Microbiome research
Exploring a possible link between the intestinal microbiota and feed efficiency in pigs
Ursula M. McCormack et al., Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Modulation of the Gut Microbiota by Krill Oil in Mice Fed a High-Sugar High-Fat Diet
Chenyang Lu et al., Frontiers in Microbiology
Opinion: Gut microbiome as a clinical tool in gastrointestinal disease management: are we there yet?
Eamonn M. M. Quigley, Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology (Online since March 30, 2017; however this has not been pointed out here before)
Pathogen microbiology
Mini review: The Role of Ribonucleases and sRNAs in the Virulence of Foodborne Pathogens
Rute G. Matos et al., Frontiers in Microbiology
Dafne Pérez-Montarelo et al., Frontiers in Microbiology
Stéphanie Bouillot et al., Scientific Reports (Nature)
Intrinsic Toxin-Derived Peptides Destabilize and Inactivate Clostridium difficile TcdB
Jason L. Larabee et al., mBio
Probiotics – Prebiotics
Vaginal Lactobacillus Inhibits HIV-1 Replication in Human Tissues Ex Vivo
Rogers A. Ñahui Palomino et al., Frontiers in Microbiology
Assessing the Risk of Probiotic Dietary Supplements in the Context of Antibiotic Resistance
Min Zheng et al., Frontiers in Microbiology
Daniel M. Linares et al., Frontiers in Microbiology
Letícia de C. Oliveira et al., Frontiers in Microbiology
Health benefit of vegetable/fruit juice-based diet: Role of microbiome
Susanne M. Henning et al., Scientific Reports (Nature)
Rizwana Parveen Rani et al., Frontiers in Microbiology
Stefan Bereswill et al., Scientific Reports (Nature)
News and Views: Paediatrics: Are human milk oligosaccharides the magic bullet for necrotizing enterocolitis?
Michael S. Caplan, Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Francisco Rodríguez-Gómez et al., Frontiers in Microbiology
Antimicrobials
A broad-spectrum bactericidal lipopeptide with anti-biofilm properties
Ohad Meir et al., Scientific Reports (Nature)
The anticancer peptide TAT-RasGAP317-326 exerts broad antimicrobial activity
Mathieu Heulot et al., Frontiers in Microbiology
Genomics
Sang Woo Seo et al., Scientific Reports (Nature)
High-Definition Electronic Genome Maps From Single Molecule Data
John S. Oliver et al., BioRxiv
Ben Pascoe et al., PeerJ (not peer reviewed)
Feature: Mining microbes: Creating genomic tools to fight disease
Amber Dance, Science
Microbiology – Other
Yang Zhou et al., Frontiers in Microbiology
Microbial Community Dynamics in Soil Depth Profiles Over 120,000 Years of Ecosystem Development
Stephanie Turner et al., Frontiers in Microbiology
Ramon Terrado et al., The ISME Journal
Hypothesis & Theory: The hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert, an extremely dry and carbon deprived habitat of potential interest for the field of carbon science
Armando Azua-Bustos et al., Frontiers in Microbiology
non-Microbiology picks
Divergent prebiotic synthesis of pyrimidine and 8-oxo-purine ribonucleotides
Shaun Stairs et al., Nature Communications
Virus origin could relate to the act of prey among primitive life forms
Eslam Abbas, PeerJ (not peer reviewed)
Kavitha Reddy, PeerJ (not peer reviewed)
Feature: Introducing ORCID
John Bohannon and Kirk Doran, Science