Today’s digest features an interesting article on microbial resevoirs in an urban setting, and influence of sequencing depth in chareterising the resistome .

General Microbiome

Diversity of the midstream urine microbiome in adults with chronic kidney disease.Kramer H. International Urology and Nephrology

Oral/Gut Microbiome

Quantitative Assessment of Shotgun Metagenomics and 16S rDNA Amplicon Sequencing in the Study of Human Gut Microbiome.Laudadio I. OMICS

The role of the gut microbiota in the pathology and prevention of liver disease.Altamirano-Barrera A. Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Effects of green tea on miRNA and microbiome of oral epithelium.Adami GR. Scientific Reports

Plant, Soils, and Water Microbiome

High-throughput sequencing reveals microbial communities in drinking water treatment sludge from six geographically distributed plants, including potentially toxic cyanobacteria and pathogens.Xu H. Science of Total Environment

Urban park soil microbiomes are a rich reservoir of natural product biosynthetic diversity.Charlop-Powers Z. PNAS

Structure and co-occurrence patterns in microbial communities under acute environmental stress reveal ecological factors fostering resilience.Mandakovic D. Scientific Reports

Multivariate relationships between microbial communities and environmental variables during co-composting of sewage sludge and agricultural waste in the presence of PVP-AgNPs.Zhang L. Bioresources Technology

Animal Experiments and Microbiome

Gut microbiota recovery and immune response in ampicillin-treated mice.Castro-Mejía JL. Research in Veterinary Sciences

When the Nose Doesn’t Know: Canine Olfactory Function Associated With Health, Management, and Potential Links to Microbiota.Jenkins EK. Frontiers in Veterinary Sciences

Resistome

Microbiota transplantation and/or CRISPR-Cas in the battle against antimicrobial resistance.Vila J. Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Impact of sequencing depth on the characterization of the microbiome and resistome.Zaheer R. Scientific Reports