Microbiome of Inuit, centenarians, microbes showing differential expression when they are grown with sound, taxonomy of prokaryotic viruses.

Human gut microbiome

* Gut Microbiome of the Canadian Arctic Inuit – Catherine Girard – mSphere

• First snapshot of Inuit gut microbiome shows similarities to Western microbiome – EurekAlert
•  First snapshot of Inuit gut microbiome shows similarities to Western microbiome – MedicalXpress
• Inuit Gut Microbiome Shares Features With Gut Communities From Westernized, Urban Center – Andrea Anderson – GenomeWeb

* The gut microbiota of centenarians: Signatures of longevity in the gut microbiota profile – Biagi Elena – Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Review: Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms of the Interplay Between Herbal Medicines and Gut Microbiota – Jun Xu – Medicinal Research Reviews

Editorial: The microbiome as a source of new enterprises and job creation: Considering clinical faecal and synthetic microbiome transplants and therapeutic regulation – Daniel van der Lelie – Microbial Biotechnology

Animal experiments

Effect of dietary kefir on the growth performance, feed utilization and fatty acid profile of juvenile rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss – E. Gümüş – Aquaculture Nutrition

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

The Pseudomonas putida T6SS is a plant warden against phytopathogens – Patricia Bernal – The ISME Journal

Mycorrhizal Colonization Status and Rhizosphere Soil Properties of BCSIR Reserve Forest Rajshahi, Bangladesh – M. Halder – Current World Environment

Waste and pollution microbiology

Batch and continuous removal of heavy metals from industrial effluents using microbial consortia – F. Migahed – International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Musical microbes

* Frequency-dependent response of Chromobacterium violaceum to sonic stimulation, and altered gene expression associated with enhanced violacein production at 300 Hz – Chinmayi Joshi – bioRxiv

Bioinformatics

Book: Molecular Data Analysis Using R – Csaba Ortutay

Viruses and phages

* Taxonomy of prokaryotic viruses: 2016 update from the ICTV bacterial and archaeal viruses subcommittee – Evelien M. Adriaenssens – Archives of Virology

Metabolomics

Optimal allocation of metabolic functions among organisms in a microbial ecosystem – Qi Zhao – Decision and Control (CDC), 2016 IEEE 55th Conference on

Microbes in the news

CDC keeps secret its mishaps with deadly germs: CDC blacked-out information from lab incident reports – Alison Young – USA Today

Single fecal transplant no more effective than standard of care in treating C. diff – MedicalXpress

Alaska gulls are picking up antibiotic-resistant bacteria that could infect humans – Yereth Rosen – ADN

Man-made lake near Linganore drained to kill toxic pink bacteria: pink-colored cyanobacterium releases a toxin – Samantha Hogan – The Frederick News Post

Bacteria Hysteria

Dirty Money. The public health case for a cashless society – Dina Fine Maron – Scientific American
The Money in Your Wallet Might Be Covered With Poop, Mold, and Cocaine – Brad
– Money
The 5 Dirtiest Things You Touch Every Day – Markham Heid – Time

Microbes in the market

Israeli Gut Microbiome Startup Lands Mayo Clinic Venture Backing – TwinCities Business

Ritter Pharmaceuticals Phase 2a Lactose Intolerance Clinical Trial Microbiome Data, Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences – Yahoo

Cambridge BioMarketing Announces Five Predictions for 2017 – Yahoo

Bruker Announces Acquisition of CMO InVivo Biotech to Expand Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Pathology Consumables and Assay Business – PR Newswire

Science integrity

Bavarian court sentences me to prison if I dare repeat unwelcome facts of Walles’ trachea transplants – Leonid Schneider – For Better Science