Interaction of gut microbiota metabolites with host chromatin, modulation of T cell responses by Propionibacterium acnes in healthy and diseased skin, metatranscriptomics of the termite gut microbiota.

Multi-site human microbiome

Review: The potential of the microbiota to influence vaccine responses – David J Lynn – Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Human skin microbiome

Phenotype and antimicrobial activity of Th17 cells induced by Propionibacterium acnes strains associated with healthy and acne skin – George W Agak – Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Human gut microbiome

Review: The intricate connection between diet, microbiota, and cancer: A jigsaw puzzle – Melek Canan Arkan – Seminars in Immunology

Animal experiments

Characterization of vaginal microbiota of endometritis and healthy sows using high-throughput pyrosequencing of 16S rRNA gene – Jun Wang – Microbial Pathogenesis

Paneth Cell Defects Induce Microbiota Dysbiosis In Mice And Promote Visceral Hypersensitivity – Ambre Riba – Gastroenterology

Novel Interactions between Gut Microbiome and Host Drug-processing Genes Modify the Hepatic Metabolism of the Environmental Chemicals PBDEs – Cindy Yanfei Li – Drug Metabolism and Disposition

Fecal microbiota of lambs fed purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea Vent.) and alfalfa (Medicago sativa) – Qianqian Huang – Archives of Microbiology

Effect of dietary copper level on the gut microbiota and its correlation with serum inflammatory cytokines in Sprague-Dawley rats – Feng Zhang – Journal of Microbiology

Animal microbiome

Optimization of a metatranscriptomic approach to study the lignocellulolytic potential of the higher termite gut microbiome – Martyna Marynowska – BMC Genomics

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Review: Wetland management using microbial indicators – Hidetoshi Urakawa – Ecological Engineering

Impacts of Repeated Glyphosate Use on Wheat-Associated Bacteria are Small and Depend on Glyphosate-Use History – Daniel C Schlatter – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Variations in bacterial and fungal communities through soil depth profiles in a Betula albosinensis forest – Can Du – Journal of Microbiology

Water and extremophile microbiome

Antibiotic resistance genes in an urban river as impacted by bacterial community and physicochemical parameters – Zhen-Chao Zhou – Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Probiotics/prebiotics

Intestinal Microbiota in Infants at High-risk for Allergy: Effects of Prebiotics and Role in Eczema Development – Harm Wopereis – Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Metabolomics

Review: Metabolic programming of the epigenome: host and gut microbial metabolite interactions with host chromatin – Kimberly A Krautkramer – Translational Research

Microbes in the news

Baby bottle dish soap recalled due to harmful bacteria in the soap – ABC Action News

Microbes on the market

This Biotech Clothing Automatically Ventilates When You Start to Sweat – Kyree Leary – Futurism