A review discussing metabolic-flux dependent regulation in microbes, diversity of coral-associated viral communities, what an Antarctic fungus can tell us about astrobiology.
General microbiome
Pre-print: Extending species-area relationships (SAR) to diversity-area relationships (DAR)© – Zhanshan Ma – aRxiv
Beneficial microbiomes: Biodiversity and potential biotechnological applications for sustainable agriculture and human health – Ajar Nath Yadav – Journal of Applied Biology and Biotechnology
Pregnancy and early life
Transmission and persistence of IncF conjugative plasmids in the gut microbiota of full-term infants – Anuradha Ravi – FEMS Microbiology Ecology
Human respiratory microbiome
Pre-print: Dynamics of the upper airway microbiome in the pathogenesis of asthma-associated persistent wheeze in preschool children – Shu Mei Teo – bioRxiv
Human gut microbiome
Pre-print: A perturbation model of the gut microbiome’s response to antibiotics – Liam P Shaw – bioRxiv
Animal experiments
Pre-print: Within host selection for faster replicating bacterial symbionts – Ewa Chrostek – bioRxiv
Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Molecular characterization of Associative N2 fixing bacterium isolated from the roots of Finger millet (Eleusine coracana L.) and its interaction effects with microbial consortia on growth and yield – G B Santosha Gowda – Research Journal of Biotechnology
Significance of temperature and water availability for soil phosphorus transformation and microbial community composition as affected by fertilizer sources – Dasheng Sun – Biology and Fertility of Soils
Water and extremophile microbiome
Prokaryotic diversity and biogeochemical characteristics of benthic microbial ecosystems at La Brava, a hypersaline lake at Salar de Atacama, Chile – Maria Eugenia Farias – PLOS ONE
Phylogenetic diversity and distribution of bacterial and archaeal amoA genes in the East China Sea during spring – Takafumi Kataoka – Archives of Microbiology
Microbes in space
Resistance of an Antarctic cryptoendolithic black fungus to radiation gives new insights of astrobiological relevance – Laura Selbmann – Fungal Biology
Phages and viruses
Pre-print: Coral-associated viral communities show high levels of diversity and host auxiliary functions – Karen D Weynberg – PeerJ
Biological Control of Pectobacterium carotovorum Via Specific Lytic Bacteriophage – Eman Marei – Journal of Basic and Applied Scientific Research
Bioinformatics
Book chapter: Chapter 1 – Metagenomics: A Paradigm Shift in Microbiology – Andrey V Mardanov – Metagenomics
More microbes
Review: Metabolic-flux dependent regulation of microbial physiology – Athanosios Litsios – Current Opinion in Microbiology
Microbes in the news
High-salt diet throws microbiome out of whack – Katharine Sanderson – Chemical & Engineering News
Rare Bacterial Taxa May Play Outsize Role in Soil Microbiome Structure, Study Suggests – Genome Web
Forsyth Institute researcher Floyd Dewhirst named as AAAS Fellow – EurekAlert
What makes soil, soil? Researchers find hidden clues in DNA – Phys.Org
Microbes on the market
PathoQuest Announces Formation of Scientific Advisory Board – Business Wire
