Today’s midweek digest includes a brilliant review on the occurrence of HGT within human holobiont and a new approach to analysing microbiome data

General Microbiome

REVIEW: Prokaryotic horizontal gene transfer within the human holobiont: ecological-evolutionary inferences, implications and possibilities.Sitaraman R. Microbiome

Epidemiological aspects of healthcare-associated infections and microbial genomics.Mirande C. Europeans Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Association between Cigarette Smoking Status and Composition of Gut Microbiota: Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study. Lee SH. Journal of Clinical Medicine

REVIEW: Proteomics and the microbiome: pitfalls and potential.Lin H. Expert Review of Proteomics

Biological films adhering to the oral soft tissues: structure, composition and potential impact on taste perception.Neyraud E. Journal of Texture Studies

Restriction enzyme digestion of host DNA enhances universal detection of parasitic pathogens in blood via targeted amplicon deep sequencing. Flaherty BR. Microbiome

Single-cell genomics of co-sorted Nanoarchaeota suggests novel putative host associations and diversification of proteins involved in symbiosis.Jarett JK. Microbiome

The Extended Genotype: Microbially Mediated Olfactory Communication.Carthey AJR. Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Ceftriaxone administration disrupts intestinal homeostasis, mediating non-inflammatory proliferation and dissemination of commensal enterococci.Chakraborty R. Infection and Immunity

Gut Microbiome

Experimental evaluation of the importance of colonization history in early-life gut microbiota assembly.Martínez I. eLIFE

Human gut <i>Bacteroides</i> capture vitamin B₁₂ via cell surface-exposed lipoproteins.Wexler AG. eLIFE

Structural basis for the role of serine-rich repeat proteins from <i>Lactobacillus reuteri</i> in gut microbe-host interactions.Sequeira S. PNAS

Rapid and complete dehalogenation of halonitromethanes in simulated gastrointestinal tract and its influence on toxicity. Yin J. Chemosphere.

Diet: Cause or Consequence of the Microbial Profile of Cholelithiasis Disease?Gutiérrez-Díaz I. Nutrients

Immobilization stress-induced Escherichia coli causes anxiety by inducing NF-κB activation through gut microbiota disturbance. Jang HM. Scientific Reports

Salmonella stimulates pro-inflammatory signalling through p21-activated kinases bypassing innate immune receptors.Sun H. Nature Microbiology

Lung Microbiome

Deciphering the Lung Microbiome: Implications for Lung Health and Disease.Johnson MM. Respiration

Plant and Soil Microbiome

Assessment of the bacterial community structure in shallow and deep sediments of the Perdido Fold Belt region in the Gulf of Mexico. Sánchez-Soto Jiménez MF. PeerJ.

Insight into Bacterial Community Diversity and Monthly Fluctuations of Medicago sativa Rhizosphere Soil in Response to Hydrogen Gas Using Illumina High-Throughput Sequencing. Li Z. Current Microbiology

Molecular characterization and detection of 16SrIII group phytoplasma associated with Huanglongbing symptoms.Wulff NAA. Phytopathology

Water Microbiome

Analysis of Bacterial Community Structure of Activated Sludge from Wastewater Treatment Plants in Winter. Xu S. BioMed Research International

Biological As(III) oxidation in biofilters by using native groundwater microorganisms.Crognale S. Science of the Total Environment

Animal Experiments and Microbiome

Lignocellulose degradation at the holobiont level: teamwork in a keystone soil invertebrate. Bredon M. Microbiome

The impact of chemerin or chemokine-like receptor 1 loss on the mouse gut microbiome.Dranse HJ. PeerJ

Techniques

KERNEL-PENALIZED REGRESSION FOR ANALYSIS OF MICROBIOME DATA.Randolph TW. The Annals of Applied Statistics