Category Archives: Metagenomics & Bioinformatics

September 15, 2018

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Have a nice weekend! Today, we have several papers, covering different aspects of the microbiome! Some highlights (in bold): the role of microbiota in cancer immunotherapy success; interesting study about the lung microbiota and smoking; changes in gut microbiota in asthma patients, microbiota changes in high-salt feces; an interesting article about the potential effect of dogs in veteran rehabilitation; a review about periodontitis and the microbiome; a ecophylogenetic study about mammalian microbiome, and more!

 

Human and General Microbiome

Metagenomic Approaches for Understanding New Concepts in Microbial Science – Luana de Fátima Alves – International Journal of Genomics

Review: Epigenetic Mechanisms Link Maternal Diets and Gut Microbiome to Obesity in the Offspring – Yuanyuan Li – Frontiers in Genetics

Review: NLRP3 inflammasome in colitis and colitis-associated colorectal cancer – Agampodi Promoda Perera – Mammalian Genome

Oral Microbiome Shifts From Caries-Free to Caries-Affected Status in 3-Year-Old Chinese Children: A Longitudinal Study – He Xu – Frontiers in Microbiology

Review: Roles of intestinal microbiota in response to cancer immunotherapy – Jing Cong – European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Intestinal dysbiosis and hormonal neuroendocrine secretion in the fibromyalgic patient: Relationship and correlations – Giovanni Tomasello – Biomedical Papers

Macroecology to Unite All Life, Large and Small – Ashley Shade – Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Dichotomous development of the gut microbiome in preterm infants – Thao T. B. Ho – Microbiome

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

A metagenome-wide association study of gut microbiota in asthma in UK adults – Qi Wang – BMC Microbiology

The Cutaneous Microbiome and Wounds: New Molecular Targets to Promote Wound Healing – Taylor R. Johnson – International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Phthalate Exposure and Odds of Bacterial Vaginosis Among U.S. Reproductive-Aged Women, NHANES 2001-2004 – Ruth J.Geller – Reproductive Toxicology

Para-cresol production by Clostridium difficile affects microbial diversity and membrane integrity of Gram-negative bacteria – Ian J. Passmore – PLoS Pathogens

Salt in stools is associated with obesity, gut halophilic microbiota and Akkermansia muciniphila depletion in humans – E. H. Seck – International Journal of Obesity

The local microbiome after pediatric bladder augmentation: intestinal segments and the native urinary bladder host similar mucosal microbiota – Z.F. Kispal – Journal of Pediatric Urology

The Gut-Brain Axis in Alzheimer’s Disease and Omega-3. A Critical Overview of Clinical Trials – Francesca La Rosa – Nutrients

Associations between Flavonoid Intakes and Gut Microbiota in a Group of Adults with Cystic Fibrosis – Li Li – Nutrients

Review: Insights into the Human Virome Using CRISPR Spacers from Microbiomes – Claudio Hidalgo-Cantabrana – Viruses

Review: Probiotics in the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer –  Robert Hendler – Medicines

Airway Microbiota Dynamics Uncover a Critical Window for Interplay of Pathogenic Bacteria and Allergy in Childhood Respiratory Disease – Shu Mei Teo – Cell Host and Microbe

Human skin volatiles: Passive sampling and GC × GC-ToFMS analysis as a tool to investigate the skin microbiome and interactions with anthropophilic mosquito disease vectors – Alexis P. Roodt – Journal of Chromatography B

Commentary: Regulating stool for microbiota transplantation – Pilar N. Ossorio – Gut Microbes

Associations between the gut microbiota and host responses to high altitude – J. Philip Karl – Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Exploring service dogs for rehabilitation of veterans with PTSD: A microbiome perspective – Andrew J.,Billera Hoisington – Rehabilitation Psychology

Mucosal associated invariant T cells from human breast ducts mediate a Th17-skewed response to bacterially exposed breast carcinoma cells – Nicholas A. Zumwalde – Breast Cancer Research

Periodontitis and the microbiome: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Fabrizio Guerra – Minerva Stomatologica

Formal Comment: The microbiome and the human: A reply to Parke and colleagues – Tobias Rees – PLoS Biology

Microbiota-gut-brain research: a critical analysis – Katarzyna B. Hooks – Behavioral and Brain Sciences

 

Animal Microbiome

Ecophylogenetics Clarifies the Evolutionary Association between Mammals and Their Gut Microbiota – Christopher A. Gaulke – mBio

The Inhibitory Innate Immune Sensor NLRP12 Maintains a Threshold against Obesity by Regulating Gut Microbiota Homeostasis – Agnieszka D. Truax – Cell Host and Microbe

American ginseng microbial metabolites attenuate DSS-induced colitis and abdominal pain – Chong-Zhi Wang – International Immunopharmacology

Impact of violacein from Chromobacterium violaceum on the mammalian gut microbiome – Heidi Pauer – PLoS ONE

Bacterial community composition in the salivary glands of triatomines (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) – Michele Souza Lima – PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Postnatal Administration of Lactobacillus rhamnosus HN001 Ameliorates Perinatal Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic-Induced Reduction in Myelopoiesis and T cell Activation in Mouse Pups – Eva Fuglsang – Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Absorption of Codonopsis pilosula Saponins by Coexisting Polysaccharides Alleviates Gut Microbial Dysbiosis with Dextran Sulfate Sodium-Induced Colitis in Model Mice – Yaping Jing – BioMed Research International

Tributyrin Supplementation Protects Immune Responses and Vasculature and Reduces Oxidative Stress in the Proximal Colon of Mice Exposed to Chronic-Binge Ethanol Feeding – B. Glueck – Journal of Immunology Research

Fecal Hyodeoxycholic Acid Is Correlated With Tylosin-Induced Microbiome Changes in Growing Pigs – Michaela P. Trudeau – Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Yeast Probiotics Shape the Gut Microbiome and Improve the Health of Early-Weaned Piglets – Jinqiang Xu – Frontiers in Microbiology

Probiotic Bacillus amyloliquefaciens C-1 Improves Growth Performance, Stimulates GH/IGF-1, and Regulates the Gut Microbiota of Growth-Retarded Beef Calves – Renjia Du – Frontiers in Microbiology

The Microbiome of the Gastrointestinal Tract of a Range-Shifting Marine Herbivorous Fish – Jacquelyn Jones – Frontiers in Microbiology

Intestinal Microbiome-Metabolome Responses to Essential Oils in Piglets – Yuan Li – Frontiers in Microbiology

Review: Managing the Microbial Community of Marine Fish Larvae: A Holistic Perspective for Larviculture – Olav Vadstein – Frontiers in Microbiology

Functional modulation of caecal fermentation and microbiota in rat by feeding bean husk as a dietary fibre supplement – H. Myint – Beneficial Microbes

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

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

 

Food Microbiome

Lactic Acid Bacterium Population Dynamics in Artisan Sourdoughs Over One Year of Daily Propagations Is Mainly Driven by Flour Microbiota and Nutrients – Fabio Minervini – Frontiers in Microbiology

Effect of Pressure, Reconstituted RTE Meat Microbiota, and Antimicrobials on Survival and Post-pressure Growth of Listeria monocytogenes on Ham – Januana S. Teixeira – Frontiers in Microbiology

 

Plant Microbiome

G3 PhyloChip Analysis Confirms the Promise of Plant-Based Culture Media for Unlocking the Composition and Diversity of the Maize Root Microbiome and for Recovering Unculturable Candidate Divisions/Phyla – Mohamed S. Sarhan – Microbes and Environments

Root exudates drive the soil-borne legacy of aboveground pathogen infection – Jun Yuan – Microbiome

Review: Mycorrhizal microbiomes – Mika T. Tarkka – Mycorrhiza

 

Bioinformatics

GePMI: A statistical model for personal intestinal microbiome identification – Zicheng Wang – npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Web of microbes (WoM): a curated microbial exometabolomics database for linking chemistry and microbes – Suzanne M. Kosina – BMC Microbiology

 

Other

Temporal variability and stability of the fecal microbiome: the Multiethnic Cohort Study – Benjamin C