Have a good weekend! Today, we have several studies about different compounds with beneficial effects in human and animal models.

 

General Microbiome

Review: Functions of the Microbiota for the Physiology of Animal Metaorganisms – Esser D – Journal of Innate Immunology

Feasibility of shotgun metagenomics to assess microbial ecology of pediatric tracheostomy tubes – James C. Wang – The Laryngoscope

Review: Microbiota and Food Allergy – Shang-An Shu – Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology

Review: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in the Era of the Human Microbiome: Persistent Pathogens Drive Chronic Symptoms by Interfering With Host Metabolism, Gene Expression, and Immunity – Amy Proal – Frontiers in Pediatrics

Alterations in the Gut Microbiota and Metabolite Profiles of Thyroid Carcinoma Patients – Jing Feng – International Journal of Cancer

Review: Zero tolerance! A perspective on monogenic disorders with defective regulatory T cells and IBD-like disease – Ussama M. Abdel‐Motal – Immunological Reviews

Review shows that donor milk does not promote the growth and development of preterm infants as well as maternal milk – Anna‐Lena Hård – Acta Paedriatica

An Investigation Into Physical Frailty as a Link Between the Gut Microbiome and Cognitive Health – Serena Verdi – Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Review: Microorganisms’ Footprint in Neurodegenerative Diseases – Mona Dehhaghi – Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Impact of dietary fiber supplementation on modulating microbiota-host-metabolic axes in obesity – Shyamchand Mayengbam – The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Gut microbiome-based secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters detection in Parkinson’s disease – Shengqin Wang – Neuroscience Letters

Different host factors are associated with patterns in bacterial and fungal gut microbiota in Slovenian healthy cohort – Aleksander Mahnic – PLOS One

Childhood Asthma: Advances Using Machine Learning and Mechanistic Studies – Sejal Saglani – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Assessing the Influence of Dietary History on Gut Microbiota – Bo Yang  – Current Microbiology

Review: The Role of Microbiome in Insomnia, Circadian Disturbance and Depression – Yuanyuan Li – Frontiers in Psychiatry

Gut microbiota and overweight in 3-year old children – Anne M. Karvonen – International Journal of Obesity

Gut microbiota composition and functional changes in inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome – Arnau Vich Vila – Science Translational Medicine

Hydrogen cross-feeders of the human gastrointestinal tract – Nick W. Smith – Gut Microbes

A Metabologenomic Approach Reveals Changes in the Intestinal Environment of Mice Fed on American Diet – Chiharu Ishii – International Journal of Molecular Sciences

 

Built Environment

Bacterial communities in the digester bed and liquid effluent of a microflush composting toilet system – Laura E. Williams​ – PeerJ

 

Food Microbiome

Microbiota composition of dadih – a traditional fermented buffalo milk of West Sumatra – Koen Venema – Letters in Applied Microbiology

 

Beneficial Microbes and Compounds

Book Chapter: Use of Probiotics to Prevent Celiac Disease and IBD in Pediatrics – Gloria Serena – Part of the Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology book series

Review: Dietary compounds and traditional Chinese medicine ameliorate type 2 diabetes by modulating gut microbiota – Qixing Nie – Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Antidiabetic Potential of Green Seaweed Enteromorpha prolifera Flavonoids Regulating Insulin Signaling Pathway and Gut Microbiota in Type 2 Diabetic Mice – Xin Yan – Journal Of Food Science

Effects of bifidobacteria-produced exopolysaccharides on human gut microbiota in vitro – Guiyang Liu – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Dietary geraniol ameliorates intestinal dysbiosis and relieves symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome patients: a pilot study – Fernando Rizzello – BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Resveratrol-Induced White Adipose Tissue Browning in Obese Mice by Remodeling Fecal Microbiota – Weiyao Liao – Molecules

DHA-phospholipids (DHA-PL) and EPA-phospholipids (EPA-PL) prevent intestinal dysfunction induced by chronic stress – Wanxiu Cao – Food and Function

Chlorophyllin Modulates Gut Microbiota and Inhibits Intestinal Inflammation to Ameliorate Hepatic Fibrosis in Mice – Han Zheng – Frontiers in Physiology

Modulation of Gut Microbiota by Lonicera caerulea L. Berry Polyphenols in a Mouse Model of Fatty Liver Induced by High Fat Diet – Shusong Wu – Molecules

 

Pathogen Research

Peptide Ligands of AmiA, AliA, and AliB Proteins Determine Pneumococcal Phenotype – Fauzy Nasher – Frontiers in Microbiology

Inhibiting antibiotic-resistant Enterobacteriaceae by microbiota-mediated intracellular acidification – Matthew T. Sorbara – Journal of Experimental Medicine

 

Environmental Microbiome

Bacterial Epibiotic Communities of Ubiquitous and Abundant Marine Diatoms Are Distinct in Short- and Long-Term Associations – Klervi Crenn – Frontiers in Microbiology

 

Plant Microbiome

Minireview: Plant health: feedback effect of root exudates-rhizobiome interactions – Oluwaseyi Samuel Olanrewaju – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

 

Techniques

A robust, cost-effective method for DNA, RNA and protein co-extraction from soil, other complex microbiomes, and pure cultures – C. E. Thorn – Molecular Ecology Resources

 

More Microbes

An Update on the Evolution of Glucosyltransferase (Gtf) Genes in Streptococcus – Rong-Rong Xu – Frontiers in Microbiology

Repeated Evolutionary Transitions of Flavobacteria from Marine to Non-Marine Habitats – Hao Zhang – Environmental Microbiology

Genome-Guided Identification of Organohalide-Respiring Deltaproteobacteria from the Marine Environment – Jie Liu – mBio