Our Tuesday Digest came a bit late but still it is packed with content! Lots going on, specially in the Plant & Soil Microbiome section. Good reading!
Events and jobs
Scientist for Food Microbiology and Modelling – nationale vacaturebank (Link in Dutch)
General human microbiome
The Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance on the Human Microbiome
Lauren Brinkac et al – Microbial Ecology
Human epitelial microbiome
Compositionally and functionally distinct sinus microbiota in chronic rhinosinusitis patients have immunological and clinically divergent consequences
Emily K. Cope et al – Microbiome
Review: Is the role of human female reproductive tract microbiota underestimated?
D. Kaminska & M. Gajecka – Beneficial Microbes
Human gut microbiome
Uncovering the trimethylamine-producing bacteria of the human gut microbiota
Silke Rath et al – Microbiome
Pre-print: The effect of treatment on the microbiota of patients diagnosed with colonic lesions
Marc A Sze et al – bioRxiv
Microbial diseases
Targeted Metagenome Based Analyses Show Gut Microbial Diversity of Inflammatory Bowel Disease patients
Zhibing Qiu et al – Indian Journal of Microbiology
Report: Zinc metalloproteinase ZmpC suppresses experimental pneumococcal meningitis by inhibiting bacterial invasion of central nervous systems
Masaya Yamaguchi et al – Virulence
Review: Fungal Biofilms and Polymicrobial Diseases
Caroline B. Costa-Orlandi et al – Journal of Fungi
Inflammatory bacteriome featuring Fusobacterium nucleatum and Pseudomonas aeruginosa identified in association with oral squamous cell carcinoma
Nezar Noor Al-hebshi et al – Scientific Reports
Identification of Atypical El Tor V. cholerae O1 Ogawa Hosting SXT Element in Senegal, Africa
Bissoume Sambe-Ba et al – Frontiers in Microbiology
General environmental microbiome
Following Rapoport’s Rule: The geographic range and genome size of bacterial taxa decline at warmer latitudes
Gavin Lear et al – Environmental Microbiology
Animal experiments
Examining the efficacy of intravenous administration of predatory bacteria in rats
Kenneth Shatzkes et al – Scientific Reports
Animal microbiome
Characterization of the juvenile green turtle (Chelonia mydas) microbiome throughout an ontogenetic shift from pelagic to neritic habitats
James T. Price et al – PLoS One
Temporal Variations of Microbiota Associated with the Immature Stages of Two Florida Culex Mosquito Vectors
Dagne Duguma et al – Microbial Ecology
Understanding the gut microbiome of dairy calves: Opportunities to improve early-life gut health
Nilusha Malmuthuge & Le Luo Guan – Journal of Dairy Science
Pre-print: Uncovering the drivers of animal-host microbiotas with joint distribution modeling
Johannes R. Björk – bioRxiv
Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Ecology and Genomic Insights on Plant-Pathogenic and -Nonpathogenic Endophytes
Günter Brader et al – Annual Review of Phytopathology
High-throughput sequencing reveals bacterial community composition in the rhizosphere of the invasive plant Flaveria bidentis
Z Song et al – Weed Research
Functioning grouped soil microbial communities according to ecosystem type, based on comparison of fallows and meadows in the same region
Dominika Chmolowska et al – Science of the Total Environment
Microbial Community Dynamics in Soil Depth Profiles over 120,000 Years of Ecosystem Development
Stephanie Turner et al – Frontiers in Microbiology
Functional structure of the bromeliad tank microbiome is strongly shaped by local geochemical conditions
Stilianos Louca et al – Environmental Microbiology
Thesis: Culture-Independent Analysis of Microbial Communities Associated with Hydroponically Grown “Living Lettuce”
Abby Matthews – The University of Mississippi
Effect of fumigation with chloropicrin on soil bacterial communities and genes encoding key enzymes involved in nitrogen cycling
Jun Li et al – Environmental Pollution
Review: The influence of bacteria on multi-trophic interactions among plants, psyllids, and pathogen
Cecilia Tamborindeguy et al – Insect Science
Pre-print: Yeasts dominate soil fungal communities in three lowland Neotropical rainforests
Micah Dunthorn et al – bioRxiv
Bacterial inoculants for enhanced seed germination of Spartina densiflora: Implications for restoration of metal polluted areas
Paredes-Páliz K et al – Marine Pollution Bulletin
A Phloem-Feeding Insect Transfers Bacterial Endophytic Communities between Grapevine Plants
Sebastiàn Lòpez-Fernàndez et al – Frontiers in Microbiology
Water, estuarine and sediment microbiome
Spatiotemporal analysis of microbial community dynamics during seasonal stratification events in a freshwater lake (Grand Lake, OK, USA)
Jessica M. Morrison et al – PLoS One
Bacterioplankton assemblages in coastal ponds reflect the influence of hydrology and geomorphological setting
Megan J. Huggett et al – FEMS Microbiology Ecology
Unveiling microbial interactions in stratified mat communities from a warm saline shallow pond
Aurélien Saghaï et al – Environmental Microbiology
Extremophile and space microbiome
Thesis: Microbial Biogeography of the Arctic Cryosphere
Aviaja Zenia Edna Lyberth Hauptmann & Thomas Sicheritz-Pontén – Technical University of Denmark
Thermal adaptation strategies of the extremophile bacterium Thermus filiformis based on multi-omics analysis
F. Mandelli et al – Extremophiles
Aspergillus atacamensis and A. salisburgensis: two new halophilic species from hypersaline/arid habitats with a phialosimplex-like morphology
Livia Martinelli et al – Extremophiles
Built environment
Variation of microbial communities and functional genes during the biofilm formation in raw water distribution systems and associated effects on the transformation of nitrogen pollutants
Wei Chen et al – Environmental Science and Pollution Research
Microbiota and Particulate Matter Assessment in Portuguese Optical Shops Providing Contact Lens Services
Carla Viegas et al – Healthcare
QAC modified PVDF membranes: Antibiofouling performance, mechanisms, and effects on microbial communities in an MBR treating municipal wastewater
Mei Chen et al – Water Research
Microbial biotechnology
Green energy generation from plant microbial fuel cells (PMFC) using compost and a novel clay separator
A. Carmalin Sophia & S. Sreeja – Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments
Dynamics of two methanogenic microbiomes incubated in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, naphthenic acids, and oil field produced water
Bohanis J. Oko et al – Biotechnology for Biofuels
Optimization of the extraction and purification of the compatible solute ectoine from Halomonas elongate in the laboratory experiment of a commercial production project
Ruifeng Chen et al – World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
Review: Large scale cultivation of genetically modified microalgae: A new era for environmental risk assessment
Tracey A. Beacham et al – Algal Research
Subcellular localization based comparative study on radioresistant bacteria: A novel approach to mine proteins involve in radioresistance
Divya Vishambra et al – Computational Biology and Chemistry
Food microbiology
Meta-omics insights in the microbial community profiling and functional characterization of fermented foods
Gu Chen et al – Trends in Food Science & Technology
Sulfites and the Wine Metabolome
Chloé Roullier-Gall et al – Food Chemistry
Meta-omics insights in the microbial community profiling and functional characterization of fermented foods
Gu Chen et al – Trends in Food Science & Technology
Biofilms
Pre-print: Bifunctionality of a biofilm matrix protein controlled by redox state
Sofia Arnaouteli et al – bioRxiv
General microbiology and evolution
The biology and the importance of Photobacterium species
Ibrahim Musa Moi et al – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Review: A Metagenomic Approach to Cyanobacterial Genomics
Danillo O. Alvarenga et al – Frontiers in Microbiology
In vitro affinity of Deinococcus radiodurans MutS towards mismatched DNA exceeds that of its orthologues from Escherichia coli and Thermus thermophilus
Michael Banasik et al – Journal of Biotechnology
Report: Single-cell genomics reveals pyrrolysine-encoding potential in members of uncultivated archaeal candidate division MSBL1
Yue Guan et al – Environmental Microbiology Reports
Phages and viruses
Characterization of prophages of Lactococcus garvieae
Giovanni Eraclio et al – Scientific Reports
Review: Viruses and miRNAs: More Friends than Foes
Patrice Bruscella et al – Frontiers in Microbiology
Bioinformatics and statistics
SteadyCom: Predicting microbial abundances while ensuring community stability
Siu Hung Joshua Chan et al – PLoS Computational Biology
Techniques and methods
Preview: An Elegan(t) Screen for Drug-Microbe Interactions
Alison Vrbanac et al – Cell Host & Microbe
Microbes in the news
Gut microbiome may predict response to biologic therapy for inflammatory bowel disease
ScienceDaily – Original Paper
Diseased Microbiome Varies From Condition to Condition
Ciara Curtin – GenomeWeb
Vini’s non-microbiology picks
Sociomics: Using Omic Approaches to Understand Social Evolution
Melanie Ghoul et al – Trends in Genetics
