Jobs

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Microbiology/Molecular Ecology : Bremen, Germany (Soil microbial community interactions)

Postdoctoral Training Fellow : London, United Kingdom (M. tuberculosis and immunity)

 

Human Microbiome

Review: Human genetic variation and the gut microbiome in disease – Andrew Brantley Hall – Nature Reviews Genetics

Long-term taxonomic and functional divergence from donor bacterial strains following fecal microbiota transplantation in immunocompromised patients – Eli L. Moss – PLoS ONE

Intestinal colonisation patterns in breastfed and formula-fed infants during the first 12 weeks of life reveal sequential microbiota signatures – Harro M. Timmerman  – Scientific Reports

A prospective analysis of mucosal microbiome-metabonome interactions in colorectal cancer using a combined MAS 1HNMR and metataxonomic strategy – James Kinross – Scientific Reports

Inflammatory colonic innate lymphoid cells are increased during untreated hiv-1 infection and associated with markers of gut dysbiosis and mucosal immune activation – Stephanie Dilon- JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

The Maternal Infant Microbiome: Considerations for Labor and Birth – Alexis Dunn – MCN, American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing

Large-scale comparative metagenomics of Blastocystis, a common member of the human gut microbiome – Francesco Beghini – The ISME Journal

 

Animal Microbiome

The Maturing Development of Gut Microbiota in Commercial Piglets during the Weaning Transition – Limei Chen – Frontiers in Microbiology

Moderate-intensity exercise affects gut microbiome composition and influences cardiac function in myocardial infarction mice – Zuheng Liu – Frontiers in Microbiology  

Unveiling bifidobacterial biogeography across the mammalian branch of the tree of life – Christian Milani – The ISME Journal

 

Probiotics

In Vitro Evaluation of the Impact of the Probiotic E. coli Nissle 1917 on Campylobacter jejuni’s Invasion and Intracellular Survival in Human Colonic Cells – Yosra A. Helmy – Frontiers in Microbiology

 

Food Microbiology

Cell surface properties of Lactococcus lactis reveal milk protein binding specifically evolved in dairy isolates – Mariya Tarazanova – Frontiers in Microbiology

 

Pathogen Research

Metagenomic sequencing to replace semi-quantitative urine culture for detection of urinary tract infections: a proof of concept – Victoria A. Janes – BioRxiv

Burkholderia cenocepacia Infections in Cystic Fibrosis Patients: Drug Resistance and Therapeutic Approaches – Viola C. Scoffone –  Frontiers in Microbiology

 

Environmental Microbiome

Marine Microbial Gene Abundance and Community Composition in Response to Ocean Acidification and Elevated Temperature in Two Contrasting Coastal Marine Sediments – Ashleigh R. Currie – Frontiers in Microbiology

Heat Stress Dictates Microbial Lipid Composition along a Thermal Gradient in Marine Sediments – Miriam Sollich – Frontiers in Microbiology

Actinobacterial Rare Biospheres and Dark Matter Revealed in Habitats of the Chilean Atacama Desert – Hamidah Idris – Scientific Reports

A pivotal role for ocean eddies in the distribution of microbial communities across the Antarctic Circumpolar Current – – PLoS ONE

Microbial community analysis of apple rhizosphere around Bohai Gulf – Jihang Jiang – Scientific Reports

From virus isolation to metagenome generation for investigating viral diversity in deep-sea sediments – Cinzia Corinaldesi – Scientific Reports

 

Bioinformatics

PANINI: Pangenome Neighbor Identification for Bacterial Populations – Khalil Abudahab  – BioRxiv

 

 

Non-Microbiology picks

The prehistory of biology preprints: a forgotten experiment from the 1960s – Matthew Cobb – PeerJ preprints