Events and jobs
Microbiology Department Manager – Medlab Pathology – Sydney
General microbiome
The ecology of human microbiota: dynamics and diversity in health and disease – A Karkman – Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Human gut microbiome
The gut microbiome in human neurological disease: A review – H Tremlett – Annals of Neurology
Shaping the Metabolism of Intestinal Bacteroides Population through Diet to Improve Human Health – DR Covian – Frontiers in Microbiology
Animal microbiome
Effects of a protected inclusion of organic acids and essential oils as antibiotic growth promoter alternative on growth performance, intestinal morphology and gut microflora in broilers – Y Liu – Animal Science Journal
Extreme drought, host density, sex, and bullfrogs influence fungal pathogen infection in a declining lotic amphibian – AJ Adams – Ecosphere
Neoagarotetraose protects mice against intense exercise-induced fatigue damage by modulating gut microbial composition and function – N Zhang – Molecular Nutrition and Food Research
Effects of Gliadin consumption on the Intestinal Microbiota and Metabolic Homeostasis in Mice Fed a High-fat Die – L Zhang – Scientific Reports
Plant, root and soil microbiome
*Review: Rhizogenic agrobacteria in hydroponic crops: epidemics, diagnostics and control – L Bosmans – Plant Pathology
Mn accumulation in a submerged plant Egeria densa (Hydrocharitaceae) is mediated by epiphytic bacteria – K Tsuji – Plant, Cell and Environment
Water microbiome and extremophiles
Microbial players and processes involved in phytoplankton bloom utilization in the water column of a fast-flowing, river-dominated estuary – MW Smith – Microbiology Open
Metagenomics of Hyperthermophilic Environments: Biodiversity and Biotechnology – A Strazzulli – Microbial Ecology of Extreme Environments
Sediment depth and habitat as predictors of the diversity and composition of sediment bacterial communities in an inter-tidal estuarine environment – DFR Cleary – Marine Ecology
Crenarchaeal Viruses of Hot Springs: Diversity, Ecology and Co-evolution – AC Ortmann – Microbial Ecology of Extreme Environments
*Review: Marine Prasinoviruses and Their Tiny Plankton Hosts: A Review – KD Weynberg – Viruses
Microbial Electron Transport in the Deep Subsurface – J Hinks – Microbial Ecology of Extreme Environments
New Insights into the Microbial Diversity of Polar Desert Soils: A Biotechnological Perspective – J v Dorst – Microbial Ecology of Extreme Environments
Transcriptomics
Mechanism for microbial population collapse in a fluctuating resource environment – S Turkarslan – Molecular Systems Biology
Techniques
SILVA, RDP, Greengenes, NCBI and OTT — how do these taxonomies compare? – M Balvociute – BMC Genomics
Prediction of virus-host infectious association by supervised learning methods – M Zhang – BMC Bioinformatics
Comparison of methods for identification of microbial communities in book collections: Culture-dependent (sequencing and MALDI-TOF MS) and culture-independent (Illumina MiSeq) – L Krakova – International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation
More microbes
*Review: The role of bacillithiol in Gram-positive Firmicutes – P Chandrangsu – Antioxidants & Redox Signaling
The effect of antibiotics and diet on enterolactone concentration and metabolome studied by targeted and non-targeted LC-MS metabolomics – AK Bolviq – Journal of Proteome Research
Exploring the Viral Ecology of High Latitude Aquatic Systems – C Chenard – Microbial Ecology of Extreme Environments
The Nature and Relevance of Solvent Stress in Microbes and Mechanisms of Tolerance – M Manefield – Microbial Ecology of Extreme Environments
Surveillance of Exhibit Associated Aquatic Viruses Using Next Generation Sequencing Technologies – WV Bonn – IAAAM 2016
Microbes in the news
Before you consume billions of live bacteria … – E Cauthorn – Las Vegas Sun
Bacteria between humans and pets? Could improve global health: researchers – M Shah – Toronto Sun
There is a reason dogs like meat – NZ Herald
ANTIBIOTIC APOCALYPSE: Harvard reveals doomsday scenario that could KILL 10 million a year – O Smith – Express
THE ALTERATION OF THE INTESTINAL MICROBIOTA COULD PROTECT METABOLIC DISEASES – Zoe – The Quebec Times
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