General and Human Microbiome

Altered gut microbiome associated with metabolic-associated fatty liver disease in Chinese children – Jing Ji – Clinical Nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland)

Airway environment drives the selection of quorum sensing mutants and promote Staphylococcus aureus chronic lifestyle – Xiongqi Ding – Nature Communications

Review: Gut microbiota in overweight and obesity: crosstalk with adipose tissue – Patrice D Cani – Nature Reviews. Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Review: Recent advances in single-cell engineered live biotherapeutic products research for skin repair and disease treatment – Muhamad Aidilfitri Mohamad Roslan – NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes

Metaproteomic assessment of gut microbial and host functional perturbations in Helicobacter pylori-infected patients subjected to an antimicrobial protocol – Marcello Abbondio – Gut Microbes

The facial microbiome and metabolome across different geographic regions – Rong Tao – Microbiology Spectrum

Periodontitis salivary microbiota exacerbates colitis-induced anxiety-like behavior via gut microbiota – Jun Qian – NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes

Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide plays a key role in the microbial-neuroimmune control of intestinal motility – Xiaopeng Bai – Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Multi-omics analyses reveal bacteria and catalase associated with keloid disease – Mengjie Shan – EBioMedicine

Beneficial Microbes and Compounds

Genomic and Phenotypic Insight into the Probiotic Potential of Lactic Acid Bacterial spp. Associated with the Human Gut Mucosa – Kanwal Aziz – Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins

Review: A review on the use of prebiotics in ulcerative colitis – James M Kennedy – Trends in Microbiology

Oral magnesium prevents acetaminophen-induced acute liver injury by modulating microbial metabolism – Dongping Li – Cell Host & Microbe

Review: Akkermansia muciniphila and Alcohol-Related Liver Diseases. A Systematic Review – Lydie Sparfel – Molecular Nutrition & Food Research

Review: Triangulating nutrigenomics, metabolomics and microbiomics toward personalized nutrition and healthy living – George Lagoumintzis – Human Genomics

Non-Model Animal Microbiome 

The role of diet and host species in shaping the seasonal dynamics of the gut microbiome – Claire E Williams – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Increased environmental microbial diversity reduces the disease risk of a mosquitocidal pathogen – Zhiwei Kang – mBio

Plant and Soil Microbiome

Characterization of microbial contamination in agricultural soil: A public health perspective – Xiaodi Li – The Science of the Total Environment

Metagenomics reveals effects of fluctuating water conditions on functional pathways in plant litter microbial community – Matevž Likar – Scientific Reports

Crop rotation and native microbiome inoculation restore soil capacity to suppress a root disease – Yanyan Zhou – Nature Communications

Environmental Microbiome

Environmental determinants and demographic influences on global urban microbiomes, antimicrobial resistance and pathogenicity – Yang Chen – NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes

Multiple spatial scales of bacterial and fungal structural and functional traits affect carbon mineralization – Zhiyuan Ma – Molecular Ecology

Microbiome Analysis: tools, techniques and resources

Review: Establishing genetic manipulation for novel strains of human gut bacteria – Paul O Sheridan – Microbiome Research Reports