Events and jobs
Postdoctoral Fellow – Institute of Genome Sciences (IGS) with Hotopp Lab – Baltimore, Maryland

Pregnancy and early life
Influence of vitamin D on key bacterial taxa in infant microbiota in the KOALA Birth Cohort Study – Chris E. Talsness – PLoS One

Review: Role of the Human Breast Milk-Associated Microbiota on the Newborns’ Immune System: A Mini Review – Marco Toscano – Frontiers in Microbiology

Review: The First Microbial Colonizers of the Human Gut: Composition, Activities, and Health Implications of the Infant Gut Microbiota – Christian Milani – Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Multi-site human microbiome
Segmented Filamentous Bacteria Provoke Lung Autoimmunity by Inducing Gut-Lung Axis Th17 Cells Expressing Dual TCRs – C. Pierce Bradley – Cell Host and Microbe

Human vaginal microbiome
Genitourinary Syndrome of the Menopause: Vaginal Health and Microbiota – Maria Jesús Cancelo-Hidalgo – Menopause

Human gut microbiome
Review: Microbial biotransformations in the human distal gut – Elisabeth M Bik – British Journal of Pharmacology

Review: The Human Microbiome and Obesity: Moving beyond Associations – Padma Maruvada – Cell Host and Microbe

A Microbiomic Analysis in African Americans with Colonic Lesions Reveals Streptococcus sp.VT162 as a Marker of Neoplastic Transformation – Hassan Brim – Genes

Multiple articles from Frontiers in Immunology:
LC3-Associated Phagocytosis Is Required for Dendritic Cell Inflammatory Cytokine Response to Gut Commensal Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae – Dimitra Lamprinaki – Frontiers in Immunology

Immunological and Clinical Effect of Diet Modulation of the Gut Microbiome in Multiple Sclerosis Patients: A Pilot Study – Marina Saresella – Frontiers in Immunology

Review: TH17 Cell and Epithelial Cell Crosstalk during Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Carcinogenesis – Jan Kempski – Frontiers in Immunology

Animal experiments
Difference in the gut microbiome between ovariectomy-induced obesity and diet-induced obesity – S. Choi – Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
No link available yet, linked to PubMed.

The effects of starter microbiota and the early life feeding of medium chain triglycerides on the gastric transcriptome profile of 2- or 3-week-old cesarean delivered piglets – Paolo Trevisi – Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Animal microbiome
Prodigiosin, Violacein, and Volatile Organic Compounds Produced by Widespread Cutaneous Bacteria of Amphibians Can Inhibit Two Batrachochytrium Fungal Pathogens – Douglas C. Woodhams – Microbial Ecology

Accessing the Hidden Microbial Diversity of Aphids: an Illustration of How Culture-Dependent Methods Can Be Used to Decipher the Insect Microbiota – Alina S. Grigorescu – Microbial Ecology

Diversity and characterization of bacteria associated with the deep-sea hydrothermal vent crab Austinograea sp. comparing with those of two shallow-water crabs by 16S ribosomal DNA analysis – Na Zhang – PLoS One

Diets Alter the Gut Microbiome of Crocodile Lizards – Hai-Ying Jiang – Frontiers in Microbiology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Opinion: Nitrogen limitation of decomposition and decay: how can it occur? – Colin Averill – Global Change Biology

Compatible bacterial mixture, tolerant to desiccation, improves maize plant growth – Dalia Molina-Romero – PLoS One

Effects of root pruning on the physicochemical properties and microbial activities of poplar rhizosphere soil – Da-Wei Jing – PLoS One

Biochar amendment changes temperature sensitivity of soil respiration and composition of microbial communities 3 years after incorporation in an organic carbon-poor dry cropland soil – Junhui Chen – Biology and Fertility of Soils

Book of interest: Endophytes: Biology and Biotechnology – Dinesh K. Maheshwari

Biosynthetic potential of actinomycetes in brown forest soil on the eastern coast of the aegean sea – I. G. Shirokikh – Eurasian Soil Science

Water and extremophile microbiome
Editorial: Deep Carbon in Earth: Early Career Scientist Contributions to the Deep Carbon Observatory – Donato Giovannelli – Frontiers in Earth Science

Spatial variability of marine bacterial and archaeal communities along the particulate matter continuum – Mireia Mestre – Molecular Ecology

Cyanobacteria and Alphaproteobacteria May Facilitate Cooperative Interactions in Niche Communities – Marc W. Van Goethem – Frontiers in Microbiology

Influences of anthropogenic land use on microbial community structure and functional potentials of stream benthic biofilms – Xiaodong Qu – Scientific Reports

Linking Compositional and Functional Predictions to Decipher the Biogeochemical Significance in DFAA Turnover of Abundant Bacterioplankton Lineages in the North Sea – Bernd Wemheuer – Microorganisms

Biohydrogen production at pH below 3.0: Is it possible? – V.T. Mota – Water Research

Groundwater Microbial Communities Along a Generalized Flowpath in Nomhon Area, Qaidam Basin, China – Y Sheng – Ground Water
No link available yet, linked to PubMed.

Targeted metatranscriptomics of compost-derived consortia reveals a GH11 exerting an unusual exo-1,4-β-xylanase activity – Bruno L. Mello – Biotechnology for Biofuels

Environmental factors shaping the archaeal community structure and ether lipid distribution in a subtropic river and estuary, China – Wenting Guo – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Built environment
The Nosocomial Risk of Bacterial Contamination of Surgical Wards at Saint Francis Hospital in Katete District of Zambia – Frank Mtonga – ARC Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Food microbiology
Preventive effects of a probiotic mixture in an ovalbumin-induced food allergy model – HS Shin -Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
No link available yet, linked to PubMed.

Digestion under saliva, simulated gastric and small intestinal conditions and fermentation in vitro by human intestinal microbiota of polysaccharides from Fuzhuan brick tea – Guijie Chen – Food Chemistry

Phages and viruses
Several book chapters from Bacteriophage Therapy:
Book Section: Methods for Bacteriophage Preservation – Małgorzata B. Łobocka
Interaction of Bacteriophages with Mammalian Cells – Zuzanna Kaźmierczak

Perspective: The Intra-Dependence of Viruses and the Holobiont – Juris A. Grasis – Frontiers in Immunology

Bioinformatics
Metagenome sequence clustering with hash-based canopies – Mohammad Arifur Rahman – Journal of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Book: UNIT 1E.14 Computational Methods for Human Microbiome Analysis – Matthieu J. Miossec – Current Protocols in Microbiology

Microbes in the news
Enhanced understanding of the microbiome is helping medicine – The Economist

Microbes on the market
Seres Therapeutics to Participate in Three Upcoming November Conferences – Business Wire

Global Microbiome Sequencing Services Market Outlook 2017 Growth, Trends, Forecasts 2022 – Samuel – Talk Daily News

Space travel changes gut bacteria in mice – Science Nordic

New model reveals possibility of pumping antibiotics into bacteria – Phys Org
Paper: New free-exchange model of EmrE transport – Anne E. Robinson – PNAS

EPA approves bacteria-infected insects to kill mosquitoes – Bonnie Burton – CNET

Bacteria Hysteria
Deadly bacterial infections could be coming from your kitchen sink PLUGHOLE – Matt Atherton – Express

Science, publishing, and career
The GOP tax bill could be a disaster for PhD students – Jen Kirby – Vox