Reviews on prenatal bacterial microbiota, mycobiome in the lower respiratory tract and interesting articles on association of HPV infection with vaginal microbiota; prebiotic and bioactive milk fraction improving NREM sleep.
General microbiome
Distinguishing potential bacteria-tumor associations from contamination in a secondary data analysis of public cancer genome sequence data – Kelly M. Robinson – Microbiome
Pregnancy and early life
*Review: Does a prenatal bacterial microbiota exist? – M Hornef -Mucosal Immunology
Human respiratory microbiome
*Review: Mycobiome in the Lower Respiratory Tract – A Clinical Perspective – Robert Krause- Frontiers in microbiology
Human vaginal microbiome
*Association of HPV infection and clearance with cervicovaginal immunology and the vaginal microbiota – B Shannon – Mucosal Immunology
Human gut microbiome
Review: Advances in Gut Microbiome Research, Opening New Strategies to Cope with a Western Lifestyle – Gina P. Rodriguez-Castaño – Frontiers in Genetics
Helicobacter pylori infection is associated with an altered gastric microbiota in children – K M Brawner – Mucosal Immunology
*Colonic Absorption of Low-Molecular-Weight Metabolites Influenced by the Intestinal Microbiome: A Pilot Study – Mitsuharu Matsumoto – PLoS One
Review: Advances in Gut Microbiome Research, Opening New Strategies to Cope with a Western Lifestyle – Gina P. Rodriguez-Castaño – Frontiers in Genetics
Animal experiments
Effect of Lactobacillus Strains on Intestinal Microflora and Mucosa Immunity in Escherichia coli O157:H7-Induced Diarrhea in Mice – Xin Bian – Current Microbiology
Modulation of gut microbiota and increase in fecal water content in mice induced by administration of Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens DN1 -Dana Jeong – Food & Function
Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Bacterial, fungal, and plant communities exhibit no biomass or compositional response to two years of simulated nitrogen deposition in a semiarid grassland – Theresa A. McHugh- Environmental Microbiology
Water and extremophile microbiome
Temporal and Spatial Variations of Bacterial and Faunal Communities Associated with Deep-Sea Wood Falls – Petra Pop Ristova – PLoS One
Probiotics / prebiotics
*Dietary Prebiotics and Bioactive Milk Fractions Improve NREM Sleep, Enhance REM Sleep Rebound and Attenuate the Stress-Induced Decrease in Diurnal Temperature and Gut Microbial Alpha Diversity – Robert S Thompson – Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Changes in the Gut Microbiota After Early Administration of Oral Synbiotics to Young Infants in India – DS Chandel -Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology Nutrition
Techniques
Home-made cost effective preservation buffer is a better alternative to commercial preservation methods for microbiome research – Sebastian Menke- Frontiers in microbiology
Furosemide enhances the sensitivity of urinary metabolomics for assessment of kidney function – Isaie Sibomana – Metabolomics
Impact of sample processing on human airways microbial metagenomes – Lutz Wiehlmann – Journal of Biotechnology
Microbes in the news
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