Today’s digest is brief but full of fun and exciting news about microbes, including self-portraits of microbes on your skin and how AI (artificial intellegence) is used to identify bacteria.
Gut Microbiome
REVIEW: Gut as a target for cadmium toxicity. Tinkov, AA. Environmental Pollution
Plant, Soil, and Water Microbiome
Effects of short-term fallow managements on soil microbial properties: A case study in China. Li, G. Applied Soil Ecology
Animal Experiments and Microbiome
Environmental concentrations of antibiotics impair zebrafish gut health. Zhou, L. Environmental Pollution
Polystyrene microplastics induce microbiota dysbiosis and inflammation in the gut of adult zebrafish. Jin, Y. Environmental Pollution
Food Microbiome
REVIEW: Seafood spoilage microbiota and associated volatile organic compounds at different storage temperatures and packaging. Odeyemi, OA. International Journal of Food Microbiology.
Microbes in the NEWS
The Swab Test: Amount Of Bacteria On Touchscreens May Surprise You
-CBS Philly
Artificial intelligence used to identify bacteria
-Digital Journal
Physicists Solve the Biodiversity Arms-Race Paradox: “Kill the Winner”
-Inverse
A Self-Portrait of the Microbes that Live on our Skin
-Labiotech.eu (blog)
Microbiology Jobs
Part-Time Lab Technician II, Biology/Microbiology
-Inside Higher Ed Careers
