Human and General Microbiome

Review: Gastrointestinal and brain barriers: unlocking gates of communication across the microbiota-gut-brain axis – María R Aburto – Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Alterations of gut microbiota in infants with biliary atresia identified by 16S rRNA-sequencing – Fei Liu – BMC Pediatrics

Culture- and non-culture-based approaches reveal unique features of the ocular microbiome in dry eye patients – Maria Naqvi – The Ocular Surface

Animal Microbiome

Herptile gut microbiomes: a natural system to study multi-kingdom interactions between filamentous fungi and bacteria – Lluvia Vargas-Gastélum – mSphere

Beneficial Microbes 

Colonic probiotic insufflation: clinical proposal for an economical game-changer for restoration of the gut microbiome in colorectal cancer and beyond – Ryan Varghese – International Journal of Surgery

Neuroprotective Effect of a Multistrain Probiotic Mixture in SOD1(G93A) Mice by Reducing SOD1 Aggregation and Targeting the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis – Zikai Xin – Molecular Neurobiology

Plant Microbiome

Metagenomic and biochemical analyses reveal the potential of silicon to alleviate arsenic toxicity in rice (Oryza sativa L.) – Temoor Ahmed – Environmental Pollution

Mechanisms on salt tolerant of Paenibacillus polymyxa SC2 and its growth-promoting effects on maize seedlings under saline conditions – Chengqiang Wang – Microbiological Research

Environmental Microbiome

Novel insights into the rhizosphere and seawater microbiome of Zostera marina in diverse mariculture zones – Hao Sun – Microbiome

Biogeography and assembly processes of abundant and rare soil microbial taxa in the southern part of the Qilian Mountain National Park, China – Zhilin Feng – Ecology and Evolution

Microbiome Analysis: Tools, Techniques and Resources

A Clinical Breathomics Dataset – Ping-Hung Kuo – Scientific Data

DeepMPTB: a vaginal microbiome-based deep neural network as artificial intelligence strategy for efficient preterm birth prediction – Oshma Chakoory – Biomarker Research

MicroMPN: methods and software for high-throughput screening of microbe suppression in mixed populations – Karla Franco Meléndez – Microbiology Spectrum

Nanopore sequencing of infectious fluid is a promising supplement for gold-standard culture in real-world clinical scenario – Manna Zhao – Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology