Have a nice weekend! Today, in this brief Digest, several papers about microbiome studies in animal models. Additionally, some highlighted studies in humans: the vaginal microbiota in a Swedish cohort, and the microbiota from the urinary tract, by the use of culturomics.
Human and General Microbiome
Using data science for medical decision making case: role of gut microbiome in multiple sclerosis – Jasminka Hasic Telalovic- BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Deciphering the Urinary Microbiota Repertoire by Culturomics Reveals Mostly Anaerobic Bacteria From the Gut – Grégory Dubourg – Frontiers in Microbiology
Vaginal microbiota and human papillomavirus infection among young Swedish women – Liqin Cheng – npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
Review: Engineering the Microbiome to Prevent Adverse Events: Challenges and Opportunities – Saad Khan – Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Animal Microbiome
Developmental stages in microbiota, bile acids, and clostridial species in healthy puppies – Amanda B. Blake – Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
Screening of Microbes Associated With Swine Growth and Fat Deposition Traits Across the Intestinal Tract – Shi Tang – Frontiers in Microbiology
Differential Responses to Dietary Protein and Carbohydrate Ratio on Gut Microbiome in Obese vs. Lean Cats – Qinghong Li – Frontiers in Microbiology
Inulin alleviates adverse metabolic syndrome and regulates intestinal microbiota composition in Nile Tilapia ( Oreochromis niloticus) fed with high-carbohydrate diet – Tong Wang – British Journal of Nutrition
Minireview: Transmission of the sponge microbiome: moving towards a unified model – Bruno Francesco Rodrigues de Oliveira – Environmental Microbiology Reports
Co-selection of antibiotic resistance genes, and mobile genetic elements in the presence of heavy metals in poultry farm environments – Sohaib H.Mazhar – Science of The Total Environment
Friend or foe? Effects of host immune activation on the gut microbiome in the caterpillar Manduca sexta – Laura E. McMillan – Journal of Experimental Biology
Environmental Microbiome
Correspondence: Towards meaningful scales in ecosystem microbiome research – Francisco Dini‐Andreote – Environmental Microbiology
Preprint: Genomics-accelerated discovery of diverse fungicidal bacteria – Matthew B Biggs – BioXriv
Preprint: Functional repertoire convergence of distantly related eukaryotic plankton lineages revealed by genome-resolved metagenomics – Tom O. Delmont – BioXriv
Beneficial Microbes and Compounds
The chemopreventive effects of Huangqin-tea against AOM-induced preneoplastic colonic aberrant crypt foci in rats and omics analysis – Jie Shen – Food & Function
Prophylactic effects of oral administration of Lactobacillus casei on house dust mite-induced asthma in mice – Lingzhi Li – Food & Function
Lactobacillus plantarum Shinshu N-07 isolated from fermented Brassica rapa L. attenuates visceral fat accumulation induced by high-fat diet in mice – T. Yin – Beneficial Microbes