Second day of November we have quite a few job offers, nice set of microbiome news, two reviews in “gut microbiome” sector. Two (personal) highlights today would be the Thomas J. Browning’s paper about phytoplankon nutrient co-limitation and Luke R. Thompson’s paper about The Earth Microbiome Project. Enjoy…
Events and jobs
Research Technician, University of York, UK
Postdoctoral Researcher – Molecular Microbiologist, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Bioinformatics Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany
Microbiology Postdoctoral Scholar, The University of California, Berkeley, California, US
Bioinformatics Analyst, Ares Genetics GmbH, Vienna, Austria
Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Miami University, Miami, Ohio, US
General microbiome
Impaired competence in flagellar mutants of Bacillus subtilis is connected to the regulatory network governed by DegU – Theresa Hoelscher – bioRxiv
Gene network analysis identifies a central post-transcriptional regulator of cellular stress survival – Matthew Z. Tien – bioRxiv
Detection of cytosolic Shigella flexneri via a C-terminal triple-arginine motif of GBP1 inhibits actin-based motility – Anthony Piro – bioRxiv
Inter-species population dynamics enhance microbial horizontal gene transfer and spread of antibiotic resistance – Robert M Cooper – eLIFE
A communal catalogue reveals Earth’s multiscale microbial diversity – Luke R. Thompson – Nature
Human gut microbiome
Rapid Assessment of Microbiota Changes in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Bacteria-derived Membrane Vesicles in Urine – Yunjin Lee – Experimental Neurobiology
Review: Dietary and microbial metabolites in the regulation of host immunity – Jun Kunisawa – frontiers in Microbiology
Review: Gut microbiota as a potential target of metabolic syndrome: the role of probiotics and prebiotics – Mingqian He – Cell & Bioscience
Progression of Parkinson’s disease is associated with gut dysbiosis: Two-year follow-up study – Tomomi Minato – PLOS One
Animal experiments
Rapid regrowth and detection of microbial contaminants in equine fecal microbiome samples – Kalie F. Beckers – PLOS One
Cecal Microbiota in Broilers Fed with Prebiotics – Dany Mesa – Frontiers in Genetics
Commensal Lactobacillus Controls Immune Tolerance during Acute Liver Injury in Mice – Nobuhiro Nakamoto – Cell Reports
Food restriction followed by refeeding with a casein- or whey-based diet differentially affects the gut microbiota of pre-pubertal male rats – Majdi Masarwi – The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Animal microbiome
Evidence for a conserved microbiota across the different developmental stages of Plodia interpunctella – Valeria Mereghetti -Insect Science
Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Stable isotope informed genome-resolved metagenomics reveals that Saccharibacteria utilize microbially processed plant derived carbon – Evan P. Starr – bioRxiv
Water and extremophile microbiome
Analysis of bacterial communities and characterization of antimicrobial strains from cave microbiota – Muhammad Yasir – Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
Highly divergent 16S rRNA sequences in ribosomal operons of Scytonema hyalinum (Cyanobacteria) – Jeffrey R. Johansen – PLOS One
Study of Microbial diversity in Ganga river water sample by the use of Metagenomics technique – Jamilah Ali Ahmed Zaed – Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry
Niche specialization of bacteria in permanently ice-covered lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica – Miye Kwon – Environmental Microbiology
Influence of bicarbonate on the abundance of microbial communities capable of reducing U(VI) in groundwater – Dianxin Li – RSC Advances
Monitoring microbial responses to ocean deoxygenation in a model oxygen minimum zone – Steven J. Hallam – Scientific Data
Synechococcus plasticity under environmental changes – Cristiana Callieri – FEMS Microbiology Letters
Nutrient co-limitation at the boundary of an oceanic gyre – Thomas J. Browning -Nature
Evaluation of different 16S rRNA gene V regions for exploring bacterial diversity in a eutrophic freshwater lake – Junyi Zhang – Science of The Total Environment
Microbial community structures and functions of wastewater treatment systems in plateau and cold regions – Dexin Fang – Bioresource Technology
Adaptability as the key to success for the ubiquitous marine nitrite oxidizer Nitrococcus — Jessika Füssel – Science Advances
Food microbiology
Characterization of Enterococcal Community Isolated from an Artisan Istrian Raw Milk Cheese: Biotechnological and Safety Aspects – Mirna Mrkonjic Fuka – Food Technology and Biotechnology
Probiotics / prebiotics
Lactobacillus reuteri suppresses E. coli O157:H7 in bovine ruminal fluid: Toward a pre-slaughter strategy to improve food safety? – Yolande Bertin – PLOS One
Bioinformatics
MetaCherchant: analyzing genomic context of antibiotic resistance genes in gut microbiota – Evgenii I Olekhnovich – Bioinformatics
Techniques
Quantification of diverse virus populations in the environment using the polony method – Nava Baran – Nature Microbiology
Microbes in the news
Microbiome Link with Colorectal Cancer Drug Toxicity Points to Predictive Tests and Prevention – Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News
Gut bacteria composition could predict toxicity of chemotherapy drugs in cancer patients – News Medical
Versatile marine bacteria could be an influence on global warming, scientists discover – Science Daily
By 2100, climate change could alter key microbial interactions in the ocean – Phys Org
Microbes on the market
Tina’s (non)microbiology picks
Concept Inventory Development Reveals Common Student Misconceptions about Microbiology – Amy G. Briggs – Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
Announcing the winner of this year’s ‘Dance Your Ph.D.’ contest – John Bohannon – Science
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