Denture microbiome, insulin resistance and appendix microbiome in obesity, raw milk microbiome, subtropical forest soils, biofilms in drinking water systems, metabolomics of a Mediterranean diet, cell shape and biofilms.
Human oral microbiome
* The Denture-Associated Oral Microbiome in Health and Stomatitis – Baochen Shi – mSphere
Commentary: A novel strategy for diagnosing viral versus bacterial infection: implications for oral diseases – Nataly Kravchenko-Balasha – Oral Diseases
Human gut microbiome
* Insulin resistance is associated with specific gut microbiota in appendix samples from
morbidly obese patients – Isabel Moreno-Indias – American Journal of Translational Research
Microbiology of nearly sterile sites
Improving molecular diagnosis of neonatal septicaemia: Comparative evaluation of different protocols for extraction of bacterial and fungal DNA from blood samples – Gargi Dangre-Mudey – International Journal of Current Research in Medical Sciences
Animal microbiome
* Impacts of Seasonal Housing and Teat Preparation on Raw Milk Microbiota: a High-Throughput Sequencing Study – Conor J. Doyle – Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Biogeography and molecular diversity of coral symbionts in the genus Symbiodinium around the Arabian Peninsula – Maren Ziegler – Journal of Biogeography
Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Colonization and community structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in maize roots at different depths in the soil profile respond differently to phosphorus inputs on a long-term experimental site – Chao Wang – Mycorrhiza
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community composition is altered by long-term litter removal but not litter addition in a lowland tropical forest – Merlin Sheldrake – New Phytologist
Modeling of mineral nutrient uptake of spruce tree roots as affected by the ion dynamics in the rhizosphere: Upscaling of model results to field plot scale – H. Nietfeld – Ecological Modelling
Competition between rhizobia under different environmental conditions affects the nodulation of a legume – Zhao Jun Ji – Systematic and Applied Microbiology
* Altered precipitation seasonality impacts the dominant fungal but rare bacterial taxa in subtropical forest soils – Qian Zhao – Biology and Fertility of Soils
Cultivable bacterial communities associated with roots of rose-scented geranium (Pelargonium graveolens) with the potential to contribute to plant growth – Thais Freitas da Silva – Applied Soil Ecology
Isolation of Soil and Endophytic Fungi from Rice (Oryza sativa L.) – Thianrat Leewijit – Journal of Agricultural Technology
Effects of Dry and Wet Sieving of Soil on Identification and Interpretation of Microbial Community Composition – A. Blaud – Advances in Agronomy
Book chapter: The Significance of Plant-Associated Microbial Rhizosphere for the Degradation of Xenobiotic Compounds – Durgesh Kumar Jaiswal – Plant Responses to Xenobiotics
Review: Plant Communication With Associated Microbiota in the Spermosphere, Rhizosphere and Phyllosphere – P. Lemanceau – Advances in Botanical Research
Review: Plant growth promoting Rhizobacteria: Biocontrol potential for pathogens – Roomina Mazhar – Pure Appl Biol
Water and extremophile microbiome
* Spatial and temporal analogies in microbial communities in natural drinking water biofilms – I. Douterelo – Science of The Total Environment
Metagenomic Analysis of Hot Springs in Central India Reveals Hydrocarbon Degrading Thermophiles and Pathways Essential for Survival in Extreme Environments – Rituja Saxena – Frontiers in Microbiology
Response of the microbial community to bioturbation by benthic macrofauna on intertidal flats – Hui Shen – Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Review: Biotechnological Applications of Marine Enzymes From Algae, Bacteria, Fungi, and Sponges – S. Parte – Advances in Food and Nutrition Research
Waste and pollution microbiology
Inhibitory effects of sodium azide on microbial growth in experimental resuspension of marine sediment – Cabrol Léa – Journal of Microbiological Methods
Effect of various chemical oxidation agents on soil microbial communities – Eva Kakosová – Chemical Engineering Journal
Shifts in microbial community structure and function in surface waters impacted by unconventional oil and gas wastewater revealed by metagenomics – N.L. Fahrenfeld – Science of the Total Environment
Changes in the microbial community during bioremediation of gasoline-contaminated soil – Aline Jaime Leal – Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
Performance and microbial communities of completely autotrophic denitrification in a bioelectrochemically-assisted constructed wetland system for nitrate removal – Dan Xu – Bioresource Technology
Screening selectively harnessed environmental microbial communities for biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in moving bed biofilm reactors – Marc A. Demeter – Bioresource Technology
Review: Resource recovery from wastewater by biological technologies: opportunities, challenges and prospects – Daniel Puyol – Frontiers in Microbiology
Fungi
A Review of the Ubiquity of Ascomycetes Filamentous Fungi in Relation to Their Economic and Medical Importance – Mary Augustina Egbuta – Advances in Microbiology
Phages
Editorial: Filamentous Bacteriophage in Bio/Nano/Technology, Bacterial Pathogenesis and Ecology – Jasna Rakonjac – Frontiers in Microbiology
Metabolomics
* Adherence to a Mediterranean diet influences the fecal metabolic profile of microbial-derived phenolics in a Spanish cohort of middle-age and older people – Isabel Gutiérrez-Díaz – Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
MASTR-MS: a web-based collaborative laboratory information management system (LIMS) for metabolomics – Adam Hunter – Metabolomics
More microbiology
* Cell morphology drives spatial patterning in microbial communities – William P. J. Smith – PNAS
Microbes in the news
A Gut Makeover for the New Year – Roni Caryn Rabin – The New York Times
Keys plan field trial for bacteria-infected mosquitoes – Associated Press
Salmonella bacteria threatens Mudumalai: cattle and elephants died – Times of India
How your gut’s circadian rhythm affects your whole body – Richard G. “Bugs” Stevens – The Conversation
Eat Dirt… It’s Good For You (So Are Worms) – Tanya Mead – The Alternative Daily