Highlights!

Evidence of a causal and modifiable relationship between kidney function and circulating trimethylamine N-oxide – Petros Andrikopoulos – Nature Communications

A blood-based metabolomic signature predictive of risk for pancreatic cancer – Ehsan Irajizad – Cell Reports. Medicine

Enterobacteriaceae growth promotion by intestinal acylcarnitines, a biomarker of dysbiosis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Johanna M S Lemons – Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Inducible CRISPR-targeted knockdown of human gut Bacteroides in gnotobiotic mice discloses glycan utilization strategies – Zachary W Beller – PNAS

Review: The gut microbiota and its biogeography – Giselle McCallum – Nature Reviews. Microbiology

Human and General Microbiome

The role of the gut-microbiota-brain axis via the subdiaphragmatic vagus nerve in chronic inflammatory pain and comorbid spatial working memory impairment in complete Freund’s adjuvant mice – Caibao Yue – Journal of Psychiatric Research

Disentangling the interactions between nasopharyngeal and gut microbiome and their involvement in the modulation of COVID-19 infection – Leonardo Mancabelli – Microbiology Spectrum

Changes in salivary microbiota due to gastric cancer resection and its relation to gastric fluid microbiota – Eri Komori – Scientific Reports

Metagenomic sequencing reveals altered gut microbial compositions and gene functions in patients with non-segmental vitiligo – Mei Luan – BMC Microbiology

Review: The role of the glycome in symbiotic host-microbe interactions – Rustam Aminov – Glycobiology

Review: Microbiome-targeted interventions for the control of oral-gut dysbiosis and chronic systemic inflammation – Juan Pacheco-Yanes – Trends in Molecular Medicine

Review: The link between the gut microbiome, inflammation, and Parkinson’s disease – Shiqing Nie – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Food Microbiome

The edible plant microbiome: evidence for the occurrence of fruit and vegetable bacteria in the human gut – Wisnu Adi Wicaksono – Gut Microbes

Animal Microbiome

Reducing gut microbiome-driven adipose tissue inflammation alleviates metabolic syndrome – N K Newman – Microbiome

Combined effect of a neonicotinoid insecticide and a fungicide on honeybee gut epithelium and microbiota, adult survival, colony strength and foraging preferences – Riccardo Favaro – The Science of the Total Environment

Glyphosate decreases survival, increases fecundity, and alters the microbiome of the natural predator Harmonia axyridis (ladybird beetle) – Xueke Gao – Environmental Research

Unfolding the secrets of microbiome (Symbiodiniaceae and bacteria) in cold-water coral – Sanqiang Gong – Microbiology Spectrum

Combined oral intake of short and long fructans alters the gut microbiota in food allergy model mice and contributes to food allergy prevention – Hideaki Takahashi – BMC Microbiology

Review: The pivotal roles of gut microbiota in insect plant interactions for sustainable pest management – Yuxin Zhang – NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes

Plant Microbiome

Review: Endophytes Modulate Plant Genes: Present Status and Future Perspectives – Vivek Kumar – Current Microbiology

Environmental Microbiome

Planktonic and epilithic prokaryota community compositions in a large temperate river reflect climate change related seasonal shifts – Attila I Engloner – PloS One

Thiothrix and Sulfurovum genera dominate bacterial mats in Slovak cold sulfur springs – Lea Nosalova – Environmental Microbiome

Built Environment Microbiome

Innovative strategy for the conservation of a millennial mausoleum from biodeterioration through artificial light management – Yuanyuan Bao – NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes

More Microbes

In vitro and in silico evaluation of the serrapeptase effect on biofilm and amyloids of Pseudomonas aeruginosa – Georgios Katsipis – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Microbiome Analysis: Tools, Techniques and Resources

Comprehensive evaluation of methods for differential expression analysis of metatranscriptomics data – Hunyong Cho – Briefings in Bioinformatics

Review: Field and laboratory guidelines for reliable bioinformatic and statistical analysis of bacterial shotgun metagenomic data – Ostaizka Aizpurua – Critical Reviews in Biotechnology