Pregnancy and early life
Pre-pregnancy weight, gestational weight gain, and the gut microbiota of mothers and their infants – MA Stanislawski – Microbiome
Human oral microbiome
The tongue microbiome in healthy subjects and patients with intra-oral halitosis – SK Seerangaiyan – Journal of Breath Research
Effects of lactoferrin and lactoperoxidase-containing food on the oral microbiota in the elderly – M Nakano – Microbiology & Immunology
Unraveling the human salivary microbiome diversity in Indian populations – A Sarkar – PLoS One
Human gut microbiome
Review: Influence of gut microbiota on the development and progression of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis – F European Journal of Nutrition
Markers of intestinal permeability are already altered in early stages of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Studies in children – A Nier – PLoS One
Review: the human intestinal virome in health and disease – SR Carding – AP &T
Meds Modify Microbiome, Mediating Their Effects – NM Koropatkin – Cell Metabolism
Animal experiments
Maternal treatment with short-chain fatty acids modulates the intestinal microbiota and immunity and ameliorates type 1 diabetes in the offspring – JC Needell – PLoS One
The intestinal microbiota determines the colitis-inducing potential of T-bet-deficient Th cells in mice – J Zimmermann – European Journal of Immunology
A study of the prebiotic-like effects of tomato juice consumption in rats with diet-induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). – FJ García-Alonso – Food & Function
Patterns of host gene expression associated with harboring a foregut microbial community. – KD Kohl – BMC Genomics
Animal microbiome
Bacterial community composition and distribution in different segments of the gastrointestinal tract of wild-caught adult Penaeus monodon – P Mongkol – Aquaculture Research
Enrichment of beneficial bacteria in the skin microbiota of bats persisting with white-nose syndrome – V Lemieux-Labonté – Microbiome
Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Soil microbiomes associated with Verticillium wilt suppressive broccoli and chitin amendments are enriched with potential biocontrol agents. – P Inderbitzin – Phytopathology
Olive mill waste and glyphosate-based herbicide addition to olive grove soils: effects on microbial activities and their responses to drying–rewetting cycles – N Boukhdoud – Soil Use and Management
Changes in soil microbial communities after 10 years of winter wheat cultivation versus fallow in an organic-poor soil in the Loess Plateau of China – H Tian – PLoS One
Host Genotype and Nitrogen Form Shape the Root Microbiome of Pinus radiata. – M Gllart – Microbial Ecology
Microbacterium hibisci sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere of mugunghwa (Hibiscus syriacus L.). – ZF Yan – Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.
Water microbiome and extremophile
Microbial ecological associations in the surface sediments of Bohai strait – B Wang – Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology
Contrasting seasonal drivers of virus abundance and production in the North Pacific Ocean. – PJ Gainer – PLoS One
Built environment
Bacteria and archaea communities in full-scale thermophilic and mesophilic anaerobic digesters treating food wastewater: key process parameters and microbial indicators of process instability – J Lee – Bioresource Technology
Phages and viruses
Temperate phages as frequency-dependent weapons in bacterial competition – XY Li – bioRxiv
Techniques
A novel approach for predicting microbe-disease associations by bi-random walk on the heterogeneous network. – S Zou – PLoS One
Machine learning leveraging genomes from metagenomes identifies influential antibiotic resistance genes in the infant gut microbiome – SF Rahman – bioRxiv
Application of real-time PCR (qPCR) for characterization of microbial populations and type of milk in dairy food products. – C Agrimonti – Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition
Identification of regulatory targets for the bacterial Nus factor complex – G Baniulyte – bioRxiv
Early nasopharyngeal microbial signature associated with severe influenza in children: a retrospective pilot study – S Langevin – The Journal of General Virology
Infection via mosquito bite alters Zika virus replication kinetics in rhesus macaques – D Dudley – bioRxiv
Denitrifying metabolism of the methylotrophic marine bacterium Methylophaga nitratireducenticrescens strain JAM1 – F Mauffrey – bioRxiv
Microbes in the news
Mimicry: by gut bacteria metabolites – Nutra Ingredients
Bacterial ‘aphrodisiac’ sends single-celled organism into mating frenzy – Nature News
Bacteria Use Brainlike Bursts of Electricity to Communicate – Quanta Magazine
Bacteria in Children’s Throats Found Strongly Associated with Bone and Joint Infections – Geneng News
How Farmers Can Help Ensure That We Don’t All Die From Super-Powered Bacteria – Fast Company
Harvey’s Floodwaters Contaminated With Nasty, Dangerous Bacteria – Houston Press
FOR THE FIRST TIME, GUT BACTERIA HAS BEEN SPOTTED EATING CHEMICALS IN THE BRAIN – Collective Evolution
University of Idaho research may slow antibiotic resistance to drugs – The Spokesman