Events and jobs
Microbiology/bioinformatics/bioche Freshers Wanted For Medical Coding – AS Medical Coding Technologies – Chennai, Cuddalore, Vellore
General microbiome
Review: Protective Microbiota: From Localized to Long-Reaching Co-Immunity. – Lynn Chiu – Frontiers In Immunology
Pregnancy and early life
Microbiome Influences Prenatal and Adult Microglia in a Sex-Specific Manner – Morgane Sonia Thion – Cell
Human respiratory microbiome
Differentially Regulated Host Proteins Associated with Chronic Rhinosinusitis Are Correlated with the Sinonasal Microbiome. – Kristi Biswas – Frontiers In Cellular And Infection Microbiology
Sputum microbiome temporal variability and dysbiosis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations: an analysis of the COPDMAP study. – Zhang Wang – Thorax
Human vaginal microbiome
Evaluation of lactitol, lactulose, raffinose, and oligofructose for maintenance of a Lactobacillus-dominated vaginal microbiota establishes a promising prebiotic candidate. – Stephanie L Collins – Applied And Environmental Microbiology
Review: Human vaginal pH and microbiota: an update. – Keshav Godha – Gynecological Endocrinology
Review: Impact of microbiota on the use and effects of isoflavones in the relief of climacteric symptoms in menopausal women – A review – Naice E.S. Monteiro – Journal of Functional Foods
Human oral microbiome
Review: Tongue Coating: its characteristics and role in intra-oral halitosis and general health: A review. – Kavitha Seerangaiyan – Journal Of Breath Research
Human gut microbiome
Bifidobacteria or Fiber Protects against Diet-Induced Microbiota-Mediated Colonic Mucus Deterioration – Bjoern O. Schroeder – Cell Host and Microbe
Fiber-Mediated Nourishment of Gut Microbiota Protects against Diet-Induced Obesity by Restoring IL-22-Mediated Colonic Health – Jun Zou – Cell Host and Microbe
Dysbiosis-Associated Change in Host Metabolism Generates Lactate to Support Salmonella Growth – Caroline C. Gillis – Cell Host and Microbe
Durability and Long-Term Clinical Outcomes of Fecal Microbiota Transplant (FMT) Treatment in Patients with Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection. – Yafet Mamo – Clinical Infectious Diseases
Evaluation of a faecal dysbiosis test for irritable bowel syndrome in subjects with and without obesity. – Martin Aasbrenn – Scandinavian Journal Of Clinical And Laboratory Investigation
Structural basis for the regulation of β-glucuronidase expression by human gut Enterobacteriaceae. – Michael S Little – PNAS
Low-to-moderate intensity aerobic exercise training modulates irritable bowel syndrome through antioxidative and inflammatory mechanisms in women: Results of a randomized controlled trial – Behzad Hajizadeh Maleki – Cytokine
Differences in fecal microbial metabolites and microbiota of children with autism spectrum disorders – Dae-Wook Kang – Anaerobe
Review: The Microbiome in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: Current Evidence and Potential Concepts. – Johannes R Hov – Seminars In Liver Disease
Microbial ecology
Autoinducer 2-dependent Escherichia coli biofilm formation is enhanced in a dual-species co-culture. – Leanid Laganenka – Applied And Environmental Microbiology
Animal experiments
Prebiotic Supplementation Following Ileocecal Resection in a Murine Model is Associated With a Loss of Microbial Diversity and Increased Inflammation. – Michael Laffin – Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
An attenuated Salmonella Typhimurium strain and galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) accelerate clearance of Salmonella infection in poultry through modifications to the gut microbiome. – M Andrea Azcarate-Peril – Applied And Environmental Microbiology
Akkermansia muciniphila induces gut microbiota remodelling and controls islet autoimmunity in NOD mice. – Arno Hänninen – Gut
Analysis of the Specificity of IgA Antibodies Produced in the Mouse Small Intestine. – N E Sharanova – Molekuliarnaia Biologiia (Molecular Biology, original in Russian)
Bacteriostatic Effect of Quercetin as an Antibiotic Alternative In Vivo and Its Antibacterial Mechanism In Vitro. – Shengan Wang – Journal Of Food Protection (in Arbor Acre (AA) broiler chickens)
Dietary protein level affects nutrient digestibility and ileal microbiota structure in growing pigs. – Kai Qiu – Animal Science Journal
Arctic berry extracts target the gut-liver axis to alleviate metabolic endotoxaemia, insulin resistance and hepatic steatosis in diet-induced obese mice. – Fernando F Anhê – Diabetologia
Microbiota transplantation reveals beneficial impact of berberine on hepatotoxicity by improving gut homeostasis. – Chenjie Qin – Science China. Life Sciences (in rats and mice)
Dysbiosis of gut microbiota by chronic coexposure to titanium dioxide nanoparticles and bisphenol A: Implications for host health in zebrafish – Lianguo Chen – Environmental Pollution
Dysbiosis of the fecal microbiota in feedlot cattle with hemorrhagic diarrhea – Mohamed Zeineldin – Microbial Pathogenesis
Characterization of Brachyspira communities from clinical cases of swine mucohaemorrhagic diarrhea through deep sequencing of the NADH oxidase (nox) gene – Lisa A. Johnson – Veterinary Microbiology
Injectable antimicrobials in commercial feedlot cattle and their effect on the nasopharyngeal microbiota and antimicrobial resistance – Devin B. Holman – Veterinary Microbiology
