Review on bioinformatics software for virus sequence analysis, the wild baboon microbiome, potential health risks of spontaneous food fermentation.
Human oral microbiome
Pre-print: Novel genes required for the fitness of Streptococcus pyogenes in human saliva – Luchang Zhu – bioRxiv
Human gut microbiome
Antibiotic use and new-onset inflammatory bowel disease in Olmsted County, Minnesota: a population-based case-control study – Satimai Aniwan – Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis
The Gut Microbiota of Healthy Aged Chinese Is Similar to That of the Healthy Young – Gaorui Bian – mSphere
Animal experiments
Young Pigs Consuming Lysozyme Transgenic Goat Milk Are Protected from Clinical Symptoms of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Infection – Lydia C Garas – The Journal of Nutrition
Whole-Grain Starch and Fiber Composition Modifies Ileal Flow of Nutrients and Nutrient Availability in the Hindgut, Shifting Fecal Microbial Profiles in Pigs – Janelle M Fouhse – The Journal of Nutrition
Lotus Seed Resistant Starch Regulates Gut Microbiota and Increases SCFAs Production and Mineral Absorption in Mice – Hongliang Zeng – Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Animal microbiome
Microbiota Diversity Within and Between the Tissues of Two Wild Interbreeding Species – Emmanuel Guivier – Microbial Ecology
Group Living and Male Dispersal Predict the Core Gut Microbiome in Wild Baboons – Laura E Grieneisen – Integrative and Comparative Biology
Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Pre-print: Rice paddy Nitrospirae encode and express genes related to sulfate respiration: proposal of the new genus Candidatus Sulfobium – Sarah Zecchin – bioRxiv
Effects of Grazing and Fire Frequency on Floristic Quality and its Relationship to Indicators of Soil Quality in Tallgrass Prairie – George C Manning – Environmental Management
Pre-print: Hunters or gardeners? Linking community structure and function of trap-associated microbes to the nutrient acquisition strategy of a carnivorous plant – Dagmara Sirová – bioRxiv
Multitrophic interactions in the rhizosphere of a temperate forest tree affect plant carbon flow into the belowground food web – H R Maboreke – Soil Biology and Biochemistry
Water and extremophile microbiome
Rhabdanaerobium thermarum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel anaerobic bacterium isolated from a hot spring – Lan Liu – International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
Food microbiology
Review: Spontaneous Food Fermentations and Potential Risks for Human Health – Vittorio Capozzi – Fermentation
Phages and viruses
Review: Software Dedicated to Virus Sequence Analysis “Bioinformatics Goes Viral” – Martin Hölzer – Advances in Virus Research
Bioinformatics
Nephele: A cloud platform for simplified, standardized, and reproducible microbiome data analysis – Nick Weber – Bioinformatics
More microbes
Pre-print: A LaeA- and BrlA-dependent cellular network governs tissue-specific secondary metabolism in the human pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus – Abigail L Lind – bioRxiv
Pre-print: Dual RNAseq shows the human mucosal immunity protein, MUC13, is a hallmark of Plasmodium exoerythrocytic infection – Gregory M LaMonte – bioRxiv