In today’s microbiome digest, multiple research and review articles focusing on the role of host-associated microbiomes in various diseases including Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity, Urolithiasis, Bronchial Asthma, Cancer Immunotherapy, Hepatic Glycan Storage, Uveitis, Schizophrenia and the Development of the immune system. Enjoy reading.

General microbiome

Harnessing microbiota interactions to produce bioactive metabolites: communication signals and receptor proteins – Juan F Martin – Current Opinion in Pharmacology

Review: Prevention of allergy with diverse and healthy microbiota:an update – Diana Chernikova – Current Opinion in Pediatrics

State of the Art: Pharmacomicrobiomics: The holy grail to variability in drug response? – Anukriti Sharma – Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Gut microbiome

The alteration of gut microbiota in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients – Pei-Chi Chen – Nutrition

Defining Dysbiosis in Patients with Urolithiasis – Anna Zampini – Scientific Reports

Review: Gut Microbiota, Host Organism, and Diet Trialogue in Diabetes and Obesity – Veronica Lazar – Frontiers in Nutrition

Metabolic activity of intestinal microflora in patients with bronchial asthma – Vladimir Irashkin – Clinics and Practice

Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Therapies for the Gut Microbiota in Type 2 Diabetes – Robert Caesar – Canadian Journal of Diabetes

Review: Modulation of cancer immunotherapy efficacy by gut microbiota – Huo S – Discovery Medicine

Hepatic glycogen storage diseases are associated to microbial dysbiosis – Karina Colonetti – PLOS ONE

Implicating Dysbiosis of the Gut Fungal Microbiome in Uveitis, an Inflammatory Disease of the Eye – Rajagopalaboopathi Jayasudha – Immunology and Microbiology

Cohort profile: The LoewenKIDS Study – life-course perspective on infections, the microbiome and the development of the immune system in early childhood – Cornelia Gottschick – International Journal of Epidemiology

Case Report: Decreased Clostridium Abundance after Electroconvulsive Therapy in the Gut Microbiota of a Patient with Schizophrenia – Misako Kanayama – Case Reports in Psychiatry

Reproductive tract microbiome

Effects of oral probiotic supplements on vaginal microbiota during pregnancy: a randomised, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled trial with microbiome analysis – S Husain – BJOG 

Skin microbiome

Review: The Cutaneous Microbiome: Implications for Dermatology Practice – Megan A. Sander

Animal microbiome / Animal experiments

Intestinal microbiota of broilers submitted to feeding restriction and its relationship to hepatic metabolism and fat mass: Fast-growing strain – Raquel Lunedo – Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition

Phytate degradation, intestinal microbiota, microbial metabolites and immune values are changed in growing pigs fed diets with varying calcium–phosphorus concentration and fermentable substrates – Charlotte Maria Elisabeth Heyer – Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition

Review: The importance of scale in comparative microbiome research: New insights from the gut and glands of captive and wild lemurs – Lydia K. Greene – American Journal of Primatology

A dietary isothiocyanate-enriched moringa (Moringa oleifera) seed extract improves glucose tolerance in a high-fat-diet mouse model and modulates the gut microbiome – Asha Jaja-Chimedza – Journal of Functional Foods

Musca domestica Cecropin (Mdc) Alleviates Salmonella typhimurium-Induced Colonic Mucosal Barrier Impairment: Associating With Inflammatory and Oxidative Stress Response, Tight Junction as Well as Intestinal Flora – Lun Zhang – Frontiers in Microbiology

The Effects of Unfermented and Fermented Cow and Sheep Milk on the Gut Microbiota – Elizabeth A. Rettedal – Frontiers in Microbiology

Water and extremophile microbiome

Microbiota of the Hickey Run Tributary of the Anacostia River – Robin Cagle – Microbiology Resource Announcements

Bioinformatics

Review: Statistical Analysis of Metagenomics Data – M. Luz Calle – Genomics and Informatics