The virome of California mosquitoes, effects of climate warming on grassland microbial communities, and a few “bacteria and art” entries including a 92-foot inflatable E. coli sculpture.
General microbiome
Communities of Niche-Optimized Strains: Small-Genome Organism Consortia in Bioproduction – Stephan Noack – Trends in Biotechnology
Growth tradeoffs produce complex microbial communities on a single limiting resource – Michael Manhart – Nature Communications
Human oral microbiome
Oral microbiome development during childhood: an ecological succession influenced by postnatal factors and associated with tooth decay – Majda Dzidic – The ISME Journal
Animal experiments
Loss of HDAC6 alters gut microbiota and worsens obesity – Arnon D Lieber – The FASEB Journal
Animal microbiome
Pre-print: CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene deletion of the ompA gene in an Enterobacter gut symbiont impairs biofilm formation and reduces gut colonization of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes – Shivanand Hegde – bioRxiv
Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Climate warming leads to divergent succession of grassland microbial communities – Xue Guo – Nature Climate Change
Water and extremophile microbiome
Bacterial Diversity in Replicated Hydrogen Sulfide-Rich Streams – Scott Hotaling – Microbial Ecology
Long-term in situ permafrost thaw effects on bacterial communities and potential aerobic respiration – Sylvain Monteux – The ISME Journal
Phages and viruses
Virome of > 12 thousand Culex mosquitoes from throughout California – Mohammadreza Sadeghi – Virology
Comprehensive comparative analysis of methods and software for identifying viral integrations – Xun Chen – Briefings in Bioinformatics
Phage-inducible chromosomal islands are ubiquitous within the bacterial universe – Alfred Fillol-Salom – The ISME Journal
Metabolomics
Metabotypes Related to Meat and Vegetable Intake Reflect Microbial, Lipid and Amino Acid Metabolism in Healthy People – Runmin Wei – Molecular Nutrition & Food Research
More microbes
Comparative Genomics of Nitrogen Cycling Pathways in Bacteria and Archaea – Michaeline B N Albright – Microbial Ecology
Bacteria art
Linen and Bacteria: The Hidden History of Microbiology – Clara Rodríguez Fernández – Labiotech.eu
Pomona Arts: Sara Parent Ramos: Jumble, Bunch, Grow – Inland Empire
Oxford Natural History exhibition explores benefits of bacteria – BBC News
- Additional images/info: Exhibition bid to ‘rehabilitate’ reputation of bacteria – Dumbarton Reporter
- Additional images/info: Oxford’s Museum of Natural History on how bacteria shapes the planet – Richard Moss – Museum Crush