Events and jobs
Research Fellow in Omics analysis – King’s College London – Apply by April 12, 2017
Postdoctoral Research Position in Marine Microbial Ecology – University of Southern Mississippi
General microbiome
Microbial Influences in Cardio–Metabolic Diseases – Rachel Petersen – New York Academy of Sciences
*Review: Microbiota: a key orchestrator of cancer therapy – Soumen Roy – Nature Reviews Cancer
*Review: Caenorhabditis elegans as a model for microbiome research – Fan Zhang – Frontiers in Microbiology
Human respiratory microbiome
The relationship between nasopharyngeal CCL5 and microbiota on disease severity among infants with bronchiolitis – Kohei Hasegawa – Allergy
Human gut microbiome
The Food Contaminant Deoxynivalenol Exacerbates the Genotoxicity of Gut Microbiota – Delphine Payros – mBio
Delayed utilization of some fast-fermenting soluble dietary fibers by human gut microbiota when presented in a mixture – Yunus E. Tuncil – Journal of Functional Foods
Animal experiments
Deciphering the combinatorial influence of diet and the microbiota on experimental colitis – Sean R. Llewellyn – bioRxiv
The role of adaptive immunity as an ecological filter on the gut microbiota in zebrafish – Keaton Stagaman – ISME J
Animal microbiome
Comparison of bacterial populations in bedding material, on teat ends, and in milk of cows housed in compost bedded pack barns – R. L. Albino – Animal Production Science
Community analysis of microbial sharing and specialization in a Costa Rican ant–plant–hemipteran symbiosis – Elizabeth G. Pringle – Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences
Microbial community composition of deep-sea corals from the Red Sea provides insight into functional adaption to a unique environment – Till Röthig – Scientific Reports
Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Root microbiota drive direct integration of phosphate stress and immunity – Gabriel Castrillo – Nature
Striking alterations in the soil bacterial community structure and functioning of the biological N cycle induced by Pennisetum setaceum invasion in a semiarid environment – G. Rodríguez-Caballero – Soil Biology and Biochemistry
Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria are more effective under drought: a meta-analysis – Rachel L. Rubin – Plant and Soil
Effect of biodynamic soil amendments on microbial communities in comparison with inorganic fertilization – Sibylle Faust – Applied Soil Ecology
Water and extremophile microbiome
Bacterial diversity in fumarole environments of the Paricutín volcano, Michoacán (Mexico) – Miguel Medrano-Santillana – Extremophiles
Prokaryotic Abundance and Activity in Permafrost of the Northern Victoria Land and Upper Victoria Valley (Antarctica) – Rosabruna La Ferla – Microbial Ecology
Microbial communities of aquatic environments on Heard Island characterized by pyrotag sequencing and environmental data – Michelle A. Allen – Scientific Reports
A Pelagic Microbiome (Viruses to Protists) from a Small Cup of Seawater – Flavia Flaviani – Viruses
Built environment
Microbial dynamics in anaerobic digestion reactors for treating organic urban residues during the start-up process – Rocio J. Alcántara-Hernández – Letters in Applied Microbiology
Variability of airborne bacteria in an urban Mediterranean area (Thessaloniki, Greece) – Savvas Genitsaris – Atmospheric Environment
*Review: A review of microscopy and comparative molecular-based methods to characterize “Plastisphere” communities – Caroline De Tender – Analytical Methods
Techniques
*Review: Emerging Trends for Microbiome Analysis: From Single-Cell Functional Imaging to Microbiome Big Data – Jian Xu – Engineering
*Review: Metaproteomic strategies and applications for gut microbial research – Mingming Xiao – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Microbes in the news
Bacteria-Enriched Lotion Battles Skin Infections – Jenna Flannigan – Live Science
Frozen, Freeze-dried Products for Fecal Microbiota Transplantation as Effective as Fresh? – Pharmacy Times
Study by Irish scientists finds porridge to be good for the heart and gut – RTE
Certain Bacteria Within Gut Microbiome May Halt Inflammation Naturally, Study Says – Patricia Inacio – IBD News Today
Antibiotic overuse might be bad for bees – Mary Beth Griggs – Popular Science
Microbiome research Studies aim to help health, environment – David Wahlberg – The Times Record
My cats poop for science – Jonathan M. Giltin – ars Technica
Microbes on the market
Seres doubles down on a microbiome do-over as the FDA clears a make-or-break study – John Carroll – Endpoint News
Bacteria Hysteria
Revealed: Which supermarket’s chicken is most likely to contain food poisoning bacteria? – Tom Belger – Liverpool Echo
