November 29, 2017

Short digest today with many popular news articles, including an article on the bacteria found on the international space station!

Events and jobs

QC Supervisor, Microbiology – Organogenesis, Canton MA, USA

Assistant/Associate Professor of Microbiology – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NYC, New York, USA

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  • Microbe physiology and metabolism

Metagenomics-guided analysis of microbial chemolithoautotrophic phosphite oxidation yields evidence of a seventh natural CO2 fixation pathway – Isreal Figueroa – PNAS

Preprint: RodZ promotes MreB polymer formation and curvature localization to determine the cylindrical uniformity of E. coli shape – Randy Morgenstein – bioRxiv

  • Human respiratory microbiome

Preprint: Modelling the effects of bacterial cell state and spatial location on tuberculosis treatment: Insights from a hybrid multiscale cellular automaton model – Ruth Bowness -bioRxiv

  • Human gut microbiome

The triune of intestinal microbiome, genetics and inflammatory status and its impact on lower gastrointestinal anastomosis healing – Jou Lee – The FEBS Journal

Review: Interindividual variability in gut microbiota and host response to dietary interventions – Genelle Healey – Nutrition Reviews

Quercetin metabolism by fecal microbiota from healthy elderly human subjects – Motoi Tamura – PLoS One

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  • Animal experiments

Preservation of three-dimensional spatial structure in the gut microbiome – Yuko Hasegawa – PLoS One

  • Animal microbiome

Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) within a pig herd – Anna Irene Vedel Sorensen – PLoS One

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  • Microbes in the news

Bacteria found on International Space Station may be alien in origin, says cosmonaut – Andrew Griffin – Independent

Treatment of abnormal vaginal microbiota prior to embryo transfer may improve reproductive outcomes –  Medical Life Sciences News

Changes in microbiome due to antibiotic exposure may increase risk for inflammatory bowel disease – Medical Life Sciences News

Around 30 jobs created at University of Southampton for £26 million biofilm research project – Aaron Shaw – Daily Echo

Connection between Microbiome and Tissue Contractions Critical for Healthy Bowel Functions – Anamika P – The Global Health News

Scientists Use CRISPR to Turn E.Coli Bacteria into a Microscopic Tape Recorder – Kyree Leary – Futurism

Deep ocean bacteria discovered to play large role in carbon capture – Science Daily

A patient’s legacy: Researchers work to make phage therapy less of a long shot – Eric Boodman – STAT

  • Microbes on the market

Microbiome therapeutics market insights shared in detailed report By focusing on Top Companies like LLC; Seres Therapeutics; ENTEROME Bioscience; MaaT Pharma; Rebiotix, Inc.; Ritter Pharmaceuticals; Second Genome, Inc.; and OpenBiome – medGadget

Biomillenia Leverages QIAGEN Bioinformatics in Microbiome-on-a-Chip Discovery of Unculturable Microbes – Business Wire

 

November 28, 2017

Identification of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria important for dark ocean carbon fixation, effects of antibiotic exposure to the maternal gut microbiota extend to offspring in mice and enhance colitis, a review on genome mining for natural products discovery.

Events and jobs

Postdoc position on biofilm-mediated co-evolution of industrial strains – Biologisk Institut, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Human skin microbiome

Measuring the microbiome of chronic wounds with use of a topical antimicrobial dressing – A feasibility study – Lindsay Kalan – PLOS ONE

Human gut microbiome

Pre-print: Endospores and other lysis-resistant bacteria comprise a widely shared core community within the human microbiota – Sean M Kearney – bioRxiv

Opinion: Human Gut Microbiome: Function Matters – Anna Heintz-Buschart – Trends in Microbiology

Review: The gut microbiome, symptoms, and targeted interventions in children with cancer: a systematic review – Jinbing Bai – Supportive Care in Cancer

Animal experiments

Intergenerational transfer of antibiotic-perturbed microbiota enhances colitis in susceptible mice – Anjelique F Schulfer – Nature Microbiology

Canagliflozin reduces plasma uremic toxins and alters the intestinal microbiota composition in a chronic kidney disease mouse model – Eikan Mishima – American Journal of Physiology, Renal Physiology

Insect-based diet, a promising nutritional source, modulates gut microbiota composition and SCFAs production in laying hens – Luca Borrelli – Scientific Reports

Animal microbiome

Comparison of the gut microbiota composition between wild and captive sika deer (Cervus nippon hortulorum) from feces by high-throughput sequencing – Yu Guan – AMB Express

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Pre-print: The effects of host species and sexual dimorphism differ among root, leaf and flower microbiomes of wild strawberries in situ – Na Wei – bioRxiv

Water and extremophile microbiome

Major role of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in dark ocean carbon fixation – Maria G Pachiadaki – Science

Investigating the bacterial community and amoebae population in rural domestic wastewater reclamation for irrigation – Bingjian Cui – Journal of Environmental Sciences

Phages and viruses

Review: Viruses of archaea: Structural, functional, environmental and evolutionary genomics – Mart Krupovic – Virus Research

Bioinformatics

Review: Omics-based natural product discovery and the lexicon of genome mining – Henrique Machado – Current Opinion in Microbiology

More microbes

Chromosome level assembly and secondary metabolite potential of the parasitic fungus Cordyceps militaris – Glenna J Kramer – BMC Genomics

Genomic assessment in Lactobacillus plantarum links the butyrogenic pathway with glutamine metabolism – Cristian Botta – Scientific Reports

Microbes in the news

Researchers conduct novel wheat microbiome analysis under four management strategies – Phys.Org

Fertility clinics treat abnormal vaginal bacteria aiming to improve reproductive outcome – Medical Xpress

Microbe threat to Mars – Andrew Masterson – Cosmos

Flies’ Feet Can Spread Bacteria – Kerry Grens – The Scientist

Despite Their Tiny Genome, A Beetle’s Bacteria Pack A Big Punch – Julianna LeMieux – American Council on Science and Health

CRISPR Harnessed to Turn Bacteria into Microscopic Tape Recorders – Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Bacteria hysteria

Warning: Those lipstick samples could be loaded with poop, investigation finds – Mandy Matney – Sacramento Bee

Science, career, and publishing

Pre-print: A design framework and exemplar metrics for FAIRness – Mark D Wilkinson – bioRxiv

November 27, 2017

Short digest today – with multiple reviews and papers on animal microbiomes, as well as an interesting art project!

