Periodontal pathogens in crack users, the human gut microbiome in health and disease, iron availability during polymicrobial infection, ecology of soil microorganisms, lake diurnal dynamics.

Human oral microbiome

* “Cut that ivory into skinny pieces, then she clean it with her face” (The Weeknd – Starboy lyrics):  RT-PCR quantification of periodontal pathogens in crack users and non-users – M Casarin

The Subgingival Microbiome, Systemic Inflammation and Insulin Resistance: The Oral Infections, Glucose Intolerance and Insulin Resistance Study (ORIGINS) – Ryan T. Demmer – Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Human gut microbiome

Prospective Randomized Controlled Study on the Effects of Saccharomyces boulardii CNCM I-745 and Amoxicillin-Clavulanate or the Combination on the Gut Microbiota of Healthy Volunteers – Toufic A Kabbani – Gut Microbes

Modulation of a Circulating Uremic Solute via Rational Genetic Manipulation of the Gut Microbiota – A. Sloan Devlin – Cell Host & Microbe
Preview: Microbial Modulation of a Uremic Toxin – Sarah M. Skye – Cell Host & Microbe

Host–microbiome interactions in human type 2 diabetes following prebiotic fibre (galacto-oligosaccharide) intake – Camilla Pedersen – British Journal of Nutrition

Poster abstract: In vitro study of the interaction between human gut microbiota and herbal extracts using willow bark extract as an example – EM Pferschy-Wenzig – Planta Medica

Poster abstract: Metabolic fate of ellagitannins in human gut microbiota ex vivo cultures – JP Piwowarski – Planta Medica

Commentary: Do diverticula provide a unique niche for microbiota which can lead to activation of the innate immune system? – Robin C Spiller – Gut

* Review: The Human Intestinal Microbiome in Health and Disease – Susan V. Lynch – The New England Journal of Medicine

Animal and in vitro experiments

* Microbial Community Composition Impacts Pathogen Iron Availability during Polymicrobial Infection – Apollo Stacy – PLOS Pathogens

A genome-wide screen of bacterial mutants that enhance dauer formation in C. elegans – Amit Khanna – Scientific Reports

Research in worms provides a model to study how the microbiome influences disease in humans – Phys.org

Identification and Characterization of Trimethylamine-N-oxide Uptake and Efflux Transporters – Wendy A. Teft – Molecular Pharmaceutics

Hydrolysis of Dicaffeoylquinic Acids from Ilex kudingcha Happens in the Colon by Intestinal Microbiota – Minhao Xie – Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Bacterial Communities Differ among Drosophila melanogaster Populations and Affect Host Resistance against Parasitoids – Mariia Chaplinska – PLOS ONE

Animal microbiome

Amphibian gut microbiota shifts differentially in community structure but converges on habitat-specific predicted functions – Molly C. Bletz – Nature Communications

The genome of Rhizobiales bacteria in predatory ants reveals urease gene functions but no genes for nitrogen fixation – Minna-Maria Neuvonen – Scientific Reports

Poster abstract: How to fight against the decay- the burying beetle and its gut microbiota – P Heise – Planta Medica

Poster abstract: Latrunculid sponges, their microbial communities and secondary metabolites: connecting conserved bacterial symbionts to pyrroloiminoquinone production – RA Dorrington – Planta Medica

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

* Editorial: Special thematic issue on the ecology of soil microorganisms – Petr Baldrian – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Soil DNA metabarcoding and high-throughput sequencing as a forensic tool: considerations, potential limitations and recommendations – J. M. Young – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Distinctive Feature of Microbial Communities and Bacterial Functional Profiles in Tricholoma matsutake Dominant Soil – Seung-Yoon Oh – PLOS ONE

Variations in Soil Microbial Biomass Carbon and Soil Dissolved Organic Carbon in the Re-Vegetation of Hilly Slopes with Purple Soil – Ning Yang – PLOS ONE

Disentangling the influence of earthworms in sugarcane rhizosphere – Lucas P. P. Braga – Scientific Reports

Poster abstract: 3D-Plant2cells project: Spatial metabolomic, spatial metagenomic, and 3D mass spectrometry imaging, to explore the impact of pesticides on plant metabolome and microbiota – LF Nothias – Planta Medica

Poster abstract: Stromatolite microbial communities as a source of new bioactive secondary metabolites – PM Flatt – Planta Medica

Water and pollution microbiome

* Lake bacterioplankton dynamics over diurnal timescales – Lorena M. Grubisic – Freshwater Biology

Dynamics of Heterocapsa sp. and the associated attached and free-living bacteria under the influence of dispersed and undispersed crude oil – T. Severin – Letters in Applied Microbiology

More microbiology

Microbial Ecology: Where are we now? – Lisa Boughner and Pallavi Singh – PostDoc Journal

Microbes in the news

Video: Meet Prof Gisèle LaPointe: how microbes play a big role in our health and what she finds most exciting about her research – YouTube

Video: The Microbiology of Beer – Microbes After Hours. With Charles Bamforth, University of California, Davis and Rebecca Newman, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery – ASM – YouTube

The ancient viruses of the Arctic – Manchester Metropolitan University

Bacteria, viruses, fungi…oh my! – Jennifer Gonsoulin – ABC3340

7 Benson High School individuals test positive for tuberculosis bacteria – KETV