Human gut microbiome
Microbial community-scale metabolic modelling predicts personalized short-chain fatty acid production profiles in the human gut – Nick Quinn-Bohmann et al – Nature Microbiology
Island biogeography theory provides a plausible explanation for why larger vertebrates and taller humans have more diverse gut microbiomes – Katherine Ramos Sarmiento et al – ISME Journal
Dietary fibre directs microbial tryptophan metabolism via metabolic interactions in the gut microbiota – Anurag K. Sinha – Nature Microbiology
Animal models
The zebrafish gut microbiome influences benzo[a]pyrene developmental neurobehavioral toxicity – Keaton Stagaman et al – Nature Scientific Reports
Modulation of gut microbiota composition due to early weaning stress induces depressive behavior during the juvenile period in mice – Itsuka Kamimura et al – BMC Animal Microbiome
Antibiotics affect the pharmacokinetics of n-butylphthalide in vivo by altering the intestinal microbiota – Xiangchen Li et al – PLOS One
Trilobatin ameliorates dextran sulfate sodium-induced ulcerative colitis in mice via the NF-κB pathway and alterations in gut microbiota – Nanbo Wang et al – PLOS One
Animal microbiome
Gut microbiota and immune profiling of microbiota-humanised versus wildtype mouse models of hepatointestinal schistosomiasis – K.A. Stark et al – BMC Animal Microbiome
Analysis of differences in the rumen microbiome and metabolic function in prepartum dairy cows with different body condition scores – Dewei Du et al – BMC Animal Microbiome
Improvement of insulin sensitivity by dietary fiber consumption during late pregnant sows is associated with gut microbiota regulation of tryptophan metabolism – Yang Li – BMC Animal Microbiome
Gut microbiota diversity in a dung beetle (Catharsius molossus) across geographical variations and brood ball-mediated microbial transmission – Hao-Yu Chen et al – PLOS One
Water & extremophile microbiomes
Metagenomic insights into Heimdallarchaeia clades from the deep-sea cold seep and hydrothermal vent – Rui Liu – BMC Environmental Microbiome
Metagenomic insights into microbial adaptation to the salinity gradient of a typical short residence-time estuary – Ziheng Wu et al – BMC Microbiome
Plant, root, & soil microbiome
Microbial consortium assembly and functional analysis via isotope labelling and single-cell manipulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degraders – Jibing Li – ISME Journal
Chemolithoautotrophic diazotrophs dominate dark nitrogen fixation in mangrove sediments – Shasha Wang et al – ISME Journal
Other microbes
Cellular interactions and evolutionary origins of endosymbiotic relationships with ciliates – Qi Song et al – ISME Journal
Bioinformatics & tools
Entourage: all-in-one sequence analysis software for genome assembly, virus detection, virus discovery, and intrasample variation profiling – Worakorn Phumiphanjarphak & Pakorn Aiewsakun – BMC Bioinformatics
Methods
Soft autonomous ingestible device for sampling the small-intestinal microbiome – Ruben Del-Rio-Ruiz et al – Cell Device