In today’s digest read about a discovery of new Bordetella bronchiseptica-specific temperate and highly abundant siphoviruses that lead to the creation of a new genus Vojvodinavirus, biases in public human microbiome data, infant gut strain persistence, and more. Also, check out a list of upcoming microbiome events. Happy Friday!
Global microbiome
*Public human microbiome data dominated by highly developed countries – Richard J. Abdill – bioRxiv
Gut microbiome
Chinese gut microbiota and its associations with staple food type, ethnicity, and urbanization – Jing Lu – npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
Gut microbiota alterations in response to sleep length among African-origin adults – Na Fei – PlosOne
Bioaccumulation of therapeutic drugs by human gut bacteria – Martina Klünemann – Nature
*Infant gut strain persistence is associated with maternal origin, phylogeny, and traits including surface adhesion and iron acquisition – Yue Clare Lou – Cell Reports Medicine
Skin microbiome
Cotton and Surgical Face Masks in Community Settings: Bacterial Contamination and Face Mask Hygiene – Lize Delanghe – Frontiers in Medicine
Animal microbiome
The fall and rise of group B Streptococcus in dairy cattle: reintroduction due to human-to-cattle host jumps? – Chiara Crestani – Microbial Genomics
Viruses and phages
*Are Bordetella bronchiseptica Siphoviruses (Genus Vojvodinavirus) Appropriate for Phage Therapy—Bacterial Allies or Foes? – Aleksandra Petrovic Fabijan – Viruses
Water microbiome
Functional Redundancy in Ocean Microbiomes Controls Trait Stability – Taylor M. Royalty and Andrew D. Steen – bioRxiv
Bioinformatics
SHOOT: phylogenetic gene search and ortholog inference – David Emms and Steven Kelly – bioRxiv
Ultra-resolution Metagenomics: When Enough Is Not Enough – Falk Hildebrand – mSystems
Computational challenges and opportunities in spatially resolved transcriptomic data analysis – Lyla Atta & Jean Fan – Nature Communications
*BEEM-Static: Accurate inference of ecological interactions from cross-sectional microbiome data – Chenhao Li – Plos Computational Biology
Webinars &c
Conference: Microbiome Virtual International Conference #MVIF – September 14/16 (Atlantic/Pacific)
Course + Symposium: 2021 ISB Virtual Microbiome Series – October 13-15
Webinar: EMBARK Fall Webinars – a webinar series where invited speakers will be presenting their AMR research and be contrasted to EMBARK members presenting the work performed in the project.
For more, check out a collection of microbiome events HERE!
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