Today we have pretty much diverse Microbiome Digest particularly in the section of General microbiome. Interesting papers on E coli as a model organism for metabolic engineering, influence of exercise on our gut microbiota and influence of antibiotics on genetic diversity of honeybee gut microbiota. Enjoy reading these and many many more articles and news about microbes.
Events and jobs
PhD in Soil Microbiology, Teagasc Johnstown Castle, UK
PhD Fellowship in Molecular Microbiology, Copenhagen, Denmark
Postdoctoral Research Associate – Bacterial Evolutionary Genomics, Missoula, MT, US
Postdoctoral researchers – (Lemon Lab), Cambridge MA, US
Associate Professor/Professor in Microbiology, Nottingham, UK
General microbiome
The Immunomodulatory Drug Glatiramer Acetate is Also an Effective Antimicrobial Agent that Kills Gram-negative Bacteria – Stig Hill Christiansen – Scientific Reports
Temperate phages as self-replicating weapons in bacterial competition – Xiang-Yi Li – bioRxiv
Complete Genome Sequences of Seven Vibrio cholerae Phages Isolated in China – Sudhakar G. Bhandare – Genome Announcements
Survival of microbes in Earth’s stratosphere – Priya Das Sarma – Current Opinion in Microbiology
Review: Cable Bacteria Take a New Breath Using Long-Distance Electricity – Filip J.R. Meysman – Trends in Microbiology
Characterization of the CrbS/R Two-Component System in Pseudomonas fluorescens Reveals a New Set of Genes under Its Control and a DNA Motif Required for CrbR-Mediated Transcriptional Activation – Edgardo Sepulveda – Frontiers in Microbiology
The effect of the 2015 Earthquake on the bacterial community compositions in water in Nepal – Sital R. Uprety – Frontiers in Microbiology
Rokubacteria: genomic giants among the uncultured bacterial phyla – Eric D. Becraft – Frontiers in Microbiology
A communal catalogue reveals Earth’s multiscale microbial diversity – Luke R. Thompson – Nature
Pregnancy and early life
Microbial Mechanistic Insight into the Role of Inulin in Improving Maternal Health in a Pregnant Sow Model – Pan Zhou – Frontiers in Microbiology
Human respiratory microbiome
A practical molecular identification of nonfermenting Gram-negative bacteria from cystic fibrosis – Carolina Paulino da CostaCapizzani – Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
Oral microbiome
Over-the-counter mouthwash use and risk of pre-diabetes/diabetes – Kaumudi J.Joshipura – Nitric Oxide
Profiling of Oral Microbiota in Early Childhood Caries Using Single-Molecule Real-Time Sequencing – Yuan Wang – Frontiers in Microbiology
Exploring the association between Alzheimer’s disease, oral health, microbial endocrinology and nutrition – Alice Harding – Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Oral microbiomes from hunter-gatherers and traditional farmers reveal shifts in commensal balance and pathogen load linked to diet – Florent Lassalle – Molecular Ecology
Human skin microbiome
Evaluation of short exposure times of antimicrobial wound solutions against microbial biofilms: from in vitro to in vivo – K Johani – Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Human gut microbiome
Review: Influence of microbiota on intestinal immune system in ulcerative colitis and its intervention – Sailong Zhang – Frontiers in Immunology
Exercise Alters Gut Microbiota Composition and Function in Lean and Obese Humans – Allen, Jacob M – Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
The Kynurenine Pathway As a Novel Link between Allergy and the Gut Microbiome – Aaron P. Van der Leek – Frontiers in Immunology
The gut microbiota: A new potential driving force in liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma – Marco Sanduzzi Zamparelli – United European Gastroenterology Journal
Animal experiments
Aged Gut Microbiota Contributes to Systemical Inflammaging after Transfer to Germ-Free Mice – Floris Fransen – Frontiers in Immunology
Animal microbiome
Species-specific signatures of the microbiome from Camponotus and Colobopsis ants across developmental stages – Manuela Oliveira Ramalho – PLOS One
Spontaneous body contractions are modulated by the microbiome of Hydra – Andrea P. Murillo-Rincon – Sceintific Reports
Age-related differences in the respiratory microbiota of chickens – Laura Glendinning – PLOS One
A potential new species of porcine Actinobacillus defined by multi-locus sequence analysis – C. Turni – Animal Production Science
Prevalence survey of Toxoplasma gondii in hearts from Western Australian sows – K. Hodgson – Animal Production Science
Antibiotics reduce genetic diversity of core species in the honeybee gut microbiome – Kasie Raymann – Molecular Ecology
Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Rhizosphere Microbiome Recruited from a Suppressive Compost Improves Plant Fitness and Increases Protection against Vascular Wilt Pathogens of Tomato – Anastasis Antoniou – Frontiers in Plant Science
Exogenous nitrogen addition reduces the temperature sensitivity of microbial respiration without altering the microbial community composition – Hui Wei – Frontiers in Microbiology
Parallelized, aerobic, single carbon-source enrichments from different natural environments contain divergent microbial communities – Theodore M. Flynn – Frontiers in Microbiology
The effect of Lobelia dortmanna L. on the structure and bacterial activity of the rhizosphere – KatarzynaLewicka-Rataj – Aquatic Botany
Illumina-Based Analysis of Endophytic and Rhizosphere Bacterial Diversity of the Coastal Halophyte Messerschmidia sibirica – Xue-Ying Tian – Frontiers in Microbiology
Functionality of Root-Associated Bacteria along a Salt Marsh Primary Succession – Miao Wang – Frontiers in Microbiology
An Integrated Insight into the Relationship between Soil Microbial Community and Tobacco Bacterial Wilt Disease – Hongwu Yang – Frontiers in Microbiology
Water and extremophile microbiome
Deep ocean prokaryotic communities are remarkably malleable when facing long-term starvation – Marta Sebastián – Environmental Microbiology
Interrogating marine virus-host interactions and elemental transfer with BONCAT and nanoSIMS-based methods – Alexis L. Pasulka – Environmental Microbiology
Increased Denitrification Rates Associated with Shifts in Prokaryotic Community Composition Caused by Varying Hydrologic Connectivity – Abigail Tomasek – Frontiers in Microbiology
Chapter 4.1 – The Biota of Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams: Prokaryotes, Fungi, and Protozoans – Anna M. Romaní – Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams
Fungal diversity in deep-sea sediments of a hydrothermal vent system in the Southwest Indian Ridge – Wei Xu – Deep Sea Research Part I
Environmental factors shape water microbial community structure and function in shrimp cultural enclosure ecosystems – Dongwei Hou – Frontiers in Microbiology
Taxonomic and Functional Differences between Microbial Communities in Qinghai Lake and Its Input Streams – Ze Ren – Frontiers in Microbiology
Microbial Diversity and Community Structure of Sulfate-Reducing and Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria in Sediment Cores from the East China Sea – Yu Zhang – Frontiers in Microbiology
Stratified Bacterial and Archaeal Community in Mangrove and Intertidal Wetland Mudflats Revealed by High Throughput 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing – Zhichao Zhou – Frontiers in Microbiology
Food microbiology
Novel insights into microbial community dynamics during the fermentation of Central European ice wine – Mária Bučková – International Journal of Food Microbiology
Diversity within Italian Cheesemaking Brine-Associated Bacterial Communities Evidenced by Massive Parallel 16S rRNA Gene Tag Sequencing – Marilena Marino – Frontiers in Microbiology
Probiotics / prebiotics
Lactobacillus acidophilus Metabolizes Dietary Plant Glucosides and Externalizes Their Bioactive Phytochemicals – Mia C. Theilmann – mBio
Phages and viruses
Bacteriophage Transcytosis Provides a Mechanism To Cross Epithelial Cell Layers – Sophie Nguyen – mBio
MVP: a microbe–phage interaction database – Na L. Gao – Nucleic Acids Research
Biotechnology
Enrichment of lignocellulose-degrading microbial communities from natural and engineered methanogenic environments – Emine Gozde Ozbayram – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Escherichia coli as a model organism for systems metabolic engineering – Paul A.Adamczyk – Current Opinion in System Biology
Bioinformatics
Review: Computational Approaches for Integrative Analysis of the Metabolome and Microbiome – Jasmine Chong – Metabolites
Techniques
Nucleic acid purification from plants, animals and microbes in under 30 seconds – Yiping Zou – PLOS Biology
Lighting Van Leeuwenhoek’s samples – Lesley A. Robertson – FEMS Microbiology Letters
Analysis of Microbiome Data in the Presence of Excess Zeros – Abhishek Kaul – Frontiers in Microbiology
Stripping flow cytometry: How many detectors do we need for bacterial identification? – Peter Rubbens – Cytometry
Microbes in the news
Plague Bacteria Entered Europe During Neolithic Age, Genetic Analysis Finds
How the Immune System Identifies Invading Bacteria
Scientists Program Remote-Controlled Nanobots to Kill Cancer
Microbes on the market
Qualitative Report on Human Microbiome Market
Microbes and art
Superbugs And Rockets Side By Side At Science Museum