Today’s digest features the microbiomes of a XVIII century mummy (Krásna Hôrka, Slovakia), an interesting initiative out of Belgium (Disbiome, a database of microbiota-disease associations), exciting news from Kamagata lab about improved culturing of environmental samples, promising findings on gut bacteria byproduct that protects against Salmonella, and much more. Happy reading!
Human microbiome
*Disbiome database: linking the microbiome to disease – Yorick Janssens – BMC Microbiol.
*The microbiomes of a XVIII century mummy from the castle of Krásna Hôrka (Slovakia) and its surrounding environment – Lucia Kraková – Environ Microbiol.
Gut microbiome
*A Gut Commensal-Produced Metabolite Mediates Colonization Resistance to Salmonella Infection – Amanda Jacobson – Cell Host & Microbe
Simulation and modeling of dietary changes in the infant gut microbiome – Daniel Medina – FEMS Microbiol Ecol.
Human gut bacteria as potent class I histone deacetylase inhibitors in vitro through production of butyric acid and valeric acid – Samantha Yuille – PLoS One
Review: An update on the role of gut microbiota in chronic inflammatory diseases, and potential therapeutic targets – Bobbi Laing – Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol.
A step ahead: Exploring the gut microbiota in inpatients with bipolar disorder during a depressive episode – Annamaria Painold – Bipolar Disord.
Review: The Gut-Brain Axis, the Human Gut Microbiota and Their Integration in the Development of Obesity – Edward Bliss – Front Physiol.
Fungal dysbiosis in cirrhosis – Jasmohan S Bajaj – Hepatology
Urinary tract microbiome
The bacterial microbiota in first-void urine from men with and without idiopathic urethritis – Maria Frølund – PLoS One
Lung microbiome
Lower respiratory tract microbial composition was diversified in Pseudomonas aeruginosa ventilator-associated pneumonia patients – Xiaoling Qi – Respir Res.
Plant microbiome
Bacterial community assemblages in the rhizosphere soil, root endosphere and cyst of soybean cyst nematode-suppressive soil challenged with nematodes – Muzammil Hussain – FEMS Microbiology Ecology
Exploring plant-microbe interactions of the rhizobacteria Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus mycoides by use of the CRISPR-Cas9 system – Yanglei Yi – Environ Microbiol.
Microbial Group Dynamics in Plant Rhizospheres and Their Implications on Nutrient Cycling – Garcia Joshua – Front Microbiol.
Water microbiome
Community dynamics and functional characteristics of naphthalene-degrading populations in contaminated surface sediments and hypoxic/anoxic groundwater – Roland Wilhelm – Environ Microbiol.
Techniques
*Isolation of Previously Uncultured Slow-growing Bacteria by Using a Simple Modification in Preparation of Agar Media – Souichiro Kato – Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Review: The role of the gut microbiota on animal model reproducibility – Patricia Turner – Animal Model Exp.
Review: Environmental enrichment and mouse models: Current perspectives – Kathryn Bayn – Animal Model Exp.
Assessing the Viability of a Synthetic Bacterial Consortium on the In Vitro Gut Host-microbe Interface – Marta Calatayud Arroyo – J Vis Exp.
Bioprinting microbial communities to examine interspecies interactions in
time and space – William Frederick Hynes – Biomed. Phys. Eng. Express