Highlights!

Commensal microbiota divergently affect myeloid subsets in the mammalian central nervous system during homeostasis and disease – Roman Sankowski – The EMBO Journal → This study shows how perturbations in the microbiota drive changes in gene expression profiles in the CNS-associated macrophages, with concomitant effects on the  CNS myeloid cells, including Alzheimer-associated repercussions in a specialized murine model.

Coordination of root auxin with the fungus Piriformospora indica and bacterium Bacillus cereus enhances rice rhizosheath formation under soil drying – Feiyun Xu – The ISME Journal → In this study, authors report a cooperative effect of an endophytic fungus and a plant growth-promoting bacterium in rhizosheath formation when moderate soil drying, an agricultural technique used to improve water utilization, is performed.

Human and General Microbiome

Review: The role of Akkermansia muciniphila in obesity, diabetes and atherosclerosis – Alka Hasani – Journal of Medical Microbiology

Review: How can probiotic improve irritable bowel syndrome symptoms? – Indira Benjak Horvat – World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Meta-Analysis of the Composition of Human Intestinal Gases – Andre Modesto – Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Effectiveness of Probiotics and Prebiotics Against Acute Liver Injury: A Meta-Analysis – Sheng Xu – Frontiers in Medicine

The bacterial gut microbiome of probiotic-treated very-preterm infants: changes from admission to discharge – Jacob A F Westaway – Pediatric Research

Discovery of β-N-acetylglucosaminidases from screening metagenomic libraries and their use as thioglycoligase mutants – Gregor Tegl – Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

Animal Microbiome

Comparing the gut microbiome along the gastrointestinal tract of three sympatric species of wild rodents – Jason L Anders – Scientific Reports

Changes in rumen microbial community composition in yak in response to seasonal variations – Xiaodan Huang – Journal of Applied Microbiology

Faecalicatena faecalis sp. nov., a moderately alkaliphilic bacterial strain isolated from swine faeces – Byeong Seob Oh – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Plant Microbiome

Capacity of soil bacteria to reach the phyllosphere and convergence of floral communities despite soil microbiota variation – Julien Massoni –  PNAS

Distinct Endophytic Bacterial Communities Inhabiting Seagrass Seeds – Flavia Tarquinio – Frontiers in Microbiology

Fungi Microbiome

Widespread bacterial diversity within the bacteriome of fungi – Aaron J Robinson – Communications Biology

Environmental Microbiome

Preprint: Genomic and metabolic adaptations of biofilms to ecological windows of opportunities in glacier-fed streams – Susheel Bhanu Busi – Biorxiv