Good Monday! Today, we have a short digest with several papers focused in pathogen research.

 

Human microbiome

Evaluation of inter-individual differences in gut bacterial isoflavone bioactivation in humans by PCR-based targeting of genes involved in equol formation – A. Braune – Journal of Applied Microbiology

Immune-modulatory genomic properties differentiate gut microbiota of infants with and without eczema – Seungdae Oh – PLoS One

Low-complexity microbiota in the duodenum of children with newly diagnosed ulcerative colitis – Fei Sjöberg – PLoS One

IL-17 signalling restructures the nasal microbiome and drives dynamic changes following Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization – Neil D. Ritchie – BMC Genomics

Review: Sleeping with the enemy: Clostridium difficile infection in the intensive care unit – Florian Prechter – Critical Care

Hippurate as a metabolomic marker of gut microbiome diversity: Modulation by diet and relationship to metabolic syndrome – Tess Pallister – Scientific Reports

 

Environmental microbiomes

Mini-Review: Anaerobic Oxidation of Ethane, Propane, and Butane by Marine Microbes: A Mini Review – Rajesh Singh – Frontiers in Microbiology

Microbial Community and Biochemical Dynamics of Biological Soil Crusts across a Gradient of Surface Coverage in the Central Mojave Desert – Rakesh Mogul – Frontiers in Microbiology

Basin Scale Variation on the Composition and Diversity of Archaea in the Pacific Ocean – Xiaomin Xia – Frontiers in Microbiology

Highly structured prokaryote communities exist within the skeleton of coral colonies – Vanessa R Marcelino – The ISME Journal

 

Animal Microbiomes

Feed additives shift gut microbiota and enrich antibiotic resistance in swine gut – Yi Zhao Y – Science of The Total Environment

 

Pathogen Research

Genomic Comparison among Lethal Invasive Strains of Streptococcus pyogenes Serotype M1 – Gabriel R. Fernandes – Frontiers in Microbiology

Differential Identification of Mycobacterial Species Using High-Resolution Melting Analysis – Azar D. Khosravi –  Frontiers in Microbiology

Genomic Comparisons Reveal Microevolutionary Differences in Mycobacterium abscessus Subspecies – Joon L. Tan – Frontiers in Microbiology

Exploring the Genome and Phenotype of Multi-Drug Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae of Clinical Origin – João Anes – Frontiers in Microbiology

Contributions of MyD88-dependent receptors and CD11c-positive cells to corneal epithelial barrier function against Pseudomonas aeruginosa – Matteo M. E. Metruccio – Scientific Reports

Preprint: KKL-35 Exhibits Potent Antibiotic Activity Against Legionella Species Independently Of Trans-Translation Inhibition – Romain Brunel – BioRxiv

Antibiotics ameliorate lupus-like symptoms in mice – Qinghui Mu – Scientific Reports

 

More microbes

Preprint: A historical legacy of antibiotic utilization on bacterial seed banks in sediments – Laura Madueño​ – PeerJ

Expression of Genes for a Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide-Binding Oxidoreductase and a Methyltransferase from Mycobacterium chlorophenolicum Is Necessary for Biosynthesis of 10-Methyl Stearic Acid from Oleic Acid in Escherichia coli – Shuntaro Machida – Frontiers in Microbiology

Dimethyl pyrazol-based nitrification inhibitors effect on nitrifying and denitrifying bacteria to mitigate N2O emission – Fernando Torralbo – Scientific Reports

 

Databases

miPepBase: A Database of Experimentally Verified Peptides Involved in Molecular Mimicry – Anjali Garg – Frontiers in Microbiology