Grain grinding size of cereals in complete pelleted diets for growing lambs: effects on ruminal microbiota and fermentation – Sonia Andrés – Small Ruminant Research
Animal microbiome
Food Storage by the Savanna Termite Cornitermes cumulans (Syntermitinae): a Strategy to Improve Hemicellulose Digestibility? – Letícia Menezes – Microbial Ecology
The metagenome of Caracolus marginella gut microbiome using culture independent approaches and shotgun sequencing. – Robert J Rabelo-Fernandez – Data In Brief (snails)
Transcriptomic characterization of Caecomyces churrovis: a novel, non-rhizoid-forming lignocellulolytic anaerobic fungus. – John K Henske – Biotechnology For Biofuels (Found in Navajo Churro sheep fecal pellets)
** Enhancing the Resolution of Rumen Microbial Classification from Metatranscriptomic Data Using Kraken and Mothur. – Andre L A Neves – Frontiers In Microbiology **
Temporal and regional variability in the skin microbiome of humpback whales along the Western Antarctic Peninsula. – K C Bierlich – Applied And Environmental Microbiology (DOI not available yet, so linked to PubMed)
Wild eel microbiome reveals that skin mucus of fish could be a natural niche for aquatic mucosal pathogen evolution. – Miguel Carda-Diéguez – Microbiome
Seasonal, spatial, and maternal effects on gut microbiome in wild red squirrels. – Tiantian Ren – Microbiome
Water and extremophile microbiome
Biodegradation of weathered polystyrene films in seawater microcosms. – Evdokia Syranidou – Scientific Reports
Microbial stress mediated intercellular nanotubes in an anaerobic microbial consortium digesting cellulose. – Martina John – Scientific Reports
Metagenomic analysis reveals the impact of wastewater treatment plants on the dispersal of microorganisms and genes in aquatic sediments. – Binh T T Chu – Applied And Environmental Microbiology
Nutrient dynamics and stream order influence microbial community patterns along a 2914 km transect of the Mississippi River – Michael W Henson – bioRxiv
Metagenomic exploration reveals a marked change in the river resistome and mobilome after treated wastewater discharges – Itziar Lekunberri – Environmental Pollution
Built environment
Metagenomic survey of bacterial diversity in the atmosphere of Mexico City using different sampling methods – N. Serrano-Silva – Environmental Pollution
Dynamics of biofilm formation by Listeria monocytogenes on stainless steel under mono-species and mixed-culture simulated fish processing conditions and chemical disinfection challenges – Eleni Papaioannou – International Journal of Food Microbiology
Food microbiology
Modulation of gut microbiota and gut-generated metabolites by bitter melon results in improvement in the metabolic status in high fat diet-induced obese rats – Juan Bai – Journal of Functional Foods
In vitro digestion by saliva, simulated gastric and small intestinal juices and fermentation by human fecal microbiota of sulfated polysaccharides from Gracilaria rubra – Tong Di – Journal of Functional Foods
Seasonal variances in bacterial microbiota and volatile organic compounds in raw milk – Beata Nalepa – International Journal of Food Microbiology
Structure of association networks in food bacterial communities – Eugenio Parente – Food Microbiology
Review: Lactose intolerance and gastrointestinal cow’s milk allergy in infants and children – common misconceptions revisited. – Ralf G Heine – The World Allergy Organization Journal
Probiotics / prebiotics / antibiotics
Effect of the consumption of a synbiotic diet mousse containing Lactobacillus acidophilus La-5 by individuals with metabolic syndrome: A randomized controlled trial – Douglas Xavier-Santos – Journal of Functional Foods
Review: Is Metformin Poised for a Second Career as an Antimicrobial? – Faiza Malik – Diabetes/Metabolism Research And Reviews
Review: Role of probiotics in the management of lung cancer and related diseases: An update – Anshul Sharma – Journal of Functional Foods
Phages and viruses
Isolation in small populations of Wayampi Amerindians promotes endemicity and homogenization of their faecal virome, but its distribution is not entirely random. – Vicente Pérez-Brocal – Fems Microbiology Ecology
Bioinformatics
Identification of bacterial species that can utilize fructose-asparagine. – Anice Sabag-Daigle – Applied And Environmental Microbiology
Techniques
On the Identification of Culturable Microorganisms for the Assessment of Biodiversity in Bioaerosols. – Philippe Duquenne – Annals Of Work Exposures And Health
Review: Illuminating the covert mission of mononuclear phagocytes in their regional niches – Shu Zhen Chong – Current Opinion in Immunology
Genomes
Draft genomes of Enterococcus faecium strains isolated from human feces before and after eradication therapy against Helicobacter pylori. – Nikita A Prianichnikov – Data In Brief
Microbes in the news
Biota Beats: Music from the Microbiome – Clara Rodríguez Fernández – LabBioTech
Microbes on the market (news about biotech companies)
Bacteria and Cancer Immunotherapy: What’s in Your Gut? – Medical News Bulletin
Can You Teach an Old Gene New Tricks? – Grishma Gupte – SciWorthy
Doctor warns patients to avoid unnecessary antibiotics this winter – Tammy Palmer – LocalSyr.com