Human Microbiome
Gut microbiome and metabolome profiling in Framingham heart study reveals cholesterol-metabolizing bacteria – Chenhao Li et al – Cell
Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth is associated with increased Campylobacter and epithelial injury in duodenal biopsies of Bangladeshi children – Shah Mohammad Fahim et al – PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Placental TLR recognition of salivary and subgingival microbiota is associated with pregnancy complications – Kazune Pax et al – BMC Microbiome
Ecological patterns and processes of temporal turnover within lung infection microbiota – Helen Gavillet et al – BMC Microbiome
Integrative analysis with microbial modelling and machine learning uncovers potential alleviators for ulcerative colitis – Jinlin Zhu et al – Gut Microbes
A comparative study on dietary diversity and gut microbial diversity in children with autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, their neurotypical siblings, and non-related neurotypical volunteers: a cross-sectional study – Shunya Kurokawa et al – Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry
Disrupted gut microecology after high-dose 131I therapy and radioprotective effects of arachidonic acid supplementation – Ganghua Lu et al – European Journal of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging
Pathogen-specific alterations in intestinal microbiota precede urinary tract infections in preterm infants: a longitudinal case-control study – Luyang Hong et al – Gut Microbes
Plant, soil, and root microbiome
Soil fungal communities varied across aspects of restored grassland in former mining areas of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau – Xioqing Li et al – PLOS One
Integrated rice-yellow catfish farming resulting in variations in the agricultural environment, rice growth performance, and soil bacterial communities – Yiran Hou et al – Environmental Science & Pollution Research
Microbial terroir: associations between soil microbiomes and the flavor chemistry of mustard (Brassica juncea) – Corinne Walsh et al – New Phytologist
Animal experiments
The gut metabolite indole-3-propionic acid activates ERK1 to restore social function and hippocampal inhibitory synaptic transmission in a 16p11.2 microdeletion mouse model – Jian Jiang et al – BMC Microbiome
[PREPRINT] Supplier-origin gut microbiomes affect host body weight and select autism-related behaviors – Zachary L. McAdams et al – bioRxiv
Water & extremophile microbiome
Phenology and ecological role of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs in freshwaters – Cristian Villena-Alemany et al – BMC Microbiome
The distinctive weathering crust habitat of a High Arctic glacier comprises discrete microbial micro-habitats – Sara M E Rassner et al – Environmental Microbiology
Animal Microbiome
Molecular-Weight-Dependent Degradation of Plastics: Deciphering Host-Microbiome Synergy Biodegradation of High-Purity Polypropylene Microplastics by Mealworms – Lei He et al – Environmental Science & Technology
Dispersion of antimicrobial resistant bacteria in pig farms and in the surrounding environment – Daniel Scicchitano et al – BMC Animal Microbiome
Tools & techniques
[PREPRINT] rRNA Operon Improves Species-Level Classification of Bacteria and Microbial Community Analysis Compared to 16S rRNA – Sohyoung Won et al – bioRxiv