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

Pathogenic Characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus Endovascular Infection Isolates from Different Clonal Complexes

Dafne Pérez-Montarelo et al., Frontiers in Microbiology

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Exolysin promotes bacterial growth in lungs, alveolar damage and bacterial dissemination

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

Review: Lactic Acid Bacteria and Bifidobacteria with Potential to Design Natural Biofunctional Health-Promoting Dairy Foods

Daniel M. Linares et al., Frontiers in Microbiology

In silico Prediction, in vitro Antibacterial Spectrum, and Physicochemical Properties of a Putative Bacteriocin Produced by Lactobacillus rhamnosus Strain L156.4

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)

Characterization of bile salt hydrolase from Lactobacillus gasseri FR4 and demonstration of its substrate specificity and inhibitory mechanism using molecular docking analysis

Rizwana Parveen Rani et al., Frontiers in Microbiology

Lactobacillus johnsonii ameliorates intestinal, extra-intestinal and systemic pro-inflammatory immune responses following murine Campylobacter jejuni infection

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

Assessing the Challenges in the Application of Potential Probiotic Lactic Acid Bacteria in the Large-Scale Fermentation of Spanish-Style Table Olives

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

Revealing genome-scale transcriptional regulatory landscape of OmpR highlights its expanded regulatory roles under osmotic stress in Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655

Sang Woo Seo et al., Scientific Reports (Nature)

High-Definition Electronic Genome Maps From Single Molecule Data

John S. Oliver et al., BioRxiv

Local genes for local bacteria: evidence of allopatry in the genomes of transatlantic Campylobacter populations

Ben Pascoe et al., PeerJ (not peer reviewed)

Feature: Mining microbes: Creating genomic tools to fight disease

Amber Dance, Science

 

Microbiology – Other

Variation in soil microbial community structure associated with different legume species is greater than that associated with different grass species

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

Autotrophic and heterotrophic acquisition of carbon and nitrogen by a mixotrophic chrysophyte established through stable isotope analysis

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)

Beyond the protein-only hypothesis: A novel mineral-lipid hypothesis in prion and protein-misfolding disease

Kavitha Reddy, PeerJ (not peer reviewed)

Feature: Introducing ORCID

John Bohannon and Kirk Doran, Science