Today’s digest has some great papers in the section-Plant, root and soil microbiome
General microbiome
Concentration and Viability of Bacterial Aerosols Associated with Weather in Asian Continental Outflow: Current Understanding – D Zhang – Aerosol Science and Engineering
Specific Virus-Host Genome Interactions Revealed By Tethered Chromosome Conformation Capture – H Li – bioRxiv
Metabolic Integration of Bacterial Endosymbionts through Antimicrobial Peptides – P Mergaert – Trends in Microbiology
Isolation and Characterization of Phenol-Degrading Psychrotolerant Yeasts – N Water, Air, & Soil Pollution
Animal microbiome
Impact of dietary Moringa oleifera leaves on intestinal pathogenic load and histological structure of growing rabbits raised under heat-stress conditions – AY El-Badawi – Animal Production Science
CD44 deletion leading to attenuation of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis results from alterations in gut microbiome in mice – KN Chitrala – European Journal of Immunology
Meta-analysis To Define a Core Microbiota in the Swine Gut – DB Holman – mSystems
Plant, root and soil microbiome
Let the Core Microbiota Be Functional – P Lemanceau – Trends in Plant Science
Phytobiomes – Editor-in-Chief: CA Young
Bio-mining the forest ecosystem of North East India for identification of antimicrobial metabolites from fungi through submerged fermentation – SI Devi – Bioresource Technology
Kisameet Glacial Clay: an Unexpected Source of Bacterial Diversity – SL Svensson – mBio
Microbiome-on-a-Chip: New Frontiers in Plant–Microbiota Research – CE Stanley – Trends in Microbiology
Soil microbial properties as affected by short-term contrasting tillages and cropping systems in a rainfed agro-ecosystem of Northern Odisha – KN Mishra – Evolutionary Ecology
Comparison of rhizosphere properties as affected by different Bt- and non-Bt-cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) genotypes and fertilization – M Ahamd – Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Soil fungal diversity in natural grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau: associations with plant diversity and productivity – T Yang – New Phytologist
Bacterial Microbiome and Nematode Occurrence in Different Potato Agricultural Soils – JD Castillo – Microbial Ecology
Lipopeptides produced by B. amyloliquefaciens NJN-6 altered the soil fungal community and non-ribosomal peptides genes harboring microbial community – J Yuan – Applied Soil Ecology
The differential impact of a native and a non-native ragwort species (Senecioneae) on the first and second trophic level of the rhizosphere food web – P Harkes – Oikos
Food microbiology
Impact of thistle rennet from Carlina acanthifolia All. subsp. acanthifolia on bacterial diversity and dynamics of a specialty Italian raw ewes’ milk cheese – F Cardinali – International Journal of Food Microbiology
High-throughput metataxonomic characterization of the raw milk microbiota identifies changes reflecting lactation stage and storage conditions – CJ Doyle – International Journal of Food Microbiology
Built environment microbiology
Direct treatment of high-strength soft drink wastewater using a down-flow hanging sponge reactor: performance and microbial community dynamics – J Liao – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Techniques
Comparative Genomic Analysis Reveals Habitat-Specific Genes and Regulatory Hubs within the Genus Novosphingobium – R Kumar – mSystems
Fermentation quality, in vitro digestibility and aerobic stability of total mixed ration silages prepared with whole-plant corn (Zea mays L.) and hulless barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) straw – X Yuan – Animal Production Science
Investigation of compatible solutes synthesis and transport of Virgibacillus halodenitrificans PDB-F2 with complete genome analysis – Y Zhou – International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation
An 18S rRNA Workflow for Characterizing Protists in Sewage, with a Focus on Zoonotic Trichomonads – JM Maritz – Microbial Ecology
More microbes
HIV Persistence Alters CXCR4 Expression Patterns In OP9-DL1-Mediated Differentiation Of In Vitro Infected Human Cord Blood CD34+ Cells – T Tsukamoto – bioRxiv
Bacterial Virus Ontology; Coordinating across Databases – C Hulo – MDPI
Microbes in news
New insights into the ancestors of all complex life – University of Bristol – News
How a Usually Harmless Bacteria Ended Up Killing 18 People in Wisconsin – S Zhang – The Atlantic
Where you can check beaches for bacteria – Daily Herald
Beware: How to avoid rare flesh-eating bacteria in Chesapeake Bay – M Basch – WTOP
Gut Microbiome Affects Two Nervous System Diseases – AL Komarrof – Journal Watch
Solution to many global challenges may be right under our feet – G Dufficy – AgriLand
Bugging cancer: gut bacteria and the big C – V Martinez – The Irish Times
Non-microbiology picks
Marginal Returns And Levels Of Research Grant Support Among Scientists Supported By The National Institutes Of Health – MS Lauer – bioRxiv
Conservation and restoration practices in humid climates – D Tejeda Sartorius – CAB Direct
