Multiple reviews and a great deal on plant, soil, and root microbiomes.

General microbiome
Quantifying the strength of quorum sensing crosstalk within microbial communities – Kalinga Pavan T. Silva – PLoS Computational Biology

An Important Role for Purifying Selection in Archaeal Genome Evolution – Zhe Lyu – MSystems

Review: Functional Genomics of Host–Microbiome Interactions in Humans – Francesca Luca – Trends in Genetics

Review: Pharmacological efficacy/toxicity of drugs: A Comprehensive update about the dynamic interplay of microbes – J.A. Gimenez-Bastida – Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Pregnancy and early life
Editorial: Another reason to favor exclusive breastfeeding: microbiome resilience – Alessio Fasano – Jornal de Pediatria
Paper referred: Breastfeeding increases microbial community resilience – Isabel I.Carvalho-Ramos – Jornal de Pediatria

Review: Glycan Utilization and Cross-Feeding Activities by Bifidobacteria – Francesca Turroni – Trends in Microbiology

Human respiratory microbiome
Review: Lung epithelium: barrier immunity to inhaled fungi and driver of fungal-associated allergic asthma – Darin L Wiesner – Current Opinion in Microbiology

Human oral microbiome
Review: Oral Tolerance Development and Maintenance – Erik Wambre – Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

Human skin microbiome
Review: Evidence-based update on rosacea comorbidities and their common physiologic pathways – Anna D. Holmes – Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Human gut microbiome
Gut microbiome composition in lean patients with NASH is associated with liver damage independent from caloric intake: a prospective pilot study – Sebastião Mauro Bezerra Duarte – Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Review: Gut microbiota and obesity: Concepts relevant to clinical care – Maria Carlota Dao – European Journal of Internal Medicine

Animal experiments
Effect of yeast supplementation on digestibility, fecal microbiota and serum endotoxin levels in non-exercising and exercising horses – A.A.O. Gobesso – Livestock Science

Ethanol extract of Atractylodis macrocephalae Rhizoma ameliorates insulin resistance and gut microbiota in type 2 diabetic db/db mice – Wen-You Zhang – Journal of Functional Foods

Supplementation of pancreatic digestive enzymes alters the composition of intestinal microbiota in mice – Hiroki Nishiyama – Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Potential for plant biocontrol activity of isolated Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Bacillus stratosphericus strains against bacterial pathogens acting through both induced plant resistance and direct antagonism – Kaliannan Durairaj – FEMS Microbiology Letters

Biofilm formation is determinant in tomato rhizosphere colonization by Bacillus velezensis FZB42 – Ameen Al-Ali – Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Immobilization of Lead Migrating from Contaminated Soil in Rhizosphere Soil of Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) and Hairy Vetch (Vicia villosa) Using Hydroxyapatite – Masahiko Katoh – International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Enhancement of 14C-phenanthrene mineralisation in the presence of plant-root biomass in PAH-NAPL amended soil – Gabriela M.Vázquez-Cuevas – International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation

Impact of fomesafen on the soil microbial communities in soybean fields in Northeastern China – XH Wu – Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
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Continuum of root–fungal symbioses for plant nutrition – Marcel G. A. van der Heijden – PNAS

Rolling a mycobiome down a hill: endophytes in the Taiwanese Cloud Forest – Daniel Thomas – bioRxiv

Water and extremophile microbiome
Antimicrobial properties and the influence of temperature on secondary metabolite production in cold environment soil fungi – Yogabaanu Ulaganathan – Polar Science

Microbial diversity from chlorophyll maximum, oxygen minimum and bottom zones in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean – Renata Medina-Silva – Journal of Marine Systems

Microbial communities in biological denitrification system using methanol as carbon source for treatment of reverse osmosis concentrate from coking wastewater – Enchao Li – Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination

Review: Periodic survey by metagenomic analysis on the marine microbial communities in an enclosed bay locating at Sanriku coast off northern Japan in the Pacific Ocean – Shugo Watabe – The JSFS 85th Anniversary-Commemorative International Symposium

Review: Synthesizing redox biogeochemistry at aquatic interfaces – Maximilian Peter Lau – Limnologica – Ecology and Management of Inland Waters

Review: The role of operating parameters and oxidative damage mechanisms of Advanced Chemical Oxidation Processes in the combat against antibiotic-resistant bacteria and resistance genes present in urban wastewater – I. Michael-Kordatou – Water Research

Built environment
The influence of the internal microbiome on the materials used for construction of the transmission natural gas pipelines in the Lodz Province – Agnieszka Staniszewska – E3S Web of Conferences

Application and microbial ecology of psychrotrophs in domestic wastewater treatment at low temperature – Zhenzhen Xu – Chemosphere

Food microbiology
Review: Virgin olive oil yeasts: A review – Ciafardini Gino – Food Microbiology

Effect of vacuum and modified atmosphere packaging on the microbiological, chemical and sensory properties of tropical red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) fillets stored at 4 °C – Adèle Silbande – International Journal of Food Microbiology

The microbiota of eight species of dehydrated edible seaweeds from North West Spain – Ana del Olmo – Food Microbiology

Microbiological, chemical and sensory spoilage analysis of raw Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) stored under modified atmospheres – L. Kuuliala – Food Microbiology

Probiotics / prebiotics / antibiotics
Improvement of lactic acid bacteria viability in acid conditions employing agroindustrial co-products as prebiotic on alginate ionotropic gel matrix co-encapsulation – Victor Serrano-Casas – Journal of Functional Foods

Hospital antimicrobial stewardship: the way forward – Céline Pulcinia – The Lancet

Phages and viruses
How do bacteriophages promote antibiotic resistance in the environment? – José Luis Balcázar – Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Predicting virus emergence amid evolutionary noise – Jemma L. Geoghegan – Open Biology

Bioinformatics
A comparison of bioinformatic approaches for 16S rRNA gene profiling of food bacterial microbiota – Francesca De Filippis – International Journal of Food Microbiology

Techniques
A semi-quantitative method for point-of-care assessments of specific pathogenic bioaerosols using a portable microfluidics-based device – Qi Liu – Journal of Aerosol Science

Machine-assisted cultivation and analysis of biofilms – Silla H. Hansen – bioRxiv

Review: Next-generation sequencing applications in clinical bacteriology – Yair Motro – Biomolecular Detection and Quantification

Genome Announcements
Nitrincola alkalilacustris sp. nov. and Nitrincola schmidtii sp. nov., alkaliphilic bacteria isolated from soda pans, and emended description of the genus Nitrincola – Andrea K. Borsodi – International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Paenibacillus solanacearum sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere soil of a tomato plant – Hayoung Cho – International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Paenibacillus nebraskensis sp. nov., isolated from the root surface of field-grown maize – Peter Kämpfer – International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Nioella aestuarii sp. nov., of the family Rhodobacteraceae, isolated from tidal flat – In-Tae Cha – International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Microbes in the news
Puerto Rico reports 76 cases of deadly bacteria caused by tainted water – CNN Wire – KFOR

Microbes on the market
Global Human Microbiome Market Size and Forecast to 2021 – medGadget

Ritter Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (RTTR) Upgraded to Buy by Zacks Investment Research – Sebastian Weber – The Ledge Gazette