Quite a few articles of interest today:

1. Foods that are protective of the gut microbiome: Specific oligosaccharides in breast milk can compensate for the effects of C-section births, and cranberries can compensate for the effects of dietary changes in mice.
2. A possible bi-directional relationship between the gut microbiome and high altitudes: Specific differences in the gut microbiome are associated with differences in tolerance to high altitudes in males, and exposure to high altitudes can alter the gut microbiome in mice.
3. Microbes in Space: Nitrogen cycle nicroorganisms that may be able to produce food, water and O2 in space, and exposing desert extremophiles to Martian conditions to learn about the kinds of bacteria on other planets

Also: How smoking impacts the lung virome, the association between fecal microbiome profile and phylogeny in deer genera, and the development of the dust microbiome over time in a classroom

Pregnancy and early life

*Fucosylated oligosaccharides in mother’s milk alleviate the effects of caesarean birth on infant gut microbiota – Katri Korpela – Scientific Reports

The influence of maternal vaginal flora on the intestinal colonization in newborns and 3-month-old infants – Iwona Gabriel – The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine

Fecal Volatile Organic Compounds in Preterm Infants Are Influenced by Enteral Feeding Composition – Sofia el Manouni el Hassani – Sensors

Multi-site human microbiome

Review: Talk to your gut: the oral-gut microbiome axis and its immunomodulatory role in the etiology of rheumatoid arthritis – Marines du Teil Espina – FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Human respiratory microbiome

*Smoking is associated with quantifiable differences in the human lung DNA virome and metabolome – Ann C. Gregory – Respiratory Research

Human anal microbiome

Anal microbial patterns and oncogenic HPV in a pilot study of Nigerian men who have sex with men at risk for or living with HIV – Rebecca G Nowak – AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Human gut microbiome

*Associations between the gut microbiota and host responses to high altitude – J. Philip Karl – American Journal of Physiology

Intestinal barrier integrity in patients with plaque psoriasis – Mariusz Sikora – The Journal of Dermatology

Review: Mechanisms by which gut microorganisms influence food sensitivities
– Alberto Caminero – Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Review: Selective sensitivity of the gut microbiome to iron chelators in polybacterial abdominal sepsis – Kayle Dickson – Medical Hypotheses

Review: ADHD-originating in the gut? The emergence of a new explanatory model – Anna M. Sandgren – Medical Hypotheses

Review: Guideline for the Management of Clostridium Difficile Infection in Children and Adolescents With Cancer and Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation Recipients – Caroline Diorio – Journal of Clinical Oncology

Review: Altered Gut Microbiota in Type 2 Diabetes: Just a Coincidence? – Antonio Sircana – Current Diabetes Reports

Review: Bowel Biofilms: Tipping Points between a Healthy and Compromised Gut? – Hanne L.P. Tytgat – Trends in Microbiology

Review: Fecal microbiota transplant – a new frontier in inflammatory bowel disease – Sunkara T – Dove Press

Review: Gut microbiota, cognitive frailty and dementia in older individuals: a systematic review –  Ticinesi A – Dove Press

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Animal experiments

Deletion of poly(ADP‑ribose) polymerase-1 changes the composition of the microbiome in the gut – András Vida – Molecular Medicine Reports

Lactobacillus reuteri F‐9‐35 Prevents DSS‐Induced Colitis by Inhibiting Proinflammatory Gene Expression and Restoring the Gut Microbiota in Mice – Mao‐cheng Sun – Journal of Food Science

*Cranberries attenuate animal-based diet-induced changes in microbiota composition and functionality: A randomized crossover controlled feeding trial – Jose Rodríguez-Morató – The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

*The effect of exposure to high altitude and low oxygen on intestinal microbial communities in mice – Wei Zhang – PLOS ONE

The Effects of Berberine on the Gut Microbiota in Apc min/+ Mice Fed with a High Fat Diet – Huan Wang – Molecules

The influence of gut microbiota dysbiosis to the efficacy of 5-Fluorouracil treatment on colorectal cancer – Lu Yuan – Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy

Protein deficiency reduces efficacy of oral attenuated human rotavirus vaccine in a human infant fecal microbiota transplanted gnotobiotic pig model – Ayako Miyazaki – Vaccine

In vitro experiments

Butyrate upregulates the TLR4 expression and the phosphorylation of MAPKs and NK‑κB in colon cancer cell in vitro – Tengfei Xiao – Oncology Letters

Animal microbiome

Comparison of the gut microbiota of captive common bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus in three aquaria – Akihiko Suzuki – Journal of Applied Microbiology

Bacteria richness and antibiotic-resistance in bats from a protected area in the Atlantic Forest of Southeastern Brazil – Vinícius C. Cláudio – PLOS ONE

*Divergence of Fecal Microbiota and Their Associations With Host Phylogeny in Cervinae – Jiaying Li – Frontiers in Microbiology

Probiotics modify body weight together with anxiety states via pro-inflammatory factors in HFD-treated Syrian golden hamster – Ennio Avolio – Behavioural Brain Research

Effects of short-term fasting on in vivo rumen microbiota and in vitro rumen fermentation characteristics – Jong Nam Kim – Asian-Australas Journal of Animal Sciences

The rumen microbiome: a crucial consideration when optimising milk and meat production and nitrogen utilisation efficiency – Chloe Matthews – Gut

MicrobesEvaluation of conjunctival microbiota in clinically normal persian squirrels (Sciurus Anomalus) – Houman Faghihi – Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Trichoderma gamsii affected herbivore feeding behaviour on Arabidopsis thaliana by modifying the leaf metabolome and phytohormones – Dongmei Zhou – Microbial Biotechnology

Responses of soil biological traits and bacterial communities to nitrogen fertilization mediate maize yields across three soil types – Hailing Yu – Soil and Tillage Research

Soil microbial response to Rhododendron understory removal in southern Appalachian forests: Effects on extracellular enzymes – Ernest D. Osburn – Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Insight into Bacterial Community Diversity and Monthly Fluctuations of Medicago sativa Rhizosphere Soil in Response to Hydrogen Gas Using Illumina High-Throughput Sequencing – Zhiying Li – Current Microbiology

Bacterial diversity in rhizosphere of Paspalum scrobiculatum L. (kodo millet) is revealed with shotgun metagenome sequencing and data analysis – Ratna Prabha – Data in Brief

Responses of soil biological traits and bacterial communities to nitrogen fertilization mediate maize yields across three soil types – Hailing Yu – Soil and Tillage Research

Microbial Ecology

Effects of Cd, Cu, Zn and their combined action on microbial biomass and bacterial community structure – Jiuwei Song – Environmental Pollution

Effects of graphene oxides and silver-graphene oxides on aquatic microbial activity – Kwanyoung Ko – Science of The Total Environment

Built environment

*Longitudinal development of the dust microbiome in a newly opened Norwegian kindergarten – Anders B. Nygaard – Microbiome

Microbiological analysis of contact lens cases: impact of the hospital environment – Vinicius Targa Villas Bôas – Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Microbes in space

*Nitrogen cycle microorganisms can be reactivated after Space exposure – Ralph E. F. Lindeboom – Scientific Reports

*Desert cyanobacteria under space and planetary simulations: a tool for searching for life beyond Earth and supporting human space exploration – Daniela Billi – International Journal of Astrobiology

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Bioinformatics

MetaWRAP—a flexible pipeline for genome-resolved metagenomic data analysis – Gherman V. Uritskiy – Microbiome

Approximate, simultaneous comparison of microbial genome architectures via syntenic anchoring of quiver representations  – Alex N Salazar – Bioinformatics

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Microbes in the news

The electrifying energy of gut microbes – Laty A. Cahoon – Nature News and Views

Bacteria and Art

How Anicka Yi’s Science Experiments Are Expanding the Boundaries of Art – Andrew Russeth – W