Human Gut Microbiota

Review – The role of the gut microbiota in regulating responses to vaccination: current knowledge and future directions – Rossouw et al. FEBS

Systemic antibody responses against gut microbiota flagellins implicate shared and divergent immune reactivity in Crohn’s disease and chronic fatigue syndrome – Bourgonje et al. – Microbiome

Pregnancy and early life

Diet at birth is critical for healthy growth, independent of effects on the gut microbiota – Lieke et al. – Microbiome

Delivery mode is a larger determinant of infant gut microbiome composition at 6 weeks than exposure to peripartum antibiotics – Leech et al. Microbial Genomics.

Association of breast milk-derived arachidonic acid-induced infant gut dysbiosis with the onset of atopic dermatitis – Jiang et al. – Gut

General Human Microbiota

The potential role of lung microbiota and lauroylcarnitine in T-cell activation associated with checkpoint inhibitor pneumonitis – Yu et al. eBioMedicine

Evidence of Lactobacillus strains shared between the female urinary and vaginal microbiota – Atkins et al. – Microbial Genomics

A human commensal-pathogenic fungus suppresses host immunity via targeting TBK1 – Lou et al. Cell Host & Microbe

Bacteriophage

Bacterial homologs of innate eukaryotic antiviral defenses with anti-phage activity highlight shared evolutionary roots of viral defenses – Van den Berg et al. – Cell Host & Microbe

Genomic and induction evidence for bacteriophage contributions to sargassum-bacteria symbioses – Stiffler et al. – Microbiome