A digest full of news for today.
Animal microbiome
Coexistence of novel gammaproteobacterial and Arsenophonus symbionts in the scale insect Greenisca brachypodii (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha: Eriococcidae) – A Michalik – Environmental Microbiology
Water microbiome
Shift in the microbial community composition of surface water and sediment along an urban river – L Wang – Science of The Total Environment
Techniques
Preprint: Thermoelectric Heat Exchange and Growth Regulation in a Continuous Yeast Culture – A Latorre-Perez – bioRxiv
New colony multiplex PCR assays for the detection and discrimination of vancomycin-resistant enterococcal species – T Nomura – Journal of Microbiological Methods
Microbes in the news
Babies’ infection risk higher if pregnant mums take antibiotics, according to new research – ABC
Monique Keiran: It takes guts to look after yourself – Times Colonist
How tumours develop where these gut bacteria thrive – Deccan Chronicle
Bacteria that causes leprosy is mutating into something even more dangerous – Joe
Superbugs – Our destiny of doom – The Sentinel-Echo
Johnson & Johnson Innovation to Explore the Role of Microbiome in Sleep – Sleep Review
Historic Fort Myers Billy’s Creek has been ‘frighteningly’ polluted for at least 15 years – News-Press
It’s not just planes — airports also crawling with germs, study says – The Seattle Times
