General microbiome
Disease tolerance: concept and mechanisms – JL McCarville – Current Opinion in Immunology
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli outwits hosts through sensing small molecules – KM Carlson-Banning – Current Opinion in Microbiology
Pregnancy and early life
Breastfeeding-associated microbiota in human milk following supplementation with Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG, Lactobacillus acidophilus La-5, and Bifidobacterium animalis subspecies lactis Bb-12 – MR Simpson – Journal of Dairy Science
Human skin microbiome
Dietary control of skin lipid composition and microbiome – KS Moestrup – Journal of Investigative Dermatology
Human gut microbiome
Modeling metabolism of the human gut microbiome – S Magnúsdóttir – Current Opinion in Biotechnology
Importance of microbial defence systems to bile salts and mechanisms of serum cholesterol reduction – H Šárka – Biotechnology Advances
Animal experiments
Growth performance, nutrient digestibility, fecal microbiota and fecal noxious gas emission in weaning pigs fed high and low density diet with and without protected organic acid blends – SD Upadhaya – Animal Feed Science and Technology
Animal microbiome
Host gut-derived probiotic bacteria promote hypertrophic muscle progression and upregulate growth-related gene expression of slow-growing Malaysian Mahseer Tor tambroides – Md Asaduzzaman – Aquaculture Reports
Plant, root and soil microbiome
Biochar alters microbial community and carbon sequestration potential across different soil pH – Y Sheng – Science of The Total Environment
Growth and extended survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in soil organic matter – G NandaKafle – bioRxiv
Water and extremophile microbiome
Review: People, pollution and pathogens – Global change impacts in mountain freshwater ecosystems – DS Schmeller – Science of The Total Environment
Techniques
Mapping mutational effects along the evolutionary landscape of HIV envelope – HK Haddox – bioRxiv
Microbes in the news
Would You Put Honey In Your Vagina For A Yeast Infection? – Alternative Daily
Charge-Switchable Nanozymes for Bioorthogonal Imaging of Biofilm-Associated Infections – ACS Nano
Microbiome Sequencing Services Market Forecast To 2018 With Key Companies Profile, Supply, Demand, Cost Structure, And SWOT Analysis – Miltech PR Distribution
Synthetic Biologics CEO On Pipeline Advances And The Microbiome – Scrip