An interesting book and multiple animal microbiome papers for today’s digest!
General microbiome
Book: Clinical Immunology (Fifth Edition): Principles and Practice – Robert R. Rich, Thomas A. Fleisher, William T. Shearer, Harry W. Schroeder, Anthony J. Frew, Cornelia M. Weyand
Multiple chapters may be of interest, including:
- Part 1, 14 – The Microbiota in Immunity and Inflammation – Craig L. Maynard
- Part 2, 20 – Host Defenses at Mucosal Surfaces – Prosper N. Boyaka, Kohtaro Fujihashi
- Part 3 – Host Defenses to Infectious Agents (multiple articles under part)
- Part 5, 46 – Eosinophil-Associated Gastrointestinal Disorders – Alex Straumann
- Part 6, 52 – Rheumatoid Arthritis – Andrew P. Cope
Human skin microbiome
Review: Cutaneous Barriers and Skin Immunity: Differentiating A Connected Network – Stefanie Eyerich – Trends in Immunology
Human gut microbiome
TonB-dependent transport by the gut microbiota: novel aspects of an old problem – David N Bolam – Current Opinion on Structural Biology
Review: Frailty and the gut – Antonio Di Sabatino – Digestive and Liver Disease
Animal experiments
Chronic exposure to low concentrations of lead induces metabolic disorder and dysbiosis of the gut microbiota in mice – Jizhou Xia – Science of the Total Environment
Polystyrene microplastics induce gut microbiota dysbiosis and hepatic lipid metabolism disorder in mice – Liang Lu – Science of the Total Environment
Expression of recombinant human lysozyme in bacterial artificial chromosome transgenic mice promotes the growth of Bifidobacterium and inhibits the growth of Salmonella in the intestine – Lu Dan – Journal of Biotechnology
Comparative analysis of gut microbial community in healthy and tibial dyschondroplasia affected chickens by high throughput sequencing – Xiaole Tong – Microbial Pathogenesis
Polysaccharide of Hericium erinaceus Attenuates Colitis in C57BL/6 Mice via Regulation of Oxidative Stress, Inflammation-related Signaling Pathways and Modulating the Composition of the Gut Microbiota – Yilin Ren – The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Variations in methane yield and microbial community profiles in the rumen of dairy cows as they pass through stages of first lactation – Tamsin Lyons – Journal of Dairy Science
Animal microbiome
Allelic variation in a single genomic region alters the microbiome of the snail Biomphalaria glabrata – Euan R O Allan – Journal of Heredity
Microbiomes associated with bovine periodontitis and oral health – Ana C. Borsanelli – Veterinary Microbiology
Review: Current perspectives of the chicken gastrointestinal tract and its microbiome – D. Borda-Molina – Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
Built environment
Review: Bioremediation of a pentacyclic PAH, Dibenz(a,h)Anthracene- A long road to trip with bacteria, fungi, autotrophic eukaryotes and surprises – Vidya Vasudevan – Chemosphere
Food microbiology
Microbial community dynamics of a blue-veined raw milk cheese from the United Kingdom – Dewi Yunita – Journal of Dairy Science
Probiotics / prebiotics / antibiotics
A mathematical model of multiple delayed feedback control system of the gut microbiota—Antibiotics injection controlled by measured metagenomic data – Yueping Dong – Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications
Review: Synthetic biology in probiotic lactic acid bacteria: At the frontier of living therapeutics – Zachary JS Mays – Current Opinion in Biotechnology
Review: The role of the gut microbiota in the pathology and prevention of liver disease – Alejandra Altamirano-Barrera – The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Phages and viruses
Preprint: Avian influenza viruses in wild birds: virus evolution in a multi-host ecosystem – Divya Venkatesh – bioRxiv
New Genomes
Sanguibacter massiliensis sp. nov., Actinomyces minihominissp. nov., Clostridium minihomine sp. nov., Neobittarella massiliensis gen. nov., and Miniphocibacter massiliensis gen. nov., new bacterial species isolated by culturomics from human stool samples. – Melhem Bilen – New Microbes and New Infections
Microbes in the news
Weighty challenge: Untangling obesity’s hidden picture – Jamie Morton – NZ Herald
Microbes on the market
Seres Therapeutics (NASDAQ:MCRB) Upgraded at Zacks Investment Research – Amber Thompson – Register Journal
