Human and General Microbiome

Maternal antibiotic prophylaxis during cesarean section has a limited impact on the infant gut microbiome – Trishla Sinha – Cell Host & Microbe

Microbial assimilatory sulfate reduction-mediated H(2)S: an overlooked role in Crohn’s disease development – Wanrong Luo – Microbiome (BMC)

Characterization of the vaginal microbiota in Italian women with endometriosis: preliminary study – Rosa Sessa – Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Profiles and interactions of gut microbiome and intestinal microRNAs in pediatric Crohn’s disease – Yao Lv – mSystems

Regional variation and adaptive evolution in Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum: Insights into genomic and functional diversity in human gut – Qiong Wu – Food Research International

Review: Effects of physical exercise on Akkermansia muciniphila: a systematic review of human and animal studies – S S Aguiar – Beneficial Microbes

Beneficial Microbes and Compounds

Commentary: Microbiome modification for personalized treatment of dysbiotic diseases – R Balfour Sartor – Cell Host & Microbe

Combining Gut Microbiota Modulation and Enzymatic-Triggered Colonic Delivery by Prebiotic Nanoparticles Improves Mouse Colitis Therapy – Hui Li – Biomaterials Research

Animal Microbiome

Effect of chronic alcohol consumption on oral microbiota in rats with periodontitis – Zirui Zhao – PeerJ

Fecal microbiota transplantation accelerates restoration of florfenicol-disturbed intestinal microbiota in a fish model – Zhuoran Han – Communications Biology

Structural, Biochemical, and Phylogenetic Analysis of Bacterial and Fungal Carbohydrate Esterase Family 15 Glucuronoyl Esterases in the Rumen – Robert J Gruninger – The Protein Journal

Plant Microbiome

Review: Harnessing the plant microbiome for sustainable crop production – Stéphane Compant – Nature Reviews Microbiology

Review: The impact of filamentous plant pathogens on the host microbiota – Victor M Flores-Nunez – BMC Biology

Environmental Microbiome

Metagenomic insights into the prokaryotic communities of heavy metal-contaminated hypersaline soils – Cristina Galisteo – The Science of the Total Environment

Ecological phage therapy: Can bacteriophages help rapidly restore the soil microbiome? – Tarryn Davies – Ecology and Evolution

Do restoration strategies in mangroves recover microbial diversity? A case study in the Yucatan peninsula – Daniel Esguerra-Rodríguez – PloS One

Metagenome sequencing and 107 microbial genomes from seamount sediments along the Yap and Mariana trenches – Yue Zhang – Scientific Data

Microbiome Analysis: Tools, Techniques and Resources

Metrological evaluation of DNA extraction method effects on the bacterial microbiome and resistome in sputum – Aleksander Benčič – mSystems

Commentary: AI in microbiome research: Where have we been, where are we going? – Georg K Gerber – Cell Host & Microbe

Review: Modeling Microbial Communities: Perspective and Challenges – Lavanya Raajaraam – ACS Synthetic Biology