Events and jobs
Senior Phage Display Scientist: Antibodies – Cambridgeshire, England – Paramount Recruitment
General microbiome
Metagenomic mining of regulatory elements enables programmable species-selective gene expression – Nathan I Johns – Nature Methods
Pregnancy and early life
Seeding of the Fetal Gut Microbiome: Insights Into Origins and Significance – LF Stinson – Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
Evidence of dysbiosis in the intestinal microbial ecosystem of children and adolescents with primary hyperlipidemia and the potential role of regular hazelnut intake. – Giorgio Gargari – Fems Microbiology Ecology
Elevated Fecal pH Indicates a Profound Change in the Breastfed Infant Gut Microbiome Due to Reduction of Bifidobacterium over the Past Century – Bethany M Henrick – Msphere
Multi-site human microbiome
Microbiome-host systems interactions: protective effects of propionate upon the blood-brain barrier. – Lesley Hoyles – Microbiome
Human vaginal microbiome
Cervical microbiome is altered in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia after loop electrosurgical excision procedure in China – Hongwei Zhang – Scientific Reports
Human nearly-sterile sites (blood, organs, brain)
Human gut microbiome
The current state and future direction of DoD gut microbiome research: a summary of the first DoD gut microbiome informational meeting – Steven Arcidiacono – Standards in Genomic Sciences
Gut Microbial Dysbiosis in Indian Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. – Joby Pulikkan – Microbial Ecology
An Aberrant Microbiota is not Strongly Associated with Incidental Colonic Diverticulosis. – Roshonda B Jones – Scientific Reports
Untargeted metabolomics identifies trimethyllysine, a TMAO-producing nutrient precursor, as a predictor of incident cardiovascular disease risk. – Xinmin S Li – Jci Insight
Gut Microbiota Composition and Fecal Metabolic Phenotype in Patients With Acute Anterior Uveitis – Xinyue Huang – IOVS
Microbial interactions
Cell death as a trigger for morphogenesis. – Boris Aguilar – Plos One
Horizontal Gene Transfer Building Prokaryote Genomes: Genes Related to Exchange Between Cell and Environment are Frequently Transferred – Apuã C. M. Paquola – Journal of Molecular Evolution
Animal experiments
Preprint: Social communication between microbes colonizing the social honey bee Apis mellifera – Irene Newton – bioRxiv
Dietary butyrate glycerides modulate intestinal microbiota composition and serum metabolites in broilers – Xiaojian Yang – Scientific Reports
Bacterial lactase genes diversity in intestinal mucosa of mice with dysbacterial diarrhea induced by antibiotics – Chengxing Long – 3 Biotech
Allelic variation in a single genomic region alters the microbiome of the snail Biomphalaria glabrata. – Euan R O Allan – The Journal Of Heredity
Tall oil fatty acid inclusion in the diet improves performance and increases ileal density of Lactobacilli spp. in broiler chickens. – K Vienola – British Poultry Science
Effects of dietary Bacillus amyloliquefaciens supplementation on growth performance, intestinal morphology, inflammatory response, and microbiota of intra-uterine growth retarded weanling piglets – Yue Li – Journal Of Animal Science And Biotechnology
Temperature-Dependent Effects of Cutaneous Bacteria on a Frog’s Tolerance of Fungal Infection. – Matthew J Robak – Frontiers In Microbiology
Predominant gut Lactobacillus murinus strain mediates anti-inflammaging effects in calorie-restricted mice. – Fengwei Pan – Microbiome
Animal microbiome
Review: The mosquito holobiont: fresh insight into mosquito-microbiota interactions – Morgane Guégan – Microbiome
Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Soil pH correlates with the co-occurrence and assemblage process of diazotrophic communities in rhizosphere and bulk soils of wheat fields – Kunkun Fan – Soil Biology and Biochemistry
Seasonal Effects on Microbial Community Structure and Nitrogen Dynamics in Temperate Forest Soil – Tomohiro Yokobe – forests
High-throughput sequencing of microbial community diversity in soil, grapes, leaves, grape juice and wine of grapevine from China. – Yu-Jie Wei – Plos One
Drought Legacy Effects on the Composition of Soil Fungal and Prokaryote Communities. – Annelein Meisner – Frontiers In Microbiology
Vanillic acid changed cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) seedling rhizosphere total bacterial, Pseudomonas and Bacillus spp. communities. – Xingang Zhou – Scientific Reports
Review: Microbial modulation of plant ethylene signaling: ecological and evolutionary consequences. – Mohammadhossein Ravanbakhsh – Microbiome
Trees, fungi and bacteria: tripartite metatranscriptomics of a root microbiome responding to soil contamination. – E Gonzalez – Microbiome
Rhizosphere Microbiome Modulators: Contributions of Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria towards Sustainable Agriculture – Nicholas Ozede Igiehon – Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health
Vascular plant-mediated controls on atmospheric carbon assimilation and peat carbon decomposition under climate change – Konstantin Gavazov – Global Change Biology
Water and extremophile microbiome
Preprint: Dynamics and interactions of highly resolved marine plankton via automated high frequency sampling – David M. Needham – bioRxiv
Bioremediation of PCB-contaminated shallow river sediments: The efficacy of biodegradation using individual bacterial strains and their consortia. – Hana Horváthová – Chemosphere
Quantitative isotope incorporation reveals substrate partitioning in a coastal microbial community – Xavier Mayali – FEMS Microbiology Ecology
Built environment
Community Structure Analysis and Biodegradation Potential of Aniline-Degrading Bacteria in Biofilters – Luanfeng Hou – Current Microbiology
Food microbiology
Review: The influence of diet on anti-cancer immune responsiveness – Laura Soldati – Journal of Translational Medicine
The Efficacy of a Chewing Gum Containing Phyllanthus emblica Fruit Extract in Improving Oral Health. – Ya-Ting Chuang – Current Microbiology
Review: The Microbial Diversity of Sherry Wines – Gustavo Cordero-Bueso – Fermentation
Probiotics / prebiotics / antibiotics
The impact of Rhodiola rosea on the gut microbial community of Drosophila melanogaster – Khachik E. Labachyan – Gut Pathogens
Bacillus clausii inhibits bone loss by skewing Treg-Th17 cell equilibrium in postmenopausal osteoporotic mice – Hamid Y. Dar – Nutrition
Prebiotic Potential of Herbal Medicines Used in Digestive Health and Disease. – Christine Tara Peterson – Journal Of Alternative And Complementary Medicine (New York, N.Y.)
Phages and viruses
Identification of Novel Viruses in Amblyomma americanum, Dermacentor variabilis, and Ixodes scapularis Ticks – Rafal Tokarz – Msphere
Microbes in the news
Skin spray heals US woman’s flesh-eating bacteria wounds – Alice Klein – New Scientist
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