General Microbiome

Microbiome sharing between children, livestock and household surfaces in western Kenya – Emily Mosites – PLoS ONE

 

Human Gut Microbiome

The Fecal Microbial Community of Breast-fed Infants from Armenia and Georgia – Zachery T Lewis – Scientific Reports

 

Animal Experiments

Dietary biofloc supplementation in black tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon: effects on immunity, antioxidant and metabolic enzyme activities – Panantharayil Sudhayam Shyne Anand – Aquaculture Research

 

Animal Microbiome

Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) secretory component binds to commensal bacteria and pathogens – Cecelia Kelly – Scientific Reports

Effect of three commercial microbial products on bacterial community in a freshwater fish polyculture system – Tao Zhou – Aquaculture Research

 

Plant, Soil and Root Microbiome

Arsenic-hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata Efficiently Solubilized Phosphate Rock to Sustain Plant Growth and As Uptake – Jing–Wei Fu – Journal of Hazardous Materials

Synthesis: The next frontier of plant-soil feedback research: unraveling context dependence across biotic and abiotic gradients – Lauren M. Smith-Ramesh – Journal of Vegetation Science

Survival of Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris in the phyllosphere and rhizosphere of weeds – J. C. Silva – Plant Pathology

Microbial catabolic diversity in and beyond the rhizosphere of plant species and plant genotypes – Karst M. Brolsma – Pedobiologia

 

Water  and Extremophile Microbiome

Ecotype Diversification of an Abundant Roseobacter Lineage – Ying Sun – Environmental Microbiology

Sticking together: inter-species aggregation of bacteria isolated from iron snow is controlled by chemical signaling – Jiro F Mori – ISME

Multiple metabolisms constrain the anaerobic nitrite budget in the Eastern Tropical South Pacific – Andrew R. Babbin – Global Biogeochemical Cycles

 

Techniques

Review: Infection control in the new age of genomic epidemiology – Patrick Tang – American Journal of Infection Control

Elucidating the biosynthetic pathways of volatile organic compounds in Mycobacterium tuberculosis through a computational approach – Purva Bhatter – Mol. Bio Syst.

Production of diatom–bacteria biofilm isolated from Seriola lalandi cultures for aquaculture application – María Teresa Mata – Aquaculture Research

 

Microbes in the News

Statoviruses, A novel taxon of RNA viruses present in the gastrointestinal tracts of diverse mammals – Andrew B. Janowski – Virology

Complete genome sequence of Serratia sp. YD25 (KCTC 42987) presenting strong antagonistic activities to various pathogenic fungi and bacteria – Chun Su – Journal of Biotechnology

Researcher creates molecular diagnostic system that can quickly identify dangerous bacteria – Brett Etchebarne – News Medical LifeSciences

Spain’s Balearic Islands hit by deadly olive tree bacteria – Mateu Ginard – Phys.org

USDA Funds Study of Plant and Animal Phenomics and Microbiomes – USDA – Pork Network

Probiotics in salads probed as solution to Salmonella outbreaks in bagged mixes – Mark Turner – abc.net

Bacteria to improve sanitation on Southeast Asia’s largest lake –  Hakley Ke  –  Channel NewsAsia