General microbiome
16S rRNA Gene Analysis with QIIME2 – Michael Hall, Microbiome Analysis
Predicting the Functional Potential of the Microbiome from Marker Genes Using PICRUSt – Gavin M. Douglas, Microbiome Analysis
Single-Cell Genomics of Microbial Dark Matter – Christian Rinke, Microbiome Analysis
An ecosystem framework for understanding and treating disease – Michael E. Hochberg, Foundation for Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health
Diet, Gut Microbes and Host Mate Choice – Philip T. Leftwich, BioEssays
Pregnancy and early life
Methods and Strategies to Examine the Human Breastmilk Microbiome – Lauren LeMay-Nedjelski, Microbiome Analysis
Multi-site human microbiome
Potential mechanisms linking gut microbiota and portal hypertension – Gyorgy Baffy, Liver International
Enlisting commensal microbes to resist antibiotic-resistant pathogens – James W. Keith, Journal of Experimental Medicine
Human oral microbiome
Oral mucosa-on-a-chip to assess layer-specific responses to bacteria and dental materials – Christopher Rahimi, Biomicrofluidics
The effect of breastmilk and saliva combinations on the in vitro growth of oral pathogenic and commensal microorganisms – E. L. Sweeney, Scientific Reports
Human skin microbiome
A Natural History of Actinic Keratosis and Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma Microbiomes – David L. A. Wood, mBio
Human gut microbiome
The microbiome of Crohn’s disease aphthous ulcers – Claire L. O’Brien, Gut Pathogens
Gut microbiome can be restored without adverse events after Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy in teenagers – Takuji Gotoda, Helicobacter
Animal microbiome
Rethinking the Coral Microbiome: Simplicity Exists within a Diverse Microbial Biosphere – Alejandra Hernandez-Agreda, mBio
Host differentiation and compartmentalization of microbial communities in the azooxanthelate cupcorals Tubastrea coccinea and Rhizopsammia goesi in the Caribbean – Aschwin H. Engelen, Frontiers in Microbiology
Comparison of intestinal microbes in female and male Chinese concave‐eared frogs (Odorrana tormota) and effect of nematode infection on gut bacterial communities – Yilin Shu, Microbiology Open
Change in the intestinal bacterial community structure associated with environmental microorganisms during the growth of Eriocheir sinensis – Chenhe Wang, Microbiology Open
Protective role of the vulture facial skin and gut microbiomes aid adaptation to scavenging – Marie Lisandra Zepeda Mendoza, Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
Animal experiments
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Beneficially Regulates Intestinal Mucosal Autophagy and Alleviates Gut Barrier Injury – Saisai Cheng, mSystems
Host genetics and the rumen microbiome jointly associate with methane emissions in dairy cows – Gareth Frank Difford, Plos Genetics
Inhibitory effects of dietary soy isoflavone and gut microbiota on contact hypersensitivity in mice – Takao Nagano, Food Chemistry
Lichen microbiome
Plasticity of a holobiont: desiccation induces fasting-like metabolism within the lichen microbiota – Tomislav Cernava, ISME
Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Short-term effect of Eucalyptusplantations on soil microbial communities and soil-atmosphere methane and nitrous oxide exchange – Caroline A. Cuer, Scientific Reports
Microbial community structure and functional potential of lava-formed Gotjawal soils in Jeju, Korea – Jong-Shik Kim, Plos One
Diversity of fungi and bacteria in species-rich grasslands increases with plant diversity in shoots but not in roots and soil – Diana Navrátilová, FEMS Microbiology Ecology
Variation in ectomycorrhizal fungal communities associated with Silver linden (Tilia tomentosa) within and across urban areas – Maarten Van Geel, FEMS Microbiology Ecology
Influence of triazole pesticides on tillage soil microbial populations and metabolic changes – Praveen Satapute, Science of The Total Environment
Soil Nutrient Status and Microbial Communities as Influenced by Bio-Fuel Trees Plantation – Agnes Imoya P. O., Environment and Ecology
Various Phyllosphere and Soil Bacterial Communities of Natural Grasses and the Impact Factors in a Copper Tailings Dam – Tong Jia, Current Microbiology
Effects of wine-cap Strophariacultivation on soil nutrients and bacterial communities in forestlands of northern China – Sai Gong, PeerJ
Effect of pH and temperature on microbial community structure and carboxylic acid yield during the acidogenic digestion of duckweed – Ozgul Calicioglu, Biotechnology for Biofuels
Trichoderma harzianum T-22 and BOL-12QD inhibit lateral root development of Chenopodium quinoa in axenic co-culture – Oscar M. Rollano-Peñaloza, Cogent Biology
Water, wastewater, and extremophile microbiome
Microbial communities in the nepheloid layers and hypoxic zones of the Canary Current upwelling system – Stefan Thiele, Microbiology Open
The effects of litter quality and living plants on the home-field advantage of aquatic macrophyte decomposition in a eutrophic urban lake, China – Van Biak Luai, Science of The Total Environment
The microbiome and antibiotic resistance in integrated fishfarm water: Implications of environmental public health – Gary Klase, Science of The Total Environment
Changes in the drinking water microbiome: effects of water treatments along the flow of two drinking water treatment plants in a urbanized area, Milan (Italy) – Antonia Bruno, Frontiers in Microbiology
Organic particles: heterogeneous hubs for microbial interactions in aquatic ecosystems – Mina Bizic-Ionescu, Frontiers in Microbiology
Importance of denitrification driven by the relative abundances of microbial communities in coastal wetlands – Yan Zhang, Environmental Pollution
A nearly uniform distributional pattern of heterotrophic bacteria in the Mariana Trench interior – Jiwei Tian, Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
Patterns of permissiveness towards broad host range plasmids in microbial communities across the urban water cycle in Europe – Arnaud Dechesne, Abstract from 17th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology
Biodegradation of sulfamethoxazole by a bacterial consortium of Achromobacter denitrificans PR1 and Leucobacter sp. GP – Ana C. Reis, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Molecular and microbiological insights on the enrichment procedures for the isolation of petroleum degrading bacteria and fungi – Giulia Spini, Frontiers in Microbiology
Microbial Ecology of South Florida Surface Waters: Examining the Potential for Anthropogenic Influences – Chase P. Donnelly, HCNSO Student Theses and Dissertations
Antarctic heterotrophic bacterium Hymenobacter nivis P3Tdisplays light‐enhanced growth and expresses putative photoactive proteins – Mia Terashima, Environmental Microbiology Reports
Microbial genomics
Comprehensive analysis of intra- and interpatient evolution of enterovirus D68 by whole-genome deep sequencing – Robert Dyrdak, bioRxiv
Leveraging single-cell genomics to expand the fungal tree of life – Steven R. Ahrendt, Nature Microbiology
Microbes in space
Transcriptomic responses of Serratia liquefaciens cells grown under simulated Martian conditions of low temperature, low pressure, and CO2-enriched anoxic atmosphere – Patricia Fajardo-Cavazos, Scientific Reports
Food microbiology
Metagenomic analysis and the functional profiles of traditional fermented pork fat ‘sa-um’ of Northeast India – Surajit De Mandal, AMB Express
Probiotics / prebiotics
Gut microbiome modulation during treatment of mucositis with the dairy bacterium Lactococcus lactis and recombinant strain secreting human antimicrobial PAP – Rodrigo Carvalho, Scientific Reports
In Vitro Fermentation of Selected Prebiotics and Their Effects on the Composition and Activity of the Adult Gut Microbiota – Sophie Fehlbaum, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Techniques
Assessing the ratio of Bacillus spores and vegetative cells by shotgun proteomics – Charlotte Mappa, Environmental Science and Pollution Research