Events and jobs

EVEN seminar: Weakest link in water quality control: Drinking water biofilm in premise plumbing – INSTAAR, CU Boulder

General microbiome

Multiscale Evolutionary Dynamics of Host-Associated Microbiomes – Aura Ferreiro, Cell

Egalitarianism in Biofilms – Dawen Gao, Microbial Ecology

Acclimation of Culturable Bacterial Communities under the Stresses of Different Organic Compounds – Hui Wang, Frontiers in Microbiology

Human multi-site microbiome

The Mycobiome: A Neglected Component in the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis – Raphaël Enaud, Microorganisms

Human gut microbiome

Gut Microbiota Alteration After Long-Term Consumption of Probiotics in the Elderly – Renyuan Gao, Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins

Sex differences in gut microbiota in patients with major depressive disorder – Chen JJ, Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

Oral microbiome

Influence of periodontal treatment on subgingival and salivary microbiotas – Daniel Belstrøm, Journal of Periodontology

Microbiome at sites of gingival recession in children with Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome – Seyed Hossein Bassir, Journal of Periodontology

Subgingival microbial profile of obese women with periodontal disease – Carina M. Silva-Boghossian, Journal of Periodontology

Animal experiments

The effect of probiotics and polysaccharides on the gut microbiota composition and function of weaned rats – Mengxia Wang, Food and Function

Cecal Versus Fecal Microbiota in Ossabaw Swine and Implications for Obesity – Matthew R Panasevich, Physiological Genomics

Antibiotics-induced modulation of large intestinal microbiota altered aromatic amino acid profile and expression of neurotransmitters in the hypothalamus of piglets – Kan Gao, Journal of Neurochemistry

Animal microbiome

Nutrient factories: Metabolic function of beneficial microorganisms associated with insects – Nana Y. D. Ankrah, Environmental Microbiology

Community composition, diversity, and metabolism of intestinal microbiota in cultivated European eel (Anguilla anguilla) – Wei Huang, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Environmental and Host Effects on Skin Bacterial Community Composition in Panamanian Frogs – Brandon J. Varela, Frontiers in Microbiology

Influence of Novel Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus Infection on Migrating Whooper Swans Fecal Microbiota – Na Zhao, Frontiers in Cellular and Infectious Microbiology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

The Soil-Borne Legacy – Peter A.H.M. Bakker, Cell

Water and extremophile microbiome

Haloarchaea from the Andean Puna: Biological Role in the Energy Metabolism of Arsenic – Omar Federico Ordoñez, Microbial Ecology

Occurrence of Legionella in Nonpotable Reclaimed Water – William J. Johnson, American Water Works Association

Water Bacterial and Fungal Community Compositions Associated with Urban Lakes, Xi’an, China – Haihan Zhang, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Food microbiome

Microbial community and physicochemical dynamics during the production of ‘Chicha’, a traditional beverage of Indigenous people of Brazil – Ludmila Vilela Resende, World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Techniques

Primer selection impacts specific population abundances but not community dynamics in a monthly time-series 16S rRNA gene amplicon analysis of coastal marine bacterioplankton – Emma K. Wear, Environmental Microbiology

Microbes in the news

Pitting Viruses Against Bacteria To Combat The Antibiotic Crisis – SciFri