In today’s digest, we learn more about how cloud-based computing is making it easier to analyses big datasets, and stochastic bottlenecks control bacterial colonization in animal host.

General Microbiome and Microbiology

New perspectives on dandruff and seborrheic dermatitis: lessons we learned from bacterial and fungal skin microbiota.

Paulino LC. European journal of dermatology

Harnessing microbiome‐based biotechnologies for sustainable mitigation of nitrous oxide emissions

Hu HW.Microbial Biotechnology

Human gut microbiome

Comparisons of Gut Microbiota Among Healthy Control, Patients With Conventional Adenoma, Sessile Serrated Adenoma, and Colorectal Cancer. Yoon H. Journal of Cancer Prevention

Genome-resolved metaproteomic characterization of preterm infant gut microbiota development reveals species-specific metabolic shifts and variabilities during early life. Xiong W. Microbiome

Assessing the impact of protein extraction methods for human gut metaproteomics

Zhang  X.Journal of Proteomics

Longitudinal development of the gut microbiome and metabolome in preterm neonates with late onset sepsis and healthy controls

Stewart CJ. Microbiome

Animal and insect microbiome

Host–Microbe Interactions: Winning the Colonization Lottery

Lazzaro BP and GM Fox. Current Biology

Strategies for managing rival bacterial communities: lessons from burying beetles.

Kilner RM. Journal of Animal Ecology

Changes in the Gut Microbial Communities Following Addition of Walnuts to the Diet. Byerley, LO. Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Microbiome modelling

The Microbiome and Big Data

Navas-Molina JA. Current Opinion in Systems Biology

Plant, soil, and air microbiome

Differences in soil biological activity by terrain types at the sub-field scale in central Iowa US.

Kaleita AL.PloS one

Intercropping affects genetic potential for inorganic nitrogen cycling by root-associated microorganisms in Medicago sativa and Dactylis glomerata

Zhao M. Applied Soil Ecology

Changes in microbial community composition following phytostabilization of an extremely acidic Cu mine tailings

Yang T. Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Effects of between‐site variation in soil microbial communities and plant‐soil feedbacks on the productivity and composition of plant communities.   Bauer JT.Journal of Applied Ecology

Response of soil microbial communities to elevated antimony and arsenic contamination indicates the relationship between the innate microbiota and contaminant fractions. Sun W. Environmental Science and Technology

Marine and inland waters

The contribution of microbial biotechnology to mitigating coral reef degradation Damjanovic. Microbial Biotechnology

Metagenomic binning of a marine sponge microbiome reveals unity in defense but metabolic specialization

Slaby BM. The ISME Journal

Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Viruses Compensate for Microbial Metabolism in Virus-Host Interactions

He T.  mBio

Built Microbiome

Microbial communities on painted wet and dry external surfaces of a historic fortress in Niterói, Brazil. Ogawa A. Journal of International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation

Preprint

Short reads from honey bee (Apis sp.) sequencing projects reflect microbial associate diversity.Gerth M.PeerJ