In the midst of the festive season have a fiesta with the recent articles on Microbiome. Todays MicroBiome Digest covers the Techniques and Treatments, Drugs, Immunostimulatory Diet and Nutrition, Multivariate Count Data Model, Antimicrobials, Pre/Pro-biotcs, Host-Microbe Interactions, Genes, Genomics and Pathways of Microbiota, Infant Microbiome, Animal Models, Animal Microbiome, Microbial Ecology of plant and soil. Happy Reading!!!
TECHNIQUES & TREATMENTS:
LEMMI: A Live Evaluation of Computational Methods for Metagenome Investigation – Mathieu Seppey – bioRxiv
Single-cell virus sequencing of influenza infections that trigger innate immunity – Alistair B Russell – bioRxiv
METHODS TO IMPROVE INDUCTION OF IGG AND IGA ANTIBODIES BY VACCINES – Boyaka, Prosper -United States Patent Application 20180360953 -PATENT
Are the Statins promising antifungal agents against invasive candidiasis? – William GustavoLima -Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
Bayesian variable selection for multivariate zero-inflated models: Application to microbiome count data – Lee KH – Biostatistics
Metatranscriptomic and comparative genomic insights into resuscitation mechanisms during enrichment culturing – Mu DS – Microbiome
Prognostic Impact of Fusobacterium nucleatum Depends on Combined Tumor Location and Microsatellite Instability Status in Stage II/III Colorectal Cancers Treated with Adjuvant Chemotherapy – Oh HJ – J Pathol Transl Med.
Loss of Gut Microbiota Alters Immune System Composition and Cripples Post-Infarction Cardiac Repair – Tang TW – Circulation
DRUG, DIET and NUTRITION:
Review article: implementation of a diet low in FODMAPs for patients with irritable bowel syndrome-directions for future research – Mitchell Hrticle – Aliment Pharmacol Ther.
Compound polysaccharides ameliorate experimental colitis by modulating gut microbiota composition and function – Cai Y – J Gastroenterol Hepatol.
Rifaximin Altered Gut Microbiota Components Associated with Liver/Neuropsychological Functions in Patients with Hepatic Encephalopathy: An Exploratory Data Analysis of a Phase II/III Clinical Trials – Kawaguchi T – Hepatol Res.
Inulin ameliorates alcoholic liver disease via suppressing LPS-TLR4-Mψ axis and modulating gut microbiota in mice – Yang X – Alcohol Clin Exp Res.
Effect of Resistant Starch on the Gut Microbiota and Its Metabolites in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease – Yoshida N – J Atheroscler Thromb.
PRE/PRO- BIOTICS and ANTIMICROBIAL:
The human skin microbiota is a rich source of bacteriocin producing staphylococci which kill human pathogens – O’Sullivan JN – FEMS Microbiol Ecol.
Comparative immunostimulatory effect of probiotics and prebiotics in Channa punctatus against Aphanomyces invadans – Devi G – Fish Shellfish Immunol
GENES, GENOMICS & PATHWAYS:
Detection of a novel mutation G511T in the 530 loop in 16S rRNA in multi drugs resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from Sudanese patients – Yousif Mohammed Alfatih – bioRxiv
Review: Interactions Between Autophagy and the Unfolded Protein Response: Implications for Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Hooper KM – Inflamm Bowel Dis.
In vitro and in vivo characterization of Clostridium scindens bile acid transformations – Marion S- Gut Microbes
Bioinformatic, phylogenetic, and chemical analysis of the UV-absorbing compounds scytonemin and mycosporine-like amino acids from the microbial mat communities of Shark Bay, Australia – D’Agostino PM – Environ Microbiol
Genetic diversity of Escherichia coli in gut microbiota of patients with Crohn’s disease discovered using metagenomic and genomic analyses – Tyakht AV – BMC Genomics
Complete Genome Sequence of a blaKPC-2-Positive Klebsiella pneumoniae Strain Isolated from the Effluent of an Urban Sewage Treatment Plant in Japan Complete Genome Sequence of a blaKPC-2-Positive Klebsiella pneumoniae Strain Isolated from the Effluent of an Urban Sewage Treatment Plant in Japan – Sekizuka T – mSphere
HOST-MICROBE INTERACTION:
Nitrogen- and phosphorus-starved Triticum aestivum show distinct belowground microbiome profiles – Antoine P Pagé -bioRxiv
Bacterial secretion of histamine within the gut influences immune responses within the lung – Barcik W – Allergy
GUT MICROBIOME:
Extensive Transmission of Microbes along the Gastrointestinal Tract – Thomas SB Schmidt – bioRxiv
VAGINAL MICROBIOME:
Human β-defensin-2 as a biochemical indicator of vaginal environment in pregnant women – Hideko Kotani – Hypertension Research In Pregnancy
PREGNANCY AND EARLY LIFE:
Physiology of Stress and Use of Skin-to-Skin Care as a Stress-Reducing Intervention in the NICU – Britt Frisk Pados – Nursing for Women’s Health
Longitudinal analysis of infant stool bacteria communities before and after acute febrile malaria and artemether/lumefantrine treatment – Mandal RK – J Infect Dis.
Haemophilus-dominant nasopharyngeal microbiota is associated with delayed clearance of respiratory syncytial virus in infants hospitalized for bronchiolitis – Mansbach JM – J Infect Dis
ANIMAL MODEL EXPERIMENTS:
Dietary nucleotides can directly stimulate the immunity of zebrafish independent of the intestinal microbiota – Guo X – Fish Shellfish Immunol.
Antimicrobial assessment of phage therapy using a porcine model of biofilm infection – Milho C – Int J Pharm
ANIMAL MICROBIOME:
Effect of different levels of tryptophan on productive performance, egg quality, blood biochemistry, and caecal microbiota of hens housed in enriched colony cages under commercial stocking density – Khattak F -Poult Sci.
Exogenous carbohydrases added to a starter diet reduced markers of systemic immune activation and decreased Lactobacillus in weaned pigs – Li Q – J Anim Sci.
Gut microbiota dynamics and functionality in Reticulitermes grassei after a 7-day dietary shift and ciprofloxacin treatment – Berlanga M – PLoS One
MICROBIAL ECOLOGY:
Culturomics-Based Taxonomic Diversity of Bacterial Communities in the Hot Springs of Saudi Arabia – Yasir M – OMICS
Rhizosphere microorganisms can influence the timing of plant flowering – Lut T – Microbiome
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