Have a nice weekend, everyone! Today, in this Digest we have articles about the use of microbiome as markers of successful FMT for graft-versus-host disease treatment, as well as a set of papers about probiotics and different aspects of health, including an RCT in hypertensive women. In addition, other papers showing associations between microbiota and exposure to androgens in neonates, and a paper about the influence of the microablative fractional radiofrequency technique on microbiota of treated postmenopausal women.

Microbiome Research

Bacteroides fragilis is a potential marker of effective microbiota transplantation in acute graft-versus-host disease treatment – Oleg V. Goloshchapov – Cellular Therapy and Transplantation

Impact of microablative fractional radiofrequency on the vaginal health, microbiota, and cellularity of postmenopausal women – Ayane Cristine Sarmento – Clinics (Sao Paulo)

Gut Microbiota and Liver Interaction through Immune System Cross-Talk: A Comprehensive Review at the Time of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic – Emidio Scarpellini – Journal of Clinical Medicine

Neonatal exposure to androgens dynamically alters gut microbiota architecture – Alexia Barroso – Journal of Endocrinology

Environmental Microbiome

Physicochemical Parameters Affecting the Distribution and Diversity of the Water Column Microbial Community in the High-Altitude Andean Lake System of La Brava and La Punta – Reynaldo Núñez Salazar – Microorganisms

Preprint: Metabolic potential and survival strategies of microbial communities across extreme temperature gradients on Deception Island volcano, Antarctica – Amanda G Bendia – BioRxiv

Animal Models

Metagenomic insights into the effects of nanobubble water on the composition of gut microbiota in mice – Zitao Guo – Food and Function

Beneficial Microbes, Compounds, and Interventions

Effects of probiotic therapy on cardio-metabolic parameters and autonomic modulation in hypertensive women: a randomized, triple-blind, placebo-controlled trial – Larissa de Fátima Romão da Silva – Foods

Dietary Components, Microbial Metabolites and Human Health: Reading between the Lines – Yao Guo – Foods

Microbiota on Biotics: Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Synbiotics to Optimize Growth and Metabolism – Price T. Edwards – Gastrointestinal And Liver Physiology

The Effectiveness of Multi-Session FMT Treatment in Active Ulcerative Colitis Patients: A Pilot Study – Dorota Mańkowska-Wierzbicka – Biomedicines

Neurological and cognitive significance of probiotics: a holy grail deciding individual personality – Muhammad Afzal – Future Medicine

Bioinformatics and Genomics

The Influences of Bioinformatics Tools and Reference Databases in Analyzing the Human Oral Microbial Community – Maria A. Sierra  – Genes

Preprint: Genome-based targeted sequencing as a reproducible microbial community profiling assay – Jacquelynn Benjamino – BioRxiv