Events and jobs
Trainee Microbiology Analyst – Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories
General microbiome
*Review: Optimizing methods and dodging pitfalls in microbiome research – Dorothy Kim – Microbiome
*Book: Dirt Is Good: The Advantage of Germs for Your Child’s Developing Immune System – Jack Gilbert, Rob Knight
Human gut microbiome
*Review: Ménage à trois in the human gut: interactions between host, bacteria and phages – Mohammadali Khan Mirzaei – Nature Reviews Microbiology
Animal microbiome
The functional microbiome of arthropods – Mauro Degli Esposti – PLOS ONE
A comparative study of gut microbiota profiles of earthworms fed in three different substrates – Dianfeng Liu – Symbiosis
Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Breaking continuous potato cropping with legumes improves soil microbial communities, enzyme activities and tuber yield – Shuhao Qin – PLOS ONE
Study on the effect of soil beneficial microorganisms on the growth of kiwifruit – Huihe Li – Biomedical Research
Water and extremophile microbiome
Contribution of different bacterial dispersal sources to lakes: Population and community effects in different seasons – Jérôme Comte – Environmental Microbiology
*Review: The life sulfuric: microbial ecology of sulfur cycling in marine sediments – Kenneth Wasmund – Environmental Microbiology Reports
Fine stratification of microbial communities through a metagenomic profile of
the photic zone – Jose M. Haro-Moreno – bioRxiv
Probiotics / prebiotics
Effect of dietary supplementation with Lactobacillus acidophilus D2/CSL (CECT 4529) on caecum microbioma and productive performance in broiler chickens – Alessandra De Cesare – PLOS ONE
Bioinformatics
BusyBee Web: metagenomic data analysis by bootstrapped supervised binning and annotation – CC Laczny – Nucleic Acids Research
Techniques
*Highlight: How to see more: double hybridization to reveal ecological differentiation among close bacterial relatives – Stefan Bertilsson – Environmental Microbiology
Comparative analysis of the sensitivity of metagenomic sequencing and PCR to detect a biowarfare simulant (Bacillus atrophaeus) in soil samples – Delphine Plaire – PLOS ONE
Microbes in the news
The Invisible Secret That Will Change Your Skin Forever – Rachel Krause – Refinery29
Improve your skin microbiome – Cassie Shortsleeve – Furthermore
Dormant bacteria trapped in ice could be released by climate change – Alayna Treene – Axios
Microbes on the market
Commense Licenses UBC’s Microbiome Therapeutic for Preventing Childhood Asthma – Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Bacteria Hysteria
Why Bacteria Are More Threatening Than Ever – Alice Park – Time
Science, publishing, and career
Infection and Immunity welcomes the new microbiology – Andreas J. Bäumler – Infection and Immunity
