General microbiome

Baseline urine metabolic phenotype in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis and its association with outcome – Jaswinder Singh Maras – Hepatology communications

Checkpoint Checkmate: Microbiota Modulation of Cancer Immunotherapy – Eric C. Keen – Clinical chemistry

Metagenomics Analysis of Bacterial Population of Tympanosclerotic Plaques and Cholesteatomas – M. Tayyar Kalcioglu – Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery

Drinking alcohol is associated with variation in the human oral microbiome in a large study of American adults – Xiaozhou Fan – Microbiome

Pregnancy and early life

Preterm infants have distinct microbiomes not explained by mode of delivery, breastfeeding duration or antibiotic exposure – Cecilie Dahl – International Journal of Epidemiology

Gut microbial functional maturation and succession during human early life – Tomás Cerdó – Environmental microbiology

Human respiratory microbiome

Modelling upper respiratory tract diseases: getting grips on host-microbe interactions in chronic rhinosinusitis using in vitro technologies – Charlotte De Rudder Microbiome

Human skin microbiome

Skin microbiota and allergic symptoms associate with exposure to environmental microbes – Jenni Lehtimäki – PNAS

Human gut microbiome

Review :Dysbiosis in Functional Bowel Disorders – Paul Enck – Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Review: Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Immunonutrition: Novel Therapeutic Approaches Through Modulation of Diet and the Gut Microbiome – Larissa S Celiberto- Immunology

Comment : Richness and ecosystem development across faecal snapshots of the gut microbiota – Gwen Falony – Nature microbiology
Effects of gut microbiota manipulation on ex vivo lipolysis in human abdominal subcutaneous adipocytes – Johan W. E. Jocken – Adipocyte

Chronic kidney disease, uremic milieu, and its effects on gut bacterial microbiota dysbiosis – Lee D Chaves – American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology

Microbiota transplantation: concept, methodology and strategy for its modernization – Faming Zhang – Protein & Cell

The effects of sequencing platforms on phylogenetic resolution in 16 S rRNA gene profiling of human feces – Tae Woong Whon – Scientific Data

Gut Microbiota: From Microorganisms to Metabolic Organ Influencing Obesity – Richard W. Stephens – Obesity

Gut Microbes and Health: A Focus on the Mechanisms Linking Microbes, Obesity, and Related Disorders – Marialetizia Rastelli – Obesity

Review article: Impact of dietary gut microbial metabolites on the epigenome – Clarissa Gerhauser – Philosophical. Transactions of the Royal Society B

Animal experiments 

Gut Microbiota-Derived Tryptophan Metabolites Modulate Inflammatory Response in Hepatocytes and Macrophages – Cell Reports – Smitha Krishnan

Modulation of Active Gut Microbiota by Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG in a Diet Induced Obesity Murine Model – Yosep Ji – Frontiers in Microbiology

Lactobacilli Are Prominent Members of the Microbiota Involved in the Ruminal Digestion of Barley and Corn – Hee E. Yang

Intestinal microbiome of broiler chickens after use of nanoparticles and metal salts – Еlena Yausheva – Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Distinct consequences of amoxicillin and ertapenem exposure in the porcine gut microbiome – Sheila Connelly – Anaerobe

Indole, a Signaling Molecule Produced by the Gut Microbiota, Negatively Impacts Emotional Behaviors in Rats – Mathilde Jaglin – Frontiers in Neuroscience

Animal microbiome 

Microbiome of Total Versus Live Bacteria in the Gut of Rex Rabbits – Xiangchao Fu – Frontiers in Microbiology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Inferring Roles in Defense from Metabolic Allocation of Rice Diterpenoids – Xuan Lu – The Plant Cell

Genotypic variation in Pinus radiata responses to nitrogen source are related to changes in the root microbiome – Marta Gallart – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Competition and habitat filtering jointly explain phylogenetic structure of soil bacterial communities across elevational gradient – Qian Zhang – Environmental Microbiology

Seagrass rhizosphere microenvironment alters plant‐associated microbial community composition – Kasper Elgetti Brodersen – Environmental Microbiology

Water and extremophile microbiome

Comparing Rock-inhabiting Microbial Communities in Different Rock Types from a High Arctic Polar Desert – Yong-Hoe Choe – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Microbial communities in bakken region produced water – Daniel Lipus – FEMS Microbiology Letters

Aerobic microbial taxa dominate deep subsurface cores from the Alberta oil sands – Christina M Ridley – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Metal contaminations impact archaeal community composition, abundance and function in remote alpine lakes – Sergi Compte‐Port – Environmental Microbiology

 Probiotics / prebiotics

Clinical and Microbiological Effect of a Multispecies Probiotic Supplementation in Celiac Patients With Persistent IBS-type Symptoms: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter Trial – Ruggiero Francavilla – Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Review: Are Probiotics Effective in Targeting Alcoholic Liver Diseases? – Meegun Hong – Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins