Today’s microbiome digest will have more on gut microbiome, animal experiments along with one method DiTaxa for host phenotype and biomarker detection. Enjoy reading.

 General microbiome

Pre-transplant recovery of microbiome diversity without recovery of the original microbiome – Armin Rashidi – Bone Marrow Transplantation

Review: Importance of gut microbiota in obesity – Isabel Cornejo-Pareja – European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Gut Microbiome and Plasma Microbiome-Related Metabolites in Patients With Decompensated and Compensated Heart Failure – Tomohiro Hayashi – Circulation Journal

Review: The lung and gut microbiome: what has to be taken into consideration for cystic fibrosis? – Geneviève Héry-Arnaud – Journal of Cystic Fibrosis

Gut microbiome

Impacts of dietary silver nanoparticles and probiotic administration on the microbiota of an in-vitro gut model – Cristina Cattò – Environmental Pollution

The Gut Microbiome: A Difficult Target for Translational Studies of Clostridium Difficile Colonization – Richard Kellermayer – Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Altered gut microbiota after traumatic splenectomy is associated with endotoxemia – Hua Zhu – Emerging Microbes & Infections

Gut Microbiota Modulates Interactions Between Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Bile Acid Homeostasis – Sunny Lihua Cheng – Toxicological Sciences

The intestinal microbiome and its relevance for functionality in older persons – Andrea Ticinesi – Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Gut Microbiota Disruption in Septic Shock Patients: A Pilot Study – You-Dong Wan – Medical Science Monitor

Microbial Biomarkers of Intestinal Barrier Maturation in Preterm Infants – Bing Ma – Frontiers in Microbiology

Review: Microbial impact on cholesterol and bile acid metabolism: current status and future prospects – Aicha Kriaa – Journal of Lipid Research

Respiratory microbiome

Characterising the respiratory microbiome – Rebecca L. Watson – European Respiratory Journal

Vaginal microbiome

Characterization of vaginal microbiota in Thai women – Auttawit Sirichoat – PeerJ

Normal vaginal microbiome in women with primary Sjögren’s syndrome-associated vaginal dryness – van der Meulen TA – Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Animal experiments

On the role of corticosterone in behavioral disorders, microbiota composition alteration and neuroimmune response in adult male mice subjected to maternal separation stress – HosseinAmini-Khoei – International Immunopharmacology

Insights into a Possible Mechanism Underlying the Connection of Carbendazim-Induced Lipid Metabolism Disorder and Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis in Mice – Cuiyuan Jin – Toxicological Sciences

General Anesthesia Alters the Diversity and Composition of the Intestinal Microbiota in Mice – Mara A. Serbanescu – Anesthesia & Analgesia

Lactobacillus helveticus KLDS1.8701 alleviates D-galactose-induced aging by regulating Nrf-2 and gut microbiota in mice – Bailiang Li – Food and Function

The Host Microbiota Contributes to Early Protection Against Lung Colonization by Mycobacterium tuberculosis – Alexia Dumas – Frontiers in Immunology

Cesarean Section Induces Microbiota-Regulated Immune Disturbances in C57BL/6 Mice – Line Fisker Zachariassen – The Journal of Immunology

Bioinformatics

DiTaxa: Nucleotide-pair encoding of 16S rRNA for host phenotype and biomarker detection – Ehsaneddin Asgari – Bioinformatics