3D modeling of endometrial interaction with vaginal bacteria, insect symbiont determined by host plants, 2011 tsunami effects on phytoplankton, virus taxonomy, Microbiome Helper and microRNA sensitivity in intestinal stem cells.
Human vaginal microbiome
* Human three-dimensional endometrial epithelial cell model to study host interactions with vaginal bacteria and Neisseria gonorrhoeae – Paweł Łaniewski – Infection and Immunity
Human gut microbiome
Workshop Proceedings: Nutrition Across the Lifespan for Healthy Aging – Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief – NAS
Review: Gut–brain axis in 2016: Brain–gut–microbiota axis — mood, metabolism and behaviour – Timothy G. Dinan & John F. Cryan – Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Animal experiments
Respiration of Microbiota-Derived 1,2-propanediol Drives Salmonella Expansion during Colitis – Franziska Faber – PLOS Pathogens
Comparative Analysis of Drosophila melanogaster Gut Microbiota with Respect to Host Strain, Sex, and Age – Gangsik Han – Microbial Ecology
Impact of birth weight and postnatal diet on the gut microbiota of young adult guinea pigs – Kait Al – PeerJ
* Host plant species determines symbiotic bacterial community mediating suppression of plant defenses – Seung Ho Chung – Scientific Reports
Animal microbiome
Insights into the lifestyle of uncultured bacterial natural product factories associated with marine sponges – Gerald Lackner – PNAS
Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Regulation of root development in Arabidopsis thaliana by phytohormone-secreting epiphytic methylobacteria – Jana Klikno – Protoplasma
Diversity and composition of rhizospheric soil and root endogenous bacteria in Panax notoginseng during continuous cropping practices – Yong Tan – Journal of Basic Microbiology
Subsurface Microbial Ecosystems: A Photon Flux and a Metabolic Cascade – Alexander P. Petroff – Journal of Statistical Physics
Water microbiome
* Retrospective analysis of phytoplankton assemblages on the Iwate coast before and after the 2011 tsunami using cryopreserved DNA samples – Yutaka Okumura
Effects of iron deficiency on the growth and photosynthesis of three bloom-forming cyanobacterial species isolated from Lake Taihu – Kui Xu – Phycological Research
Patterns of bacterial diversity in the marine planktonic particulate matter continuum –
Mireia Mestre – The ISME Journal
Bioreactor, waste, and pollution microbiology
Biofilm composition and threshold concentration for growth of Legionella pneumophila on surfaces exposed to flowing warm tap water without disinfectant – Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Press: Dutch scientists discover favorable conditions for growth of Legionella bacteria – News Medical
Enhanced methane production via repeated batch bioaugmentation pattern of enriched microbial consortia – Zhiman Yang – Bioresource Technology
Accelerated acidification by inoculation with a microbial consortia in a complex open environment – Jiadong Yu – Bioresource Technology
Effects of a bacterial consortium from acid mine drainage on cadmium phytoextraction and indigenous soil microbial community – Jin-tian Li – Plant and Soil
Can DNA sequencing show differences between microbial communities in Polish and Danish wastewater treatment plants? – A. Miłobędzka – Water Science & Technology
Frequency dependent microbial growth during cycles of feast and famine – Jason Merritt – arXiv
Viruses and phages
* Consensus statement: Virus taxonomy in the age of metagenomics – Peter Simmonds – Nature Reviews Microbiology
Genomic evolution of bacterial populations under coselection by antibiotics and phage
– Johannes Cairns – Molecular Ecology
Bioinformatics and metagenomics
* Microbiome Helper: a Custom and Streamlined Workflow for Microbiome Research – André M. Comeau – mSystems
Transcriptomics
* Functional transcriptomics in diverse intestinal epithelial cell types reveals robust microRNA sensitivity in intestinal stem cells to microbial status – Bailey C.E. Peck – Journal of Biological Chemistry
Biofilms
Tackling Fungal Resistance by Biofilm Inhibitors – Shanchao Wu – Journal of Medical Chemistry
Microbes in the news
Featuring our research: The Secret Lives of Marine Mammal Microbes – Probing the mystery of what goes on inside the guts of dolphins and whales – Emma Hiolski – Scientific American
That cold you have might actually be the worst Bay Area flu outbreak in a decade – Kristin Hanes – SF Gate
Microbiomes in far-flung places: characterizing the arctic Inuit gut microbiome – Stephen Ornes – ASM
Microbes on the market
MoBio’s Microbiome News is back!
OptiBiotix Release: Microbiome Technology Powers The Healthy Weight Loss Company Expansion – BioSpace
Bik’s Non-Microbiology Picks
The crack in this Antarctic ice shelf just grew by 11 miles. A dramatic break could be imminent – Chris Mooney – Washington Post
Citizen Science: It’s that time of year: the annual bird count – Shawn Price – Los Angeles Times
