Events and jobs

Interim Microbiology Manager – Central Belt – North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK

 

General microbiome

Haloarchaea: worth exploring for their biotechnological potential – A Singh – Biotechnology Letters

 

Pregnancy and early life

Rotavirus Vaccine Response Correlates with the Infant Gut Microbiota Composition in Pakistan – V Harris – Gut Microbes

 

 

Human gut microbiome

Infections by human gastrointestinal helminths are associated with changes in faecal microbiota diversity and composition – TP Jenkins – PLoS One

 

Animal experiments 

Review: Gut Microbial Influences on the Mammalian Intestinal Stem Cell Niche. – BCE Peck – Stem Cells International

Caloric restriction promotes rapid expansion and long-lasting increase of Lactobacillus in the rat fecal microbiota – C Fraumene – Gut Microbes

SMV1, an extremely stable thermophilic virus platform for nanoparticle trafficking in the mammalian GI tract – KB Uldahl – Journal of Applied Microbiology

Fungal derived 15-keto-prostaglandin E₂ activates host peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR-γ) to promote C. neoformans growth during infection. – RJ Evans – bioRxiv

The effect of regular or reduced-fat distillers grains with solubles on rumen methanogenesis and the rumen bacterial community – E Castillo-Lopez – Journal of Applied Microbiology

Role of Microbiota in Strengthening Ocular Mucosal Barrier Function Through Secretory IgA – A Kugadas – IOVS

 

Animal microbiome 

Virome analysis for identification of novel mammalian viruses in bats from Southeast China. – D Hu – Scientific Reports

 

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Long-term no-till: A major driver of fungal communities in dryland wheat cropping systems – D Sharma-Poudyal – PLoS One

Nitrile-Degrading Bacteria Isolated from Compost – R Egelkamp – Frontiers in Environmental Science

Application of compost and clay under water-stressed conditions influences functional diversity of rhizosphere bacteria – BS Mickan – Biology and Fertility of Soils

High-yield production of indole-3-acetic acid by Enterobacter sp. DMKU-RP206, a rice phyllosphere bacterium that possesses plant growth-promoting traits – P Nutaratat – 3 Biotech

Structural and functional variability in root-associated bacterial microbiomes of Cd/Zn hyperaccumulator Sedum alfredii – J Luo – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

 

Water microbiome and extremophile 

Microbial Diversity in a Hypersaline Sulfate Lake: A Terrestrial Analog of Ancient Mars – A Pontefract – Frontiers in Microbiology

Bacterial community in ancient permafrost alluvium at the Mammoth Mountain (Eastern Siberia) – A Brouchkov – Gene

Bacterial, Archaeal, and Eukaryotic Diversity across Distinct Microhabitats in an Acid Mine Drainage – V Mesa – Frontiers in Microbiology

 

 

Techniques

Review: Recent Advances in the Etiopathogenesis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: The Role of Omics – E Stylianou – Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy 

Formation of functional, non-amyloidogenic fibres by recombinant Bacillus subtilis TasA – E Erskine – bioRxiv

IN VITRO AND IN VIVO CHARACTERISATION OF ISOLATES OF CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS CAUSING MENINGITIS IN HIV-INFECTED AND UNINFECTED PATIENTS IN VIETNAM – TT Lam – bioRxiv

Morphological and Transcriptomic analysis reveals the osmoadaptive response of endophytic fungus Aspergillus montevidensis ZYD4 to high salt stress – KH Liu – Frontiers in Microbiology

Multilocus and SSU rRNA gene phylogenetic analyses of available cyanobacterial genomes, and their relation to the current taxonomic system – J Mareš – Hydrobiologia

Analysis of Bacterial Community Composition of Corroded Steel Immersed in Sanya and Xiamen Seawaters in China via Method of Illumina MiSeq Sequencing – X Li – Frontiers in Microbiology

Deep nirS amplicon sequencing of San Francisco Bay sediments enables prediction of geography and environmental conditions from denitrifying community composition – JA Lee – Environmental Microbiology

 

Microbes in the news 

WITH DESIGNER BACTERIA, CROPS COULD ONE DAY FERTILIZE THEMSELVES – Wired

Popular health supplements contaminated with faecal bacteria – Irish Examiner

Omega 3 intake linked to greater gut microbial diversity – Nutra Ingredients

Scientists Just Discovered Organisms That Are Distinct From Any Life Forms Known to Science – Futurism