Pregnancy and early life
First-trimester vaginal microbiome diversity: A potential indicator of preterm delivery risk – Mohammed Monzoorul Haque – Scientific Reports

Human skin microbiome
Skin Colonization by Staphylococcus aureus Precedes the Clinical Diagnosis of Atopic Dermatitis in Infancy – Patrick Meylan – Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Human nearly-sterile sites
ReviewGut reactions: How the blood-brain barrier connects the microbiome and the brain – Aric F Logsdon – Experimental Biology and Medicine

Human gut microbiome
Analysis of Fusobacterium persistence and antibiotic response in colorectal cancer – Susan Bullman – Science

Animal experiments
Resident Microbiome Disruption with Antibiotics Enhances Virulence of a Colonizing Pathogen – Courtney A. Thomason – Scientific Reports
# Using house finches!

Structure moderation of gut microbiota in liraglutide-treated diabetic male rats – Qian Zhang – Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volatile Oil from Amomi Fructus Attenuates 5-Fluorouracil-Induced Intestinal Mucositis – Ting Zhang – Frontiers in Pharmacology

Animal microbiome
Comparison of the gut microbiota composition between wild and captive sika deer (Cervus nippon hortulorum) from feces by high-throughput sequencing – Yu Guan – AMB Express

Review: The Gastrointestinal Microbiome: A Review – P.C. Barko – Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Metagenomic Approach to Identifying Foodborne Pathogens on Chinese cabbage – Daeho Kim – Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Review: Trade, Diplomacy, and Warfare: The Quest for Elite Rhizobia Inoculant Strains – Alice Checcucci – Frontiers in Microbiology

Water and extremophile microbiome
What intrinsic and extrinsic factors explain the stoichiometric diversity of aquatic heterotrophic bacteria? – Casey M Godwin – ISMEJ

Antagonistic bacteria disrupt calcium homeostasis and immobilize algal cells – Prasad Aiyar – Nature Communications

Probiotics / prebiotics / antibiotics
Review: Existing and investigational therapies for the treatment of Clostridium difficile infection: A focus on narrow spectrum, microbiota-sparing agents – H.G. Maxwell-Scott – Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Techniques
Book chapterComputational Approaches on Stoichiometric and Kinetic Modeling for Efficient Strain Design – Mohammad Mazharul Islam – Synthetic Metabolic Pathways

Microbes in the news
Mothers’ gut bacteria could impact future health of children: new findings – Brigid O’Connell – Herald Sun
# Part of the ENvironmental Determinants of Islet Autoimmunity (ENDIA) study

NASA fires E. coli bacteria into space to see if antibiotic resistance increases in zero gravity – Patricia Grannum – Inquisitr

Mouthwash Kills Mouth Bacteria But May Increase Risk For Diabetes – Allan Adamson – Tech Times

Artist’s feces work contributes to gut-busting research – The Japan Times

Alarm on milk with high levels of bacteria – Angela Oketch – Daily Nation
# In Kenya

Potato Bugs, Weeds, and Harmful Bacteria – Terry Mejdrich – Grand Rapids MN Herald Review

Bacteria Hysteria
Here’s Why You Should Never, Ever Share Earbuds with Anyone – Brittany Gibson – Reader’s Digest
# The article itself makes sense, but the title…

November 26, 2017

Events and jobs

Microbiology Technician – Companion Animal Clinic – Midwestern University – Glendale, AZ

 

General microbiome

Biogas from slaughterhouse wastewater anaerobic digestion is driven by the archaeal family Methanobacteriaceae and bacterial families Porphyromonadaceae and Tissierellaceae – CE Granada – Renewable Energy

Ferrosenescence: the iron age of neurodegeneration? – A Sfera – Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

 

Pregnancy and early life

Intestinal Microbiota Composition in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Age-Matched Controls – LEX Leong – The Journal of Pediatrics

 

Multi-site human microbiome

Chapter: Microbiome – M Dewar – Bladder

 

Human respiratory microbiome

Bacterial microbiota of the nasal passages across the span of human life – L Bomar – Current Opinion in Microbiology

 

 

Human gut microbiome

Review: Aging and Parkinson’s Disease: Inflammaging, neuroinflammation and biological remodeling as key factors in pathogenesis – V Calabrese – Free Radical Biology and Medicine

 

Animal experiments 

The Gut Microbiota Facilitates Drifts in the Genetic Diversity and Infectivity of Bacterial Viruses – L de Sordi – Cell Host and Microbe

Differences in the gut microbiota of dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) fed a natural diet or a commercial feed revealed by the Illumina MiSeq platform – J Kim – Gut Pathogens

Influences of quorum-quenching probiotic bacteria on the gut microbial community and immune function in weaning pigs  – J Kim – Animal Science Journal

Dietary inclusion of xylanase improves growth performance, apparent total tract nutrient digestibility, apparent ileal digestibility of nutrients and amino acids and alters gut microbiota in growing pigs – KY Lee – Animal Feed Science and Technology

Age, sex, and TNF associated differences in the gut microbiota of mice and their impact on acute TNBS colitis – AJ Kozik – Experimental and Molecular Pathology

 

Animal microbiome 

Comparative analysis of gut bacterial communities of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) pre-hospitalization and post-rehabilitation by high-throughput sequencing of bacterial 16S rRNA gene – MS Ahasan – Microbiological Research

Innate immune responses to metabolic stress can be detected in rumen fluids – E Trevisi – Research in Veterinary Science

Molecular characterization and potential sources of aqueous humor bacterial contamination during phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation in dogs – LCC Lacerda – Veterinary Microbiology

 

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Anaerobic microsites have an unaccounted role in soil carbon stabilization – M Keiluweit – Nature Communications

The rhizosphere and root exudates of maize seedlings drive plasmid mobilization in soil – H Zhu – Applied Soil Ecology

Review: AMF: The future prospect for sustainable agriculture – S Basu – Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology

Review: Modified mycotoxins: An updated review on their formation, detection, occurrence, and toxic effects – L Freire – Food and Chemical Toxicology

 

 

Food microbiology

Colonic fermentation of polyphenolics from Sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) berries: Assessment of effects on microbial diversity by Principal Component Analysis – S Attri – Food Research International

Review: Yeast and yeast derivatives in feed additives and ingredients: Sources, characteristics, animal responses, and quantification methods – GC Shurson – Animal Feed Science and Technology

 

Probiotics / prebiotics

Turning Fruit Juice Into Probiotic Beverages – ALF Pereira – Fruit Juices

Probiotics in Newborns and Children – MW Lenfestey – Pediatric Clinics of North America

 

Phages and viruses

The gut virome of the protochordate model organism, Ciona intestinalis subtype A – BA Leigh – Virus Research

DDX3 is exploited by Arenaviruses to suppress type I interferons and favor their replication – ME  Loureiro – bioRxiv

MVP: a microbe–phage interaction database  – NL Gao – Nucleic Acids Research

Immune responses in influenza A virus and human coronavirus infections: an ongoing battle between the virus and host – J Zheng – Current Opinion in Virology

 

Bioinformatics

Deciphering the Effects of Microbiome on Plants Using Computational Methods – MS Khan – Plant Bioinformatics

Application of Bioinformatics in Understanding of Plant Stress Tolerance – J Upadhyay – Plant Bioinformatics

 

Techniques

Monitoring microbial communities using light sheet fluorescence microscopy – R Parthasarathy – Current Opinion in Microbiology

Precise and simultaneous enumeration of multiplex pathogens using multiplex polymer chain reaction coupled with a novel quantitative capillary electrophoresis – C Liu – Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical

Biomarkers of antibiotic resistance genes during seasonal changes in wastewater treatment systems  – Y-N Jiao – Environmental Pollution

 

Microbes in the news

The End is Nigh — Will Biology Doom Us or Save Us? – Labiotech.eu

Study: Common food preservative harms ‘good’ gut bacteria – The Maui News

Why you should NEVER eat off your plate after a fly lands on it: Insects’ legs and wings are teeming with bacteria from rotting carcasses and faeces – Daily Mail Online

November 25, 2017

 

General microbiome

Coevolution between Mutualists and Parasites in Symbiotic Communities May Lead to the Evolution of Lower Virulence. –  PG Nelson – The American Naturalist

Survival of microbes in Earth’s stratosphere – PD Sarma – Current Opinion in Microbiology

In vitro antimicrobial activity of essential oils against enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli found in a nation-wide commercial farm survey – R Palao – Animal Production Science

 

 

Human respiratory microbiome

Bacterial microbiota of the nasal passages across the span of human life – L Bomar – Current Opinion in Microbiology

 

Human skin microbiome

Diversity of bacterial communities on the facial skin of different age-group Thai males – A Wilantho – PeerJ

 

 

Human gut microbiome

Transformation of the anticancer drug doxorubicin in the human gut microbiome – A Yan – ACS Infectious Disease

Lactobacillus acidophilus Metabolizes Dietary Plant Glucosides and Externalizes Their Bioactive Phytochemicals – MC Theilmann – mBio

 

Animal experiments 

Alterations in gut microbiota associated with a cafeteria diet and the physiological consequences in the host. – JM Del Bas – International Journal of Obesity

 

Animal microbiome 

Prevalence survey of Toxoplasma gondii in hearts from Western Australian sows – K Hodgson – Animal Production Science

The Intestinal Microbiota of Tadpoles Differs from Those of Syntopic Aquatic Invertebrates – ML Lyra – Microbial Ecology

Characterization of the upper and lower respiratory tract microbiota in Piedmontese calves – I Nicola – Microbiome

Update: The microbiome of dogs and cats – what do we know in 2017?  – C Noli – Revue Vétérinaire Clinique

Age-related differences in the respiratory microbiota of chickens – L Glendinning – PLoS One

Species-specific signatures of the microbiome from Camponotus and Colobopsis ants across developmental stages. – MO Ramalho – PLoS One

Wolbachia infection alters the relative abundance of resident bacteria in adult Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, but not larvae. – MD Audsley – Molecular Ecology

Antibiotics reduce genetic diversity of core species in the honeybee gut microbiome. – K Raymann – Molecular Ecology

Gut microbes limit growth in House Sparrows nestlings (Passer domesticus), but not through limitations in digestive capacity. – KD Kohl – Integrative Zoology

 

Plant, root and soil microbiome

Fungal Endophyte Communities in Begonia Species from the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest – AML Correia – Current Microbiology

Effects of silver-graphene oxide nanocomposites on soil microbial communities – M-J Kim – Journal of Hazardous Materials

Characterization of cellulolytic microbial consortium enriched on Napier grass using metagenomic approaches – P Kanokratana – Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Microbial competition for nitrogen and carbon is as intense in the subsoil as in the topsoil – DL Jones – Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Warming, shading and a moth outbreak reduce tundra carbon sink strength dramatically by changing plant cover and soil microbial activity. – MB Dahl – Scientific Reports

 

Water microbiome and extremophile 

Review: Microbial mat ecosystems: Structure types, functional diversity, and biotechnological application – CM Prieto-Barajas – Electronic Journal of Biotechnology

Gelidatrema psychrophila sp. nov., a novel yeast species isolated from an ice island in the Canadian High Arctic – M Tsuji – Mycoscience

 

Built environment 

Aspergillus subgenus Polypaecilum from the built environment – JB Tanney – Studies in Mycology

Enrichment of syngas-converting communities from a multi-orifice baffled bioreactor – AL Arantes – Microbial Biotechnology

 

Food microbiology

Influence of heat processing on the volatile organic compounds and microbial diversity of salted and vacuum-packaged silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) fillets during storage – D Li – Food Microbiology

 

Phages and viruses

Two new viruses, MCV1 and MCV2, which infect Marinitoga bacteria isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal vents: Functional and genomic analysis – C Mercier – Environmental Microbiology

 

Techniques

A potential new species of porcine Actinobacillus defined by multi-locus sequence analysis – C Turni – Animal Production Science

Evaluation of two real time PCR assays for the detection of bacterial DNA in amniotic fluid – PG de Velasco-Sada – Journal of Microbiological Methods

Discrete False-Discovery Rate Improves Identification of Differentially Abundant Microbes – L Jiang – mSystems

Stripping flow cytometry: How many detectors do we need for bacterial identification? –  P Rubbens – Cytometry A

 

Microbes in the news

Bacterial Art Starts a Debate on Money and International Borders – Labiotech.eu

Superbugs And Rockets Side By Side At Science Museum – Londonist

November 23, 2017

Today we have pretty much diverse Microbiome Digest particularly in the section of General microbiome. Interesting papers on E coli as a model organism for metabolic engineering, influence of exercise on our gut microbiota and influence of antibiotics on genetic diversity of honeybee gut microbiota. Enjoy reading these and many many more articles and news about microbes.

Events and jobs

PhD in Soil Microbiology, Teagasc Johnstown Castle, UK

PhD Fellowship in Molecular Microbiology, Copenhagen, Denmark

Postdoctoral Research Associate – Bacterial Evolutionary Genomics, Missoula, MT, US

Postdoctoral researchers – (Lemon Lab), Cambridge MA, US

Associate Professor/Professor in Microbiology, Nottingham, UK

General microbiome

The Immunomodulatory Drug Glatiramer Acetate is Also an Effective Antimicrobial Agent that Kills Gram-negative Bacteria – Stig Hill Christiansen – Scientific Reports

Temperate phages as self-replicating weapons in bacterial competition – Xiang-Yi Li – bioRxiv

Complete Genome Sequences of Seven Vibrio cholerae Phages Isolated in China – Sudhakar G. Bhandare – Genome Announcements

Survival of microbes in Earth’s stratosphere – Priya Das Sarma – Current Opinion in Microbiology

Review: Cable Bacteria Take a New Breath Using Long-Distance Electricity – Filip J.R. Meysman – Trends in Microbiology

Characterization of the CrbS/R Two-Component System in Pseudomonas fluorescens Reveals a New Set of Genes under Its Control and a DNA Motif Required for CrbR-Mediated Transcriptional Activation – Edgardo Sepulveda – Frontiers in Microbiology

The effect of the 2015 Earthquake on the bacterial community compositions in water in Nepal – Sital R. Uprety – Frontiers in Microbiology

Rokubacteria: genomic giants among the uncultured bacterial phyla – Eric D. Becraft – Frontiers in Microbiology

A communal catalogue reveals Earth’s multiscale microbial diversity – Luke R. Thompson – Nature

Pregnancy and early life

Microbial Mechanistic Insight into the Role of Inulin in Improving Maternal Health in a Pregnant Sow Model – Pan Zhou – Frontiers in Microbiology

Human respiratory microbiome

A practical molecular identification of nonfermenting Gram-negative bacteria from cystic fibrosis – Carolina Paulino da CostaCapizzani – Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Oral microbiome

Over-the-counter mouthwash use and risk of pre-diabetes/diabetes – Kaumudi J.Joshipura – Nitric Oxide

Profiling of Oral Microbiota in Early Childhood Caries Using Single-Molecule Real-Time Sequencing – Yuan Wang – Frontiers in Microbiology

Exploring the association between Alzheimer’s disease, oral health, microbial endocrinology and nutrition – Alice Harding – Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Oral microbiomes from hunter-gatherers and traditional farmers reveal shifts in commensal balance and pathogen load linked to diet – Florent Lassalle – Molecular Ecology

Human skin microbiome

Evaluation of short exposure times of antimicrobial wound solutions against microbial biofilms: from in vitro to in vivo – K Johani – Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Human gut microbiome

Review: Influence of microbiota on intestinal immune system in ulcerative colitis and its intervention – Sailong Zhang – Frontiers in Immunology

Exercise Alters Gut Microbiota Composition and Function in Lean and Obese Humans – Allen, Jacob M – Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

The Kynurenine Pathway As a Novel Link between Allergy and the Gut Microbiome – Aaron P. Van der Leek – Frontiers in Immunology

The gut microbiota: A new potential driving force in liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma – Marco Sanduzzi Zamparelli – United European Gastroenterology Journal

Animal experiments 

Aged Gut Microbiota Contributes to Systemical Inflammaging after Transfer to Germ-Free Mice – Floris Fransen – Frontiers in Immunology

Animal microbiome

Species-specific signatures of the microbiome from Camponotus and Colobopsis ants across developmental stages – Manuela Oliveira Ramalho – PLOS One

Spontaneous body contractions are modulated by the microbiome of Hydra – Andrea P. Murillo-Rincon – Sceintific Reports

Age-related differences in the respiratory microbiota of chickens – Laura Glendinning – PLOS One

A potential new species of porcine Actinobacillus defined by multi-locus sequence analysis – C. Turni – Animal Production Science

Prevalence survey of Toxoplasma gondii in hearts from Western Australian sows – K. Hodgson – Animal Production Science

Antibiotics reduce genetic diversity of core species in the honeybee gut microbiome – Kasie Raymann –  Molecular Ecology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Rhizosphere Microbiome Recruited from a Suppressive Compost Improves Plant Fitness and Increases Protection against Vascular Wilt Pathogens of Tomato – Anastasis Antoniou – Frontiers in Plant Science

Exogenous nitrogen addition reduces the temperature sensitivity of microbial respiration without altering the microbial community composition – Hui Wei – Frontiers in Microbiology

Parallelized, aerobic, single carbon-source enrichments from different natural environments contain divergent microbial communities – Theodore M. Flynn – Frontiers in Microbiology

The effect of Lobelia dortmanna L. on the structure and bacterial activity of the rhizosphere – KatarzynaLewicka-Rataj – Aquatic Botany

Illumina-Based Analysis of Endophytic and Rhizosphere Bacterial Diversity of the Coastal Halophyte Messerschmidia sibirica – Xue-Ying Tian – Frontiers in Microbiology

Functionality of Root-Associated Bacteria along a Salt Marsh Primary Succession – Miao Wang – Frontiers in Microbiology

An Integrated Insight into the Relationship between Soil Microbial Community and Tobacco Bacterial Wilt Disease – Hongwu Yang – Frontiers in Microbiology

Water and extremophile microbiome

Deep ocean prokaryotic communities are remarkably malleable when facing long-term starvation – Marta Sebastián – Environmental Microbiology

Interrogating marine virus-host interactions and elemental transfer with BONCAT and nanoSIMS-based methods – Alexis L. Pasulka – Environmental Microbiology

Increased Denitrification Rates Associated with Shifts in Prokaryotic Community Composition Caused by Varying Hydrologic Connectivity – Abigail Tomasek – Frontiers in Microbiology

Chapter 4.1 – The Biota of Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams: Prokaryotes, Fungi, and Protozoans – Anna M. Romaní – Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams

Fungal diversity in deep-sea sediments of a hydrothermal vent system in the Southwest Indian Ridge – Wei Xu – Deep Sea Research Part I

Environmental factors shape water microbial community structure and function in shrimp cultural enclosure ecosystems – Dongwei Hou – Frontiers in Microbiology

Taxonomic and Functional Differences between Microbial Communities in Qinghai Lake and Its Input Streams – Ze Ren – Frontiers in Microbiology

Microbial Diversity and Community Structure of Sulfate-Reducing and Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria in Sediment Cores from the East China Sea – Yu Zhang – Frontiers in Microbiology
Stratified Bacterial and Archaeal Community in Mangrove and Intertidal Wetland Mudflats Revealed by High Throughput 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing – Zhichao Zhou – Frontiers in Microbiology

 

Food microbiology

Novel insights into microbial community dynamics during the fermentation of Central European ice wine – Mária Bučková – International Journal of Food Microbiology

Diversity within Italian Cheesemaking Brine-Associated Bacterial Communities Evidenced by Massive Parallel 16S rRNA Gene Tag Sequencing – Marilena Marino – Frontiers in Microbiology

Probiotics / prebiotics

Lactobacillus acidophilus Metabolizes Dietary Plant Glucosides and Externalizes Their Bioactive Phytochemicals – Mia C. Theilmann – mBio

Phages and viruses

Bacteriophage Transcytosis Provides a Mechanism To Cross Epithelial Cell Layers – Sophie Nguyen – mBio

MVP: a microbe–phage interaction database  – Na L. Gao – Nucleic Acids Research

Biotechnology

Enrichment of lignocellulose-degrading microbial communities from natural and engineered methanogenic environments – Emine Gozde Ozbayram – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Escherichia coli as a model organism for systems metabolic engineering – Paul A.Adamczyk – Current Opinion in System Biology

Bioinformatics

Review: Computational Approaches for Integrative Analysis of the Metabolome and Microbiome – Jasmine Chong – Metabolites

Techniques

Nucleic acid purification from plants, animals and microbes in under 30 seconds – Yiping Zou – PLOS Biology

Lighting Van Leeuwenhoek’s samples – Lesley A. Robertson – FEMS Microbiology Letters

Analysis of Microbiome Data in the Presence of Excess Zeros – Abhishek Kaul – Frontiers in Microbiology

Stripping flow cytometry: How many detectors do we need for bacterial identification? – Peter Rubbens – Cytometry

Microbes in the news 

Plague Bacteria Entered Europe During Neolithic Age, Genetic Analysis Finds 

How the Immune System Identifies Invading Bacteria

Scientists Program Remote-Controlled Nanobots to Kill Cancer

Microbes on the market 

Qualitative Report on Human Microbiome Market 

Microbes and art

Superbugs And Rockets Side By Side At Science Museum

 

 

 

November​ 20, 2017

Today’s digest is brief, but it includes a great review of the skin microbiome.

Gut microbiome 

Reciprocal Interactions between Bile Acids and Gut Microbiota in Human Liver Diseases. Ikegami T. Hepatology Research

Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Disease in Spondyloarthritis. Gaplan L. Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

The Dynamics of the Gut Microbiome in Multiple Sclerosis in Relation to Disease. Mowry EM. Neurologic Clinics

Skin microbiome

Host–microbe interactions: Malassezia and human skin. Grice EA. Current Opinion in Microbiology: REVIEW

Animal microbiome

Are the estrogenic hormonal effects of environmental toxins affecting small intestinal bacterial and microfilaria overgrowth? Lichten E. Medical Hypotheses

Plant, soil, and air microbiome

Carbon Amendments Alter Microbial Community Structure and Net Mercury Methylation Potential in Sediments. Christensen GA. Applied and Environmental Microbiology

November 19, 2017

A large number of papers overall, but especially in the plant/soil microbiome and animal experiments. For the former, one is from one of the MicrobiomeDigest contributors (in green) – congratulations!

General microbiome

Genome-driven evolutionary game theory helps understand the rise of metabolic interdependencies in microbial communities – Ali R. Zomorrodi – Nature Communications

Pregnancy and early life
Low dietary fiber intake increases Collinsella abundance in the gut microbiota of overweight and obese pregnant women – Luisa F. Gomez-Arango – Gut Microbes

Multi-site human microbiome
The Akkermansia-muciniphila is a gut microbiota signature in psoriasis – LiRong Tan – Experimental Dermatology

Human respiratory microbiome
Airway microbiota across age and disease spectrum in cystic fibrosis – Edith T. Zemanick – European Respiratory Journal

Human skin microbiome
Review: Skin barrier and microbiome in acne – M. A. Rocha – Archives of Dermatological Research

Fungi in the Wound Microbiome – Lindsay Kalan – Advances in Wound Care

Environmental influences on the skin microbiome of humans and cattle in rural Madagascar – Melissa B. Manus – Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health

Human gut microbiome
The Inuit gut microbiome is dynamic over time and shaped by traditional foods
Geneviève Dubois – Microbiome

Identifying predictive features of Clostridium difficile infection recurrence before, during, and after primary antibiotic treatment – Sepideh Pakpour – Microbiome

Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Disease in Spondyloarthritis – Liron Caplan – Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

Review: Gutsy Moves: The Amygdala as a Critical Node in Microbiota to Brain Signaling – Caitlin S. M. Cowan – BioEssays

Review: The Role of the Gut Microbiome in Multiple Sclerosis Risk and Progression: Towards Characterization of the “MS Microbiome” – Anne-Katrin Pröbstel – Neurotherapeutics

Review: The gut–brain interaction in opioid tolerance – Hamid I Akbarali – Current Opinion in Pharmacology

ReviewLipotoxicity and the gut-liver axis in NASH pathogenesis – Fabio Marra – Journal of Hepatology

ReviewEvidence of giant viruses of amoebae in the human gut – Philippe Colson -Human Microbiome Journal

Animal experiments
Evaluating the impact of domestication and captivity on the horse gut microbiome – Jessica L. Metcalf – Scientific Reports

Changes of gut microbiota structure and morphology in weaned piglets treated with fresh fermented soybean meal – Zhengjun Xie – World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Brown rice and retrograded brown rice alleviate inflammatory response in dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis mice – Kemika Praengam – Food and Function

Depletion of Stercobilin in Fecal Matter from a Mouse Model of Autism Spectrum Disorders – Emily R. Sekera – Metabolomics

Comparison of (R)-ketamine and lanicemine on depression-like phenotype and abnormal composition of gut microbiota in a social defeat stress model – Youge Qu – Scientific Reports

Beyond immunity: The Imd pathway as a coordinator of host defense, organismal physiology and behavior – Zongzhao Zhai – Developmental & Comparative Immunology
# This is a review on the Imd pathway in Drosophila, and its influence on their gut microbiome.

Dietary Fructo-Oligosaccharides Attenuate Early Activation of CD4+ T Cells Which Produce both Th1 and Th2 Cytokines in the Intestinal Lymphoid Tissues of a Murine Food Allergy Model – M. Tsuda – International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Disorder of gut amino acids metabolism during CKD progression is related with gut microbiota dysbiosis and metagenome change – Yang Liu – Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis

Animal microbiome
The sponge microbiome project – Lucas Moitinho-Silva – Gigascience

Novel Microbial Diversity and Functional Potential in the Marine Mammal Oral Microbiome – Natasha K. Dudek – Current Biology

Review: Gut Brain Axis and Its Microbiota Regulation in Mammals and Birds – Jan S. Suchodolski- Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice

Analysis of Bacterial and Fungal Nucleic Acid in Canine Sterile Granulomatous and Pyogranulomatous Dermatitis and Panniculitis – Fabio B. Rosa – Veterinary Pathology

Developmental and gut-related changes to microbiomes of the cultured juvenile spiny lobster Panulirus ornatus – MC Ooi – FEMS Microbial Ecology
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Illumina Based Analysis of Bacterial and Fungal Flora in Foreguts and Hindguts of Crucian Carp (Carassius Aumtus) in Retail Markets – Mingyue Wang – Open Journal of Bacteriology

16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing reveals dominance of Actinobacteria in Rhodnius pallescens compared to Triatoma maculata midgut microbiota in natural populations of vector insects from Colombia – Luisa M. Montoya-Porras – Acta Tropica

Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Exploration, antifungal and antiaflatoxigenic activity of halophilic bacteria communities from saline soils of Howze-Soltan playa in Iran – Samaneh Jafari – Extremophiles

No single driver of biodiversity: divergent responses of multiple taxa across land use types – Jamie R. Wood – Ecosphere

Community evolution increases plant productivity at low diversity – Sofia J. van Moorse – Ecology Letters

Co-Variation of Bacterial and Fungal Communities in Different Sorghum Cultivars and Growth Stages is Soil Dependent – Thiago R. Schlemper – Microbial Ecology

Microbial communities in the native habitats of Agaricus sinodeliciosus from Xinjiang Province revealed by amplicon sequencing – Jiemin Zhou – Scientific Reports

Previous crop and rotation history effects on maize seedling health and associated rhizosphere microbiome – Maria-Soledad Benitez – Scientific Reports

Soil bacterial community response to altered precipitation and temperature regimes in an old field grassland are mediated by plants – A Koyama – FEMS Microbial Ecology
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The abundance of health-associated bacteria is altered in PAH polluted soils-Implications for health in urban areas? – Anirudra Parajuli – PLoS One

Effect of halotolerant methylotrophs isolated from saline soil rhizosphere on diminution of salt stress in wheat (Triticum aestivum l.) – Dmitry Y. Sharavin – Journal of Agriculture and Environment

Build your own soil: exploring microfluidics to create microbial habitat structures – Kristin Aleklett – ISMEJ

Influence of high-carbon basal fertiliser on the structure and composition of a soil microbial community under tobacco cultivation – Song-tao Zhang – Research in Microbiology

Impacts of environmental factors on the whole microbial communities in the rhizosphere of a metal-tolerant plant: Elsholtzia haichowensis Sun – Songqiang Deng – Environmental Pollution

Contrasting the microbiomes from forest rhizosphere and deeper bulk soil from an Amazon rainforest reserve – Jose Pedro Fonseca – Gene

Microplot long-term experiment reveals strong soil type influence on bacteria composition and its functional diversity – Jarosław Grządziel – Applied Soil Ecology

Bulk soil bacterial community mediated by plant community in Mediterranean ecosystem, Israel – I. Moroenyane – Applied Soil Ecology
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Thesis: Characterisation of Metagenomic Bougainvillea Soil DNA Through rDNA PCR Amplification – Aruna Ganesan – INTI International University

Book: Endophytes: Crop Productivity and Protection
Book chapterEndophytes as Contender of Plant Productivity and Protection: An Introduction – Dinesh K. Maheshwari
Book chapterBeneficial Effects of Bacterial Endophytes on Forest Tree Species – Akshit Puri

Water and extremophile microbiome
Pole-to-Pole Connections: Similarities between Arctic and Antarctic Microbiomes and Their Vulnerability to Environmental Change – Julia Kleinteich – Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Microbial pathway for anaerobic 5′-methylthioadenosine metabolism coupled to ethylene formation – Justin A. North – PNAS

Built environment
Droplet distribution and airborne bacteria in an experimental shower unit C.E. Estrada-Perez – Water Research

Mapping the ‘hospital microbiome’ and the spread of antimicrobial resistance and biofilm on the intensive care units from different regions – Khalid Johani – Infection, Disease, and Health

A study of microbial communities on terracotta separator and on biocathode of air breathing microbial fuel cells – Laura Rago – Bioelectrochemistry

Genomics and prevalence of bacterial and archaeal isolates from biogas-producing microbiomes – Irena Maus – Biotechnology of Biofuels

Geochemical Influence on Microbial Communities at CO2-Leakage Analog Sites – Baknoon Ham – Frontiers in Microbiology (Extreme Microbiology)

Food microbiology
Evaluation of microbial consortia and chemical changes in spontaneous maize bran fermentation – Marilù Decimo – AMB Express

Novel insights into microbial community dynamics during the fermentation of Central European ice wine – Mária Bučková – International Journal of Food Microbiology

Probiotics / prebiotics / antibiotics
Treatment efficacy of a probiotic preparation for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis: a pilot trial – Elina Manzhalii – Journal of Digestive Diseases

ReviewA Meta-Analysis of the Use of Probiotics to Alleviate Depressive Symptoms – Qin Xiang Ng – Journal of Affective Disorders

Review: Identification of probiotic effector molecules: present state and future perspectives – Sarah Lebeer – Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Review: Association between prior antibiotic therapy and subsequent risk of community-acquired infections: a systematic review – Umer Malik – Journal of Antimicrobial Therapy

Phages and viruses
The gut virome of the protochordate model organism, Ciona intestinalis subtype A – Brittany A. Leigh – Virus Research

Bioinformatics and statistical methods
Statistical analysis of co-occurrence patterns in microbial presence-absence datasets – Kumar P. Mainali – PLoS One

A Sequence-Based Mesh Classifier for the Prediction of Protein-Protein Interactions – Edgar D. Coelho – arXiv

Techniques
Analysis of single-cell genome sequences of bacteria and archaea – Robert M. Bowers – Emerging Topics in Life Sciences

A Synthetic Community System for Probing Microbial Interactions Driven by Exometabolites – John L. Chodkowski – mSystems

The inputs of metagenomics in the diagnostic of infectious diseases – G. Durand – Journal des Anti-infectieux

Genome announcements
Complete Genome Sequence of a Novel Nonnodulating Rhizobium Species Isolated from Agave americana L. Rhizosphere – Víctor Manuel Ruíz-Valdiviezo – genome Announcements

Complete Genome Sequence of Bacillus cereus C1L, a Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacterium from the Rhizosphere of Formosa Lily in Taiwan – Chien-Jui Huang – genome Announcements

Nocardia rhizosphaerihabitans sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from a coastal soil – Peng Ding – International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

The genome and microbiome of a dikaryotic fungus (Inocybe terrigena, Inocybaceae) revealed by metagenomics – Mohammad Bahram – PeerJ

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Microbes in the news
Gut bacteria at young age can contribute to MS disease onset and progression, study suggests – News Medical

Microbes on the market
Patent: Methods for distinguishing inflammatory bowel diseases using microbial community signatures – Wolfgang F. Fricke and James Robert White

Global Microbiome Sequencing Services Market Forecast to 2022 with Key Companies Profile, Supply, Demand, Cost Structure – Maciej Heyman – MilTech

Know about Microbiology Testing Market Posting +11% CAGR By 2022- Newly Invented Strategies, Healthcare Trends, Growth Opportunities, Forecast, & Key Players like Biomerieux S.A., Danaher, Becton, Dickinson and Company, Cepheid, Abbott, Alere, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Hologic, Bruker, F.Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd – MedGadget

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General microbiome

Evolution of the hygiene hypothesis into biota alteration theory: what are the paradigms and where are the clinical applications? – Chantal Villeneuve, Microbes and Infection

Human gut microbiome

Identifying predictive features of Clostridium difficile infection recurrence before, during, and after primary antibiotic treatment – Sepideh Pakpour, Microbiome

Gastric microbiome of Indian patients with Helicobacter pylori infection, and their interaction networks – Anubhav Das, Scientific Reports

Discovery of an expansive bacteriophage family that includes the most abundant viruses from the human gut – Natalya Yutin, Nature Microbiology

Fecal Transplantation for Treatment of Clostridium Difficile Infection in Elderly and Debilitated Patients – Tali Friedman-Korn, Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Myocardial infarction and gut microbiota: an incidental connection – Sepideh ZununiVahed, Pharmacological Research

Anxiety, Depression, and the Microbiome: A Role for Gut Peptides – Gilliard Lach, Neurotherapeutics

The nursing home elder microbiome stability and associations with age, frailty, nutrition and physical location – John P. Haran, Journal of Medical Microbiology

Human nearly-sterile sites

Risk of Subsequent Sepsis within 90 Days of a Previous Hospital Stay by Type of Antibiotic Exposure – James Baggs, Clinical Infectious Diseases

Human vaginal microbiome

Microbial Diversity of Genital Ulcers of HSV-2 Seropositive Women – Supriya D. Mehta, Scientific Reports

Animal experiments

The green tea modulates large intestinal microbiome and exo/endogenous metabolome altered through chronic UVB-exposure – Eun Sung Jung, PLOS ONE

Acute Administration of the Nonpathogenic, Saprophytic Bacterium, Mycobacterium vaccae, Induces Activation of Serotonergic Neurons in the Dorsal Raphe Nucleus and Antidepressant-Like Behavior in Association with Mild Hypothermia – Philip H. Siebler, Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Maternal High Fat Diet and its Consequence on the Gut Microbiome: A Rat Model – Phyllis E. Mann, Gut Microbes

Environmental Burkholderia cenocepacia Strain Enhances Fitness by Serial Passages during Long-Term Chronic Airways Infection in Mice – Alessandra Bragonzi, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Enteric Delivery of Regenerating Family Member 3 alpha Alters the Intestinal Microbiota and Controls Inflammation in Mice With Colitis – Marion Darnaud, Gastroenterology

Animal microbiome

Novel viruses in salivary glands of mosquitoes from sylvatic Cerrado, Midwestern Brazil – Andressa Zelenski de Lara Pinto, PLOS ONE

New evidence showing that the destruction of gut bacteria by antibiotic treatment could increase the honey bee’s vulnerability to Nosema infection – Jiang Hong Li, PLOS ONE

Relative importance of honeydew and resin for the microbial activity in wood ant nest and forest floor substrate – a laboratory study – Veronika Jílková, Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Common Cutaneous Bacteria Isolated from Snakes Inhibit Growth of Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola – Aubree J. Hill, EcoHealth

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Fungal community reveals less dispersal limitation and potentially more connected network than that of bacteria in bamboo forest soils – Xian Xiao, Molecular Ecology

Influence of compost and biochar on microbial communities and the sorption/degradation of PAHs and NSO-substituted PAHs in contaminated soils – Gabriel Sigmund, Journal of Hazardous Materials

Epiphytic Bacteria Alter Floral Scent Emissions – Carola Helletsgruber, Journal of Chemical Ecology

In vitro bacterization of banana (Musa spp.) with native endophytic and rhizospheric bacterial isolates: Novel ways to combat Fusarium wilt – M. Kavino, European Journal of Plant Pathology

Foliar microbiome transplants confer disease resistance in a critically-endangered plant – Geoffrey Zahn, PeerJ

The response of soil microbial communities to variation in annual precipitation depends on soil nutritional status in an oligotrophic desert – Cristina Montiel-González, PeerJ

Entomopathogenic Fungi as Dual Control Agents against Both the Pest Myzus persicae and Phytopathogen Botrytis cinerea – Hwi-Geon Yun, Mycobiology

Glycomyces rhizosphaerae sp. nov., isolated from the root and rhizosphere soil of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) – Wenchao Li, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Water and extremophile microbiome

A comparison between biostimulation and bioaugmentation in a solid treatment of anaerobic sludge: Drug content and microbial evaluation – G. Llorens-Blanch, Waste Management

Iron Chloride Flocculation of Bacteriophages from Seawater – Bonnie T. Poulos, Bacteriophages

Multi-Level Contact Oxidation Process Performance When Treating Automobile Painting Wastewater: Pollutant Removal Efficiency and Microbial Community Structures – Yufang Zhu, Water

Insights from the Genomes of Microbes Thriving in Uranium-Enriched Sediments – Brodie Sutcliffe, Microbial Ecology

Biogeography at the limits of life: Do extremophilic microbial communities show biogeographical regionalization? – Dave R. Clark, Global Ecology and Biogeography

Diversity of microbiota found in coffee processing wastewater treatment plant – Josiane Ferreira Pires, World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Food microbiology

Epiphytic fungal community in Vitis vinifera of the Portuguese wine regions – M. Oliveira, Letters in Applied Microbiology

Bioinformatics

HgtSIM: a simulator for horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in microbial communities – Weizhi Song, PeerJ

Techniques

Significance estimation for large scale metabolomics annotations by spectral matching – Kerstin Scheubert, Nature

Single primer isothermal amplification (SPIA) combined with next generation sequencing provides complete bovine coronavirus genome coverage and higher sequence depth compared to sequence-independent single primer amplification (SISPA) – Mette Myrmel, PLOS ONE

Developing selective media for quantification of multispecies biofilms following antibiotic treatment – Eva Vandeplassche, PLOS ONE

Microbes in the news

Microbiology: Bacteria disarm host-defence proteins – John D. MacMicking, Nature News and Views

Probiotics: Health boost or waste of cash? – Anne Allred, 5-ON-YOUR-SIDE

Cygnus Open for Business; Crew Unloading New Bacteria, Plant and Tech Studies – Mark Garcia, NASA blog

Bacteria Hysteria

Your supermarket is filled with germs — here are 7 facts that will make you dread grocery shopping –  Joanna Fantozzi, Insider

November 15, 2017

Virome analysis of bats and archaea, bioinformatics tools for metatranscriptomics analysis, using mass spectrometry for studying microbiome metabolomics.

General microbiome

Review: An integrative omics perspective for the analysis of chemical signals in ecological interactions – A E Brunetti – Chemical Society Reviews

Pregnancy and early life

Pre-print: Hospitalized premature infants are colonized by related bacterial strains with distinct proteomic profiles – Christopher T Brown – bioRxiv

Human respiratory microbiome

The role of the microbiome in childhood asthma – Giovanna Pisi – Immunotherapy

Human vaginal microbiome

Pre-print: A new sequencing-based women’s health assay combining self-sampling, HPV detection and genotyping, STI detection, and vaginal microbiome analysis – Elisabeth M Bik – bioRxiv

Human gut microbiome

Gut microbiota and body composition in anorexia nervosa inpatients in comparison to athletes, overweight, obese, and normal weight controls – Sabrina Mörkl – International Journal of Eating Disorders

Review: Gut Microbiota-Dependent Modulation of Energy Metabolism – C N Heiss – Journal of Innate Immunity

Animal experiments

Antimicrobial emulsifier – glycerol monolaurate induces metabolic syndrome, gut microbiota dysbiosis and systemic low-grade inflammation in low-fat diet fed mice – Zengliang Jiang – Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

A temperature sensitive Mycobacterium paragordonae induces enhanced protective immune responses against mycobacterial infections in the mouse model – Byoung-Jun Kim – Scientific Reports

Animal microbiome

Review: The B vitamin nutrition of insects: the contributions of diet, microbiome and horizontally acquired genes – Angela E Douglas – Current Opinion in Insect Science

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Brassica napus has a key role in the recovery of the health of soils contaminated with metals and diesel by rhizoremediation – Rafael G Lacalle – Science of the Total Environment

Water and extremophile microbiome

Purification of eutrophic water containing chlorpyrifos by aquatic plants and its effects on planktonic bacteria – Xing-Jian Xu – Chemosphere

Cultivation of an immobilized (hyper)thermophilic marine microbial community in a bioreactor – M Landreau – FEMS Microbiology Letters

Pre-print: Dynamics of finely resolved, abundant symbiotic marine plankton and other interacting microbes via automated high-frequency sampling – David M Needham – bioRxiv

Food microbiology

Pre-print: Fusicatenibacter Is Associated with Kefir Drinking – Richard Sprague – bioRxiv

Probiotics/prebiotics

A novel double-layer mucoadhesive tablet containing probiotic strain for vaginal administration: Design, development and technological evaluation – María Teresa Sánchez – European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Efficacy and Safety of a Multistrain Probiotic Formulation Depends from Manufacturing – Vito Trinchieri – Frontiers in Immunology

Phages and viruses

Virome analysis of two sympatric bat species (Desmodus rotundus and Molossus molossus) in French Guiana – Arielle Salmier – PLOS ONE

Review: The enigmatic archaeal virosphere – David Prangishvili – Nature Reviews Microbiology

Bioinformatics

Old meets new: most probable number validation of metagenomic and metatranscriptomic datasets in soil – Tim H Mauchline – Letters in Applied Microbiology

Pre-print: AQMM: Enabling Absolute Quantification of Metagenome and Metatranscriptome – Xiao-Tao Jiang – bioRxiv

Metabolomics

Review: Mass spectrometry-based metabolomics: Targeting the crosstalk between gut microbiota and brain in neurodegenerative disorders – Hemi Luan – Mass Spectrometry Reviews

Pre-print: Coupling MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry protein and specialized metabolite analyses to rapidly discriminate bacterial function – Chase Clark – bioRxiv

Techniques

Evaluating in vitro culture medium of gut microbiome with orthogonal experimental design and metaproteomics approach – Leyuan Li – Journal of Proteome Research

More microbes

Pre-print: Chemotaxis allows bacteria to overcome host-generated reactive oxygen species that constrain gland colonization – Kieran D Collins – bioRxiv

Microbes in the news

Specimens of Earth’s Oldest Known Life Forms Have Been Discovered in Tasmania – Michelle Starr – Science Alert

Shape-shifting agent targets harmful bacteria in the stomach – Phys.Org

Opinion: Not Just Antibiotics: Is Cancer Chemotherapy Driving Antimicrobial Resistance? – Lito E Papanicolas – Trends in Microbiology

Microbes on the market

A Silicon Valley Startup Wants Women To Test Their Vaginal Microbiota At Home – Ellie Kincaid – Forbes

Seres teams with cancer heavyweights for microbiome-checkpoint inhibitor combination trial – Nick Paul Taylor – FierceBiotech