Human microbiome

Alterations of the gut microbiome in HIV infection highlight human anelloviruses as potential predictors of immune recovery  – Boukadida et al  – Microbiome 

Vaginal lactobacilli produce anti-inflammatory β-carboline compounds – Glick et al – Cell Host & Microbe

An ancient ecospecies of Helicobacter pylori  – Tourrette et al – Nature

Review – Intestinal fungal-host interactions in promoting and maintaining health – Hill & Round – Cell Host & Microbe

Review – Gut microbiome and health: mechanistic insights – de Vos et al – Gut

Animal microbiome

Genomic and functional characterization of the Atlantic salmon gut microbiome in relation to nutrition and health – de Leon et al – Nature Microbiology

Stress triggers irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea through a spermidine-mediated decline in type I interferon – Zhang et al – Cell Metabolism

Built environment

Diverse and specialized metabolic capabilities of microbes in oligotrophic built environments  – Tong et al – Microbiome 

Plant microbiome

Multi-omics framework to reveal the molecular determinants of fermentation performance in wine yeast populations  – de Celis et al – Microbiome

Viruses

Using artificial intelligence to document the hidden RNA virosphere – Cell – Hou et al.

Rapid design of bacteriophage cocktails to suppress the burden and virulence of gut-resident carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae – Rotman et al – Cell Host & Microbe

Bioinformatics

SurvBal: Compositional microbiome balances for survival outcomes – Li et al – Bioinformatics

q2-metnet: QIIME2 package to analyze 16S rRNA data via high-quality metabolic reconstructions of the human gut microbiota – Balzerani et al – Bioinformatics 

Non-microbiome

News feature – Your diet can change your immune system — here’s how – Nature