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MS in Microbiology & Cell Science from the University of Florida
Medical Lab Assistant in Microbiology Essex BMS
General microbiome
*Review: Host-microbiota interactions: epigenomic regulation-Vivienne Woo-Current Opinion in Immunology
The emerging importance and challenges of the human mycobiome-Heidi H. Kong-Virulence
Human respiratory microbiome
*Review: Microbiomes in respiratory health and disease: an Asian-Pacific perspective-Sanjay H. Chotirmall-Respirology
Extracellular vesicles, a key mediator to link environmental microbiota to airway immunity-Youngwoo Choi-Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Research
The dynamics of the pulmonary microbiome during mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit and the association with occurrence of pneumonia-Tetyana Zakharkina-Thorax
Human skin microbiome
Experimental metagenomics and ribosomal profiling of the human skin microbiome-Pamela Ferretti-Experimental Dermatology
Human nearly-sterile sites
The gut-brain axis in healthy females: lack of significant association between microbial composition and diversity with psychiatric measures-Susan C. Kleiman-PLoS One
Characterization of microbial communities within aggressive prostate cancer tissues-Melissa A. Yow-Infectious Agents and Cancer
Human gut microbiome
A highly active endo-levanase BT1760 of a dominant mammaliam gut commensal Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron cleaves not only various bacterial levans, but also levan of timothy grass-Karin Mardo-PLoS One
Treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection using fecal microbiota transplantation in patients with inflammatory bowel disease-Krista M. Newman-Gut Microbes
Animal experiments
Effect of Vanadium and Tea Polyphenols on Intestinal Morphology, Microflora and Short-Chain Fatty Acid Profile of Laying Hens-Z.H. Yuan-Biological Trace Element Research
Characterization of gut microbiome dynamics in developing pekin ducks and impact of management system-Aaron A. Best-Frontiers in Microbiology
Animal microbiome
Description of two novel members of the family Erysipelotrichaceae: Ileibacterium valens gen. nov., sp. nov. and Dubosiella newyorkensis, gen. nov., sp. nov., from the murine intestine, and emendation to the description of Faecalibacterium rodentium-Laura M. Cox-International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
Plant, root and soil microbiome
Soil microbiome is more heterogeneous in organic than in conventional farming system-Manoeli Lupatini-Frontiers in Microbiology
Development of a method for detection and quantification of B. brongniartii and B. bassiana in soil-L. Canfora-Scientific Reports
Probiotics/prebiotics
Can probiotics modulate human disease by impacting intestinal barrier function?-Peter A. Braun-British Journal of Nutrition
Mulberry anthocyanin biotransformation by intestinal probiotics-Jing-Rong Cheng-Food Chemistry
Phages and viruses
Low-level predation by lytic phage philPLA-RODI promotes biofilm formation and triggers the stringent response in Staphylococcus aureus-Lucia Fernandez-Scientific Reports
Microbes in the news
Seeking structure with metagenome sequences-phys.org
FishTaco method pinpoints bacterial species responsible for each functional imbalance in microbiome-News Medical Life Sciences
What does your armpit say abou you? Museum exhibit takes a look-Corbie Hill-The News & Observer
Is your diet changing your gut bacteria?-Robin Arora-Desilit- Yahoo News
Symbiont-derived antimicrobials contribute to the control of the lepidopteran gut microbiota-Yongqi Shao-Cell Chemical Biology
Hypertension opens the flood gates to the gut microbiota-W. Robert Taylor-Circulation Research
Moth gut bacteria could help create new antibiotics-Claire Maldarelli-Raw Story
New £5 Notes Are Riddled With Bacteria – But It’s The Good Kind-Holly Brockwell-Gizmodo
80 million bacteria are exchanged with each kiss-Humanitas University
Study shows how bacteria can lessen the body’s defenses-Amy Wallace-UPI
Study ties inflammation, gut bacteria to type I diabetes-Serena Gordon-UPI