A culture-based study of 2000 nasal microbiomes, eye metabolites, cardiorespiratory fitness in breast cancer survivors, Akkermansia from a python, chickpea rhizosphere, tobacco wilt suppression, plant rhizosphere mass spectrometry, phyloSkeleton.
Human nasal microbiome
Epidemiological and ecological modelling reveal diversity in microbial population structures from a cross-sectional community swabbing study – Abigail L Coughtrie – bioRxiv
Human eye microbiome
LC-MS-Based Metabolic Fingerprinting of Aqueous Humor – Karolina Pietrowska – Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry
Human vaginal microbiome
MS thesis: Metagenomic characterization of the vaginal microbiome – Keshini Devakandan – University of British Columbia
Human gut microbiome
Gut microbiota composition associated with alterations in cardiorespiratory fitness and psychosocial outcomes among breast cancer survivors – Jesseca A. Paulsen – Supportive Care in Cancer
SYN-004 (ribaxamase), an oral β-lactamase designed to protect the gut microbiome from the deleterious effects of certain intravenously administered β-lactam antibiotics, degrades ceftriaxone excreted into the intestine in Phase 2a clinical studies – John F. Kokai-Kun – Antimicrobial Agents Chemotherapy
Animal experiments
Respiration of Microbiota-Derived 1,2-propanediol Drives Salmonella Expansion during Colitis – Franziska Faber – PLOS Pathogens
Animal microbiome
Complete Genome Sequence of Akkermansia glycaniphila Strain PytT, a Mucin-Degrading Specialist of the Reticulated Python Gut – Janneke P. Ouwerkerk – Genome Announcements
Symbiotic bacteria associated with a bobtail squid reproductive system are detectable in the environment, and stable in the host and in eggs throughout development – Allison H. Kerwin – Environmental Microbiology
Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Competition between rhizobia under different environmental conditions affects the nodulation of a legume – Zhao Jun Ji – Systematic and Applied Microbiology
Combined pre-seed treatment with microbial inoculants and Mo nanoparticles changes composition of root exudates and rhizosphere microbiome structure of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) plants – E. N. Shcherbakova – Symbiosis
Interactions of soil particulate organic matter chemistry and microbial community composition mediating carbon mineralization in karst soils – Wei Xiao – Soil Biology and Biochemistry
Metabolic profiling of root exudates from two ecotypes of Sedum alfredii treated with Pb based on GC-MS – Qing Luo – Scientific Reports
Effects of Wetland Vegetation on Soil Microbial Composition: A Case Study in Tumen River Basin, Northeast China– Qin Lei – Chin. Geogra. Sci
Microbial communities in pyrene amended soil–compost mixture and fertilized soil – Iris K. U. Adam – AMB Express
Competition assays and physiological experiments of soil and phyllosphere yeasts identify Candida subhashii as a novel antagonist of filamentous fungi – Maja Hilber-Bodmer – BMC Microbiology
Tobacco bacterial wilt suppression with biochar soil addition associates to improved soil physiochemical properties and increased rhizosphere bacteria abundance – Chengsheng Zhang – Applied Soil Ecology
Editorial: Microbial community ecology: Function over phylogeny – Sean M. Gibbons – Nature Ecology & Evolution
Review: Elucidating rhizosphere processes by mass spectrometry – A review – Ariana Rugova – Analytica Chimica Acta
Water and extremophile microbiome
Genomic repertoire of the Woeseiaceae/JTB255, cosmopolitan and abundant core members of microbial communities in marine sediments – Marc Mußmann – The ISME Journal
Food microbiology
Review: An Integrated View of the Effects of Wine Polyphenols and Their Relevant Metabolites on Gut and Host Health – Carolina Cueva – Molecules
Microbiological quality of Brazilian UHT milk: Identification and spoilage potential of spore-forming bacteria – Claudia L O Pinto – International Journal of Dairy Technology
Metabolomics for empirical delineation of the traditional Korean fermented foods and beverages – Digar Singh – Trends in Food Science & Technology
Source tracking of prokaryotic communities in fermented grain of Chinese strong-flavor liquor – Xueshan Wang – International Journal of Food Microbiology
Bioinformatics
phyloSkeleton: taxon selection, data retrieval and marker identification for phylogenomics – Lionel Guy – Bioinformatics
Microbes in the news
Hyperthermophiles and Cryophiles: The World’s Most Extreme Organisms – Priya Amin – Harvard Science Review
Bik’s non-microbiology picks
Responses of Human Neonates to Highly Diluted Odorants from Sweat – Helene M. Loos – Journal of Chemical Ecology