Gut Microbiome

Gut microbiota wellbeing index predicts overall health in a cohort of 1000 infants – Brandon Hickman et al – Nature Communications

Pangenomes of human gut microbiota uncover links between genetic diversity and stress response – Saar Shoer et al – Cell Host & Microbe

[MINI REVIEW] The human gut microbiome in health and disease: time for a new chapter? – Jee-Yon Lee et al – ASM Infection & Immunity

Metabolic interactions shape emergent biofilm structures in a conceptual model of gut mucosal bacterial communities – Amin Valiei et al – NPJ Biofilms & Microbiomes

A population-scale analysis of 36 gut microbiome studies reveals universal species signatures for common diseases – Wen Sun et al – NPJ Biofilms & Microbiomes

A single amplified genome catalog reveals the dynamics of mobilome and resistome in the human microbiome – Tetsuro Kawano-Sugaya et al – BMC Microbiome

Stratification of human gut microbiomes by succinotype is associated with inflammatory bowel disease status – Laura Anthamatten et al – BMC Microbiome

Impact of complementary feeding on infant gut microbiome, metabolites and early development – Yudong Shi et al – Food & Function

Can longer lifespan be associated with gut microbiota involvement in lipid metabolism? – Sára Šardzíková et al – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Beneficial microbes & compounds

[REVIEW] Preventive effect of probiotics on oral mucositis induced by anticancer therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials – Bo Yang et al – BMC Oral Health

Animal Microbiome

Bacteria from the Amycolatopsis genus associated with a toxic bird secrete protective secondary metabolites – Elena Seibel et al – Nature Communications

Impact of virginiamycin on the ruminal microbiota of feedlot cattle – Bruna Parapinski Santos – Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Microbiome of death

From carrion to soil: microbial recycling of animal carcasses – Jennifer M. DeBruyn et al – Cell Trends in Microbiology

Water & extremophile microbiome

Microbiome–metabolite linkages drive greenhouse gas dynamics over a permafrost thaw gradient – Viviana Freire-Zapata et al – Nature Microbiology

Prescribed fire regimes influence responses of fungal and bacterial communities on new litter substrates in a brackish tidal marsh – Viet Q. Dao et al – PLOS One

Plant, root & soil microbiome

The phyllosphere of Nigerian medicinal plants, Euphorbia lateriflora and Ficus thonningii is inhabited by a specific microbiota – Anderson O. Oaikhena et al – Scientific Reports

Water‒soil-air‒plant mutual feedback mechanism under the application of red bed composite polymers – Tianpeng Chen et al – PLOS One

Diversity and community distribution of soil bacterial in the Yellow River irrigation area of Ningxia, China – Xia Wu et al – PLOS One

Bioinformatics & tools

Strain-resolved de-novo metagenomic assembly of viral genomes and microbial 16S rRNAs – Annika Jochheim et al – BMC Microbiome