Pregnancy and early life

Human cytomegalovirus in breast milk is associated with milk composition and the infant gut microbiome and growth – Johnson et al. – Nature Communications

[PREPRINT]First-Year Dynamics of the Anaerobic Microbiome and Archaeome in Infants Oral and Gastrointestinal Systems – Neumann et al. – bioRxiv

Human skin microbiome

A Mendelian randomization analysis reveals the multifaceted role of the skin microbiota in liver cancer – Wang & Zhu – Frontiers in Microbiology

Metagenomic sequencing of the skin microbiota of the scalp predicting the risk of surgical site infections following surgery of traumatic brain injury in sub-Saharan Africa – Lekuya et al. – PLOS One

Human gut microbiome

[REVIEW]The interplay between diet and the gut microbiome: implications for health and disease – Ross et al. – Nature Reviews Microbiology

Microbiota composition effect on immunotherapy outcomes in colorectal cancer patients: A systematic review – Ajab et al. – PLOS One

Animal microbiome

Altitude-dependent agro-ecologies impact the microbiome diversity of scavenging indigenous chicken in Ethiopia – Glendinning et al. – Microbiome

Effect of soybean and seaweed-based diets on growth performance, feed utilization, and gut microbiota of tilapia: A systematic review and meta-analysis – Viagem et al. – PLOS One

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Plant species influences the composition of root system microbiome and its antibiotic resistance profile in a constructed wetland receiving primary treated wastewater – Riva et al. – Frontiers in Microbiology

Phages and viruses

Endogenous retroviruses mediate transcriptional rewiring in response to oncogenic signaling in colorectal cancer – Ivancevic et al. – Science Advances

The plasma viral communities associate with clinical profiles in a large-scale haematological patients cohort – Ma et al. – Microbiome

Viruses of free-roaming and hunting dogs in Uganda show elevated prevalence, richness and abundance across a gradient of contact with wildlife – Tayebwa et al. – Journal of General Virology