Events and jobs
Head, Microbiome Discovery Research – Johnson & Johnson
Multi-site human microbiome
Characterization of oral and gut microbiome temporal variability in hospitalized cancer patients – Jessica R. Galloway-Peña – Genome Medicine
Human gut microbiome
Childhood BMI in relation to microbiota in infancy and lifetime antibiotic use – K. Korpela – Microbiome
Animal experiments
Metaproteogenomics reveals taxonomic and functional changes between cecal and fecal microbiota in mouse – Alessandro Tanca – Frontiers in Microbiology
Animal microbiome
Cultivable gut bacteria provide a pathway for adaptation of Chrysolina herbacea to Mentha aquatica volatiles – Graziano Pizzolante – BMC Plant Biology
Gut bacteria oversee the special relationship between the green mint leaf beetle and watermint – BMC Series Blog
Effects of tussah immunoreactive substances on growth, immunity, disease resistance against Vibrio splendidus and gut microbiota profile of Apostichopus japonicus – Shuhui Ma – Fish & Shellfish Immunology
Community-Level Differences in the Microbiome of Healthy Wild Mallards and Those Infected by Influenza A Viruses – Holly H. Ganz – mSystems
The microbiome of the ant-built home: the microbial communities of a tropical arboreal ant and its nest – Jane Lucas – Ecosphere
*Perspective: Gut microbiome transmission in lizards – Timothy J. Colston – Molecular Ecology
Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Microbial communities in soil chronosequences with distinct parent material: the effect of soil pH and litter quality – Fernando D. Alfaro – Journal of Ecology
Water and extremophile microbiome
Volcanic ash supports a diverse bacterial community in a marine mesocosm – V. Witt – Geobiology
Methylamine as a Nitrogen Source for Microorganisms from a Coastal Marine Environment – Martin Taubert – Environmental Microbiology
Built environment
Response of microbial community structure to pre-acclimation strategies in microbial fuel cells for domestic wastewater treatment – Younghyun Park – Bioresource Technology
Food microbiology
Viable microbial loads on citrus carpoplane during packhouse processing and survival of foodborne pathogens in reconstituted postharvest fungicides – A. Gomba – Journal of Food Safety
Bacterial and fungal core microbiomes associated with small grain silages during ensiling and aerobic spoilage – Lysiane Duniere – BMC Microbiology
Probiotics / prebiotics
Microbiome dynamic modulation through functional diets based on pre- and probiotics (mannan-oligosaccharides and Saccharomyces cerevisiae) in juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) – Ana Teresa Gonçalves – Journal of Applied Microbiology
Exploration of the effect of probiotics supplementation on intestinal microbiota of food allergic mice – Bo Yang – American Journal of Translational Research
Phages and viruses
Human norovirus binding to select bacteria representative of the human gut microbiota – Erin A. Almand – PLoS ONE
Environmental Viral Genomes Shed New Light on Virus-Host Interactions in the Ocean – Yosuke Nishimura – mSphere
Bioinformatics
REPARATION: Ribosome Profiling Assisted (Re-)Annotation of Bacterial
genomes – Elvis Ndah – BioRxiv
Normalization and microbial differential abundance strategies depend upon data characteristics – Sophie Weiss – Microbiome
How conserved are the conserved 16S-rRNA regions? – Marcel Martinez-Porchas – PeerJ
Microbes in the news
Gut bacteria affect intestines and brain in IBS patients – Medical News Today
Intestinal Bacteria Alter Gut and Brain Function – Neuroscience News
Why Are People Sending Poop Through the Mail? For Their Health – GQ Magazine
Microbes on the market
Next-gen microbiome drugs are now on sale, should you buy them? – New Scientist