Bacterial paleontology of iron formations, gene expression from bacteria and archaea in the Amazon River, indoles promote a “youthful” gene expression profile in their host.
Events and jobs
Podcast: Branding Bacteria – Carla Brown
General microbiome
Preprint: Metabolic Model-Based Analysis of the Emergence of Bacterial Cross-Feeding through Extensive Gene Loss – Colin P McNally – bioRxiv
Pregnancy and early life
Breast Milk Transforming Growth Factor β Is Associated With Neonatal Gut Microbial Composition – Alexandra R Sitarik – Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Human gut microbiome
Increased Tryptophan Metabolism is Associated With Activity of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases – Susanna Nikolaus – Gastroenterology
Animal experiments
Indoles from commensal bacteria extend healthspan – Robert Sonowal – PNAS
Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Soil C and N statuses determine the effect of maize inoculation by plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria on nitrifying and denitrifying communities – Alessandro Florio – Scientific Reports
Changes in Soil Microbial Community and Its Effect on Carbon Sequestration Following Afforestation on the Loess Plateau, China – Yun Xiang – International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Rapid peat accumulation favours the occurrence of both fen and bog microbial communities within a Mediterranean, free-floating peat island – Giuseppe Concheri – Scientific Reports
Influence of film mulching on soil microbial community in a rainfed region of northeastern China – Wenyi Dong – Scientific Reports
Secondary compound hypothesis revisited: Selected plant secondary metabolites promote bacterial degradation of cis-1,2-dichloroethylene (cDCE) – Serena Fraraccio – Scientific Reports
Adaptive evolution of rhizobial symbiotic compatibility mediated by co-evolved insertion sequences – Ran Zhao – The ISME Journal
Micropredator niche differentiation between bulk soil and rhizosphere of an agricultural soil depends on bacterial prey – Lu Zhang – FEMS Microbiology Ecology
Water and extremophile microbiome
Predicting blooms of toxic cyanobacteria in eutrophic lakes with diverse cyanobacterial communities – Aleksandra Bukowski – Scientific Reports
Patterns of Bacterial and Archaeal Gene Expression through the Lower Amazon River – Brandon M Satinsky – Frontiers in Marine Science
Probiotics/prebiotics
Protocol for a randomised, placebo-controlled pilot study for assessing feasibility and efficacy of faecal microbiota transplantation in a paediatric ulcerative colitis population: PediFETCh trial – Nikhil Pai – Gastroenterology and Hepatology
More microbes
Bacterial paleontology of the Neoarchean banded iron formations of Karelia and the Kola Peninsula – M M Astafieva – Paleontological Journal
Microbes in the news
Cyborg bacteria covered in solar panels can beat plants at photosynthesis – Angela Chen – The Verge
Gut bacteria influence the brain indirectly, study shows – Maria Cohut – Medical News Today
Scientists uncover two-layer identification among soil bacteria – Amy Wallace – UPI.com
We May Have Just Found The Hormone That Lets Gut Bacteria Talk to The Brain – Peter Duckbill – Science Alert
