Happy New Year, everyone! May 2017 be good for you and your microbes!

Multiple human site microbiome

Disruption of the microbiota across multiple body sites in critically ill children – Matthew B. Rogers – Microbiome

Pregnancy and early life

Temporal bacterial and metabolic development of the preterm gut reveals specific signatures in health and disease – Christopher J. Stewart – Microbiome

Influence of maternal breast milk ingestion on acquisition of the intestinal microbiome in preterm infants – Katherine E. Gregory – Microbiome

The developing hypopharyngeal microbiota in early life – Martin Steen Mortensen – Microbiome

Review: Maternal health and the placental microbiome – Elise Pelzer – Placenta

Human respiratory microbiome

Study of the Lung Microbiome. Have We Reached the End of the Beginning? – Alison Morris – American Journal of the Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Human urinary tract microbiome

Review: Impact of polymicrobial biofilms in catheter-associated urinary tract infections – Andreia S. Azevedo – Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Human gut microbiome

The gut microbiota in conventional and serrated precursors of colorectal cancer – Brandilyn A. Peters – Microbiome

Interaction between Atypical Antipsychotics and the Gut Microbiome in a Bipolar Disease Cohort – Stephanie A. Flowers – Pharmacotherapy

Book chapter: The Role of the Gastrointestinal Microbiota in Visceral Pain – Kieran Rea – Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Review: Microbial nutrient niches in the gut – Fátima C. Pereira – Environmental Microbiology

Animal and bioreactor experiments

Autochthonous probiotic Lactobacillus sp. in the diet of bullfrog tadpoles Lithobates catesbeianus improves weight gain, feed conversion and gut microbiota – S.A. Pereira – Aquaculture Nutrition

The effect of pullulan on the growth and acidifying activity of selected stool microflora of human – Anna Chlebowska-Śmigiel – Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Animal microbiome

Effects of diet type, developmental stage, and gut compartment in the gut bacterial communities of two Cerambycidae species (Coleoptera) – Jeong Myeong Kim – Journal of Microbiology

Metagenomic approach to study the bacterial community in clinical and subclinical mastitis in buffalo – Reena J. Patel – Meta Gene

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Analysis of copper tolerant rhizobacteria from the industrial belt of Gujarat, western India for plant growth promotion in metal polluted agriculture soils – Murali Sharaff – Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

High-Performing Windowfarm Hydroponic System: Transcriptomes of Fresh Produce and Microbial Communities in Response to Beneficial Bacterial Treatment – Seungjon Lee – Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Using soil microbial inoculations to enhance substrate performance on extensive green roofs – Chloe J. Molineux – Science of the Total Environment

Rhizospheric iron and arsenic bacteria affected by water regime: Implications for metalloid uptake by rice – Sarah Zecchin – Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Metabolomics

Stability of Cross-Feeding Polymorphisms in Microbial Communities
– Ivana Gudelj – PLOS Computational Biology

Microbes in the news

Rochester using ‘pickle juice’ to reduce nitrogen – Liz Markhlevskaya – Seacoast Online

Bacteria in soil has antidepressant effects – Jessica Damiano – News Day

10 New Year resolutions for your vaginal health – Cosmopolitan

Heart surgery patients warned about possible exposure to bacteria – Tammy Palmer – Local Syracuse