbiological evaluation of drinking water available in schools in Cruz das Almas, Brazil – Marcos Vinicius Silva de Andrade – African Journal of MIcrobiology Research

Bioinformatics and metagenomics

Book chapter: DecontaMiner: A Pipeline for the Detection and Analysis of Contaminating Sequences in Human NGS Sequencing Data – Ilaria Granata – Dynamics of Mathematical Models in Biology

More microbiology

Predatory Bacteria Attenuate Klebsiella pneumoniae Burden in Rat Lungs – Kenneth Shatzkes – mBio

Predatory bacteria offer potential solution to drug resistance problem – Phys.org
Predatory Bacteria Can Cannibalize Drug-Resistant Bugs – Seeker

Bik’s non-microbiology Picks

Beyond Our Borders? Public Resistance to Global Genomic Data Sharing – Mary A. Majumder – PLOS Biology

Origins of Biodiversity – Michael J. Benton – PLOS Biology

Microbes in the news

Researchers exploring new platform for detecting pathogenic bacteria using bacteriophages – News Medical

Novel vaccines block iron scavenging by bacteria. Agents starve bacteria by raising antibodies to capture the small molecules the microbes release to harvest iron – Stu Borman – Chemical & Engineering News

What’s lurking in the water in Shedd Aquarium – Lisa Bertagnoli – Chicago Business

New biophotonic light sensor can detect Legionella bacteria in minutes – News Medical

Scrubs And Superbug Transmission In ICUs: What We Still Don’t Know Can Kill You – Judy Stone – Forbes
Dangerous bacteria could hitch a ride on nurses’ scrubs – Rachel Sereix – Duke Chronicle

Microbes and the market

Clinical Microbiology Market Expected to Reach $6.72 billion by 2022 – Medgadget

Science, publishing, and career

Rosalind’s Ghost: Biology, Collaboration, and the Female – Caroline Wagner – PLOS Biology

Differences in Collaboration Patterns across Discipline, Career Stage, and Gender – Xiao Han T. Zeng – PLOS Biology