Highlights!

A data-driven approach for predicting the impact of drugs on the human microbiome – Yadid M Algavi – Nature Communications

CRISPR arrays as high-resolution markers to track microbial transmission during influenza infection – Lingdi Zhang – Microbiome

Human and General Microbiome

Gut and oral microbiome modulate molecular and clinical markers of schizophrenia-related symptoms: A transdiagnostic, multilevel pilot study – Jakleen J Lee – Psychiatry Research

Effects of vaginal microbiota transfer on the neurodevelopment and microbiome of cesarean-born infants: A blinded randomized controlled trial – Lepeng Zhou – Cell Host & Microbe

Metaproteomics Characterizes the Human Gingival Crevicular Fluid Microbiome Function in Periodontitis – Xiaolian Xiao – Journal of Proteome Research

Generation of dysbiotic microbiota in cutaneous leishmaniasis and enhancement of skin inflammation – Shumaila Naz – Microbial Pathogenesis

Oral microbiota may affect osteoradionecrosis following radiotherapy for head and neck cancer – Zhengrui Li – Journal of Translational Medicine

Oral microbial communities in 5-year-old children with versus without dental caries – Zhengyan Yang – BMC Oral Health

Analysis of gut microbiota in patients with Williams-Beuren Syndrome reveals dysbiosis linked to clinical manifestations – Federica Del Chierico – Scientific Reports

Review: Aspects of oral streptococcal metabolic diversity: Imagining the landscape beneath the fog – Peter Zuber – Molecular Microbiology

Review: Challenges and strategies for preventing intestinal damage associated to mercury dietary exposure – Pilar Rodríguez-Viso – Toxicology

Animal Microbiome

Phylogenetic comparative approach reveals evolutionary conservatism, ancestral composition, and integration of vertebrate gut microbiota – Benoît Perez-Lamarque – Molecular Biology and Evolution

Social transmission of bacterial symbionts homogenizes the microbiome within and across generations of group-living spiders – Clémence Rose – ISME Communications

Rookery through rehabilitation: Microbial community assembly in newborn harbour seals after maternal separation – Alexandra D Switzer – Environmental Microbiology

Microbiome Research Tools and Techniques

The TaxUMAP atlas: Efficient display of large clinical microbiome data reveals ecological competition in protection against bacteremia – Jonas Schluter – Cell Host & Microbe

MetaNovo: An open-source pipeline for probabilistic peptide discovery in complex metaproteomic datasets – Matthys G Potgieter – PLoS Computational Biology

Methods for Analyzing the Gut Microbiota in Diabetic Retinopathy – Yinhua Huang – Methods in Molecular Biology

Using nanopore sequencing to identify fungi from clinical samples with high phylogenetic resolution – Atsufumi Ohta – Scientific Reports