Today’s microbiome is packed with thought-provoking insights from the status of Microbiology today and in-depth look at what is REALLY in our drinking water.

General Microbiome and Microbiology

Big Questions in Microbiology Mizrahi V. Cell

Human gut microbiome

Uncovering the trimethylamine-producing bacteria of the human gut microbiota. Rath S. Microbiome

The effects of micronutrient deficiencies on bacterial species from the human gut microbiota.Hibberd MC. Science Translational Medicine

Human microbiome and immune system

Potential Impact of Nutrition on Immune System Recovery from Heavy Exertion: A Metabolomics Perspective.Nieman DC. Nutrients

Animal and insect microbiome

Major changes in microbial diversity and community composition across gut sections of a juvenile Panchlora cockroach. Gontang EA. Plus One

A metagenomic approach to discover a novel β-glucosidase from bovine rumens. Suwan E. Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2017

Plant, soil, and air microbiome

Tomato root microbiota and Phytophthora parasitica-associated disease. Larousse M. Microbiome

Distance decay relationships in foliar fungal endophytes are driven by rare taxa. Oono R. Environmental Microbiology

Carbon‐driven enrichment of the crucial nitrate reducing bacteria in limed peat soil microcosms. Zhu Y. Letters in applied Microbiology

Using community trait-distributions to assign microbial responses to pH changes and Cd in forest soils treated with wood ash. Cruz-Paredes C. Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

Inland waters and ocean microbiome

Stable microbial communities in the sponge Crambe crambe from inside and outside a polluted Mediterranean harbor.Gantt SE.FEMS Microbiology Letters.

Nutrient stoichiometry shapes microbial community structure in a shallow evaporitic pond. Lee ZMP.  Frontiers in Microbiology

Impact of drinking water treatment and distribution on the microbiome continuum: an ecological disturbance’s perspective. Zhang Y. Environmental Microbiology

Faecal microbiome 

Changes in microbial ecology after fecal microbiota transplantation for recurrent C. difficile infection affected by underlying inflammatory bowel disease.Khanna S. Microbiome

Probiotics

Antioxidant Properties of Probiotic Bacteria. Wang Y. Nutrients

 STUDYING HOST-MICROBIOTA MUTUALISM USING GNOTOBIOTIC DROSOPHILA. Ma D.Old Herborn University Seminar Monograph 30

Virology

Pre-Symptomatic Diagnosis of Ebola Virus Infection. Navalkar K. Emerging disease and Virology   2017

Succession in the petroleum reservoir microbiome through an oil field production lifecycle.Vigneron A. The ISME Journal

Preprint 

Metabarcoding monitoring analysis: the pros and cons of using co-extracted environmental DNA and RNA data to assess offshore oil production impacts on benthic communities. Laroche O. PeerJ