Today’s microbiome digest highlights more about the diet-microbiome and brain functions, the role of microbiome in oral mucosal immunopathology and the microbiomes from mink, beetles, and turkey. Enjoy reading!

 General microbiome

Review: Complex Feed-Forward and Feed-Back Mechanisms Underlie the Relationship Between Traumatic Brain Injury and the Gut–Microbiota–Brain Axis – T. Tyler Patterson – Shock

Microbial community shifts in biogas reactors upon complete or partial ammonia inhibition – Zuopeng Lv – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Review: How Can We Define “Optimal Microbiota?”: A Comparative Review of Structure and Functions of Microbiota of Animals, Fish, and Plants in Agriculture – Wakako Ikeda-Ohtsubo – Frontiers in Nutrition

A dysbiotic microbiome triggers T_H17 cells to mediate oral mucosal immunopathology in mice and humans – Nicolas Dutzan – Science Translational Medicine

Impact of DNA Sequencing and Analysis Methods on 16S rRNA Gene Bacterial Community Analysis of Dairy Products – Zhengyao Xue – mSphere

Human gut microbiome

Six-Week Endurance Exercise Alters Gut Metagenome That Is not Reflected in Systemic Metabolism in Over-weight Women – Eveliina Munukka – Frontiers in Microbiology

Altered bile acid profile associates with cognitive impairment in Alzheimer’s disease—An emerging role for gut microbiome – Siamak MahmoudianDehkordi – Alzheimers and Dementia

Gut Dysbiosis And Paediatric Crohn’s Disease – Andrea Brusaferro – Journal of Infection

Oral Administration of Porphyromonas gingivalis Alters the Gut Microbiome and Serum Metabolome – Tamotsu Kato – mSphere

Gut Microbes May Account for the Anti-Seizure Effects of the Ketogenic Diet –
Tracy Hampton – JAMA

Animal Microbiome

Investigation of the viral and bacterial microbiota in intestinal samples from mink (Neovison vison) with pre-weaning diarrhea syndrome using next generation sequencing – Julie Melsted Birch – PLOS ONE

Gut bacterial and fungal communities in ground-dwelling beetles are associated with host food habit and habitat – Rina Kudo – The ISME Journal

Antimicrobial Probiotics Reduce Salmonella enterica in Turkey Gastrointestinal Tracts – Brittany Forkus – Scientific Reports

Animal experiments

Gut microbiota–derived D-serine protects against acute kidney injury – Yusuke Nakade – JCI insight

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Unraveling microbial communities associated with methylmercury production in paddy soils – Yurong Liu – Environmental Science and Technology

Changes in the Fungal Microbiome of Maize During Hermetic Storage in the United States and Kenya – Brett Lane – Frontiers in Microbiology

Dynamic bacterial and fungal microbiomes during sweet sorghum ensiling impact bioethanol production – DaniellaGallagher – Bioresource Technology

Techniques

A Comparison of Techniques for Collecting Skin Microbiome Samples: Swabbing Versus Tape-Stripping – Kazuhiro Ogai – Frontiers in Microbiology

Microbes in news

3.7 Billion-Year-Old Fossil Evidence of Microbes Disputed