Today’s Microbiome Digest brings quite a few jobs and a lot of news about bacteria. Other then that there is an interesting review about human gut microbiome from E. Thursby and a study from M.J. MacAnulty about the conversion of methane directly into electricity.
Jobs
Research Specialist – Department of Microbiology, Champaign, IL
Research Technician – School of Medicine, Microbiology, Boston, MA
Microbiology Technologist Position at Top Hosptial, Raleigh, NC
Postdoctoral Research Associate – Microbiology, Lake Forest Park, WA
Microbiology Team Leader-Reference Laboratory, Kansas City Missouri
Summer job in RNA sequencing of cyanobacteria, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
General microbiome
Experimental evolution and the dynamics of adaptation and genome evolution in microbial populations – Richard E Lensk – The ISME Journal
Pregnancy and early life
Colonization and Succession within the Human Gut Microbiome by Archaea, Bacteria, and Microeukaryotes during the First Year of Life – Linda Wampach – Frontiers in Microbiology
Human oral microbiome
A structure-derived snap-trap mechanism of a multispecific serpin from the dysbiotic human oral microbiome – Theodoros Goulas – Journal of Biological Chemistry
Human gut microbiome
A gut microbiome signature for advanced fibrosis diagnosis in NAFLD – Hugh Thomas – Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Microbiota regulate intestinal epithelial gene expression by suppressing the transcription factor Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 alpha – James M. Davison – Genome Research
Review: Introduction to the human gut microbiota – Elizabeth Thursby- Biochemical journal
Edible Plants and Their Influence on the Gut Microbiome and Acne – Ashley K. Clark – International Journal of Molecular Sciences
In vivo fermentation of a Pleurotus eryngii polysaccharide and its effects on fecal microbiota composition and immune response – Gaoxing Ma – Food & Function
Fecal microbiota transplantation outcomes in immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients: A single-center experience – Sally Alrabaa – Transpant Infectious Disease
Emergence of microbial diversity due to cross-feeding interactions in a spatial model of gut microbial metabolis – Milan J. A. van Hoek – BMC Systems Biology
Animal microbiome
Microbiome patterns across the gastrointestinal tract of the rabbitfish Siganus fuscescens – Shaun Nielsen – PeerJ
Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Host Plant Compatibility Shapes the Proteogenome of Frankia coriariae – Amir Ktari – Frontiers in Microbiology
Tomato root microbiota and Phytophthora parasitica-associated disease – Marie Larousse – Microbiome
Insights into the Mechanism of Proliferation on the Special Microbes Mediated by Phenolic Acids in the Radix pseudostellariae Rhizosphere under Continuous Monoculture Regimes – Hongmiao Wu – Frontiers in Plant Science
Water and extremophile microbiome
Microbial contributions to the persistence of coral reefs – Nicole S Webster – The ISME Journal
Environmental pollution
Niche Partitioning In Sympatric Populations Of Aquatic Stenotrophomonas Uncovered By Evolutionary Species Delimitation – Luz Edith Ochoa-Sanchez – bioRxiv
Efficient degradation of chlorimuron-ethyl by a bacterial consortium and shifts in the aboriginal microorganism community during the bioremediation of contaminated-soil – Chunyan Li – Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Food microbiology
Applications of cold plasma technology for microbiological safety in meat industry – N.N. Misra – Trends in Food Science & Technology
Probiotics / prebiotics
Deleterious Metabolic Effects of High Fructose Intake: The Preventive Effect of Lactobacillus kefiri Administration – María Guillermina Zubiría – Nutrients
Biotechnology
Electricity from methane by reversing methanogenesis – Michael J. McAnulty – Nature Communications
Biotechnologies for Marine Oil Spill Cleanup: Indissoluble Ties with Microorganisms – Francesca Mapelli – Trends in Biotechnology
Techniques
Improved Bacterial 16S rRNA Gene (V4 and V4-5) and Fungal Internal Transcribed Spacer Marker Gene Primers for Microbial Community Surveys – William Walters – mSystems
Microbes in the news
Super-sensitive nanofiber can hear individual cells and detect swimming bacteria
Gym Equipment May Contain More Bacteria Than You Thought
Are Vitamin Supplements Killing Our Gut Bacteria?
Ignore your gut reaction: scientists say microbes can help conquer fear
NASA Names Microbe Found In Space After APJ Abdul Kalam
Growing antimicrobial resistance a major health issue for NZ
Bacteria Hysteria
TB bacteria evolve at alarming rate
Science, publishing, and career
Modeling Science Trustworthiness Under Publish Or Perish Pressure – David Robert Grimes – bioRxiv
