Read about new species discovered in the female genitourinary tract Lactobacillus isalae, Gardnerella pickettii and Gardnerella greenwoodii, and important UTI and other latest microbiome science news.
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Urinary microbiome
A human urothelial microtissue model reveals shared colonization and survival strategies between uropathogens and commensals – Carlos Flores – Science Advances
Gardnerella pickettii sp. nov. (formerly Gardnerella genomic species 3) and Gardnerella greenwoodii sp. nov. (formerly Gardnerella genomic species 8) isolated from female urinary microbiome – Márcia Sousa – International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
Vaginal microbiome
Lactobacillus isalae sp. nov., isolated from the female reproductive tract – Tom Eilers – International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
Identification of a DNA-cytosine methyltransferase that impacts global transcription to promote group B streptococcal vaginal colonization – Haider S. Manzer – mBio
Gut microbiome
Oral microbiome
Establishment of tongue microbiota by 18 months of age and determinants of its microbial profile – Shinya Kageyama – mBio
Animal microbiome
Pet cats may shape the antibiotic resistome of their owner’s gut and living environment – Yiwen Yang – Microbiome
The impact of kit, environment and sampling contamination on the observed microbiome of bovine milk – Christopher J Dean – bioRxiv
Animal experiments
Early life exposure to broccoli sprouts confers stronger protection against enterocolitis development in an immunological mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease – Lola Holcomb – mSystems
Daily fluctuation of colonic microbiome in response to nutrient substrates in a pig model – Hongyu Wang – npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
Water microbiome
Assessing the impact of anti-microbial showerheads on the prevalence and abundance of opportunistic pathogens in shower water and shower water-associated aerosols – Sarah Pitell, Sarah-Jane Haig – Frontiers in Microbiomes
Global abundance patterns, diversity, and ecology of Patescibacteria in wastewater treatment plants – Huifeng Hu – bioRxiv
Technique
A high-throughput and low-waste viability assay for microbes – Christian T. Meyer – Nature Microbiology
Bioinformatics
Comparison of gene clustering criteria reveals intrinsic uncertainty in pangenome analyses – Saioa Manzano-Morales – Genome Biology
ACR: metagenome-assembled prokaryotic and eukaryotic genome refinement tool – Hoon Je Seong – Briefings in Bioinformatics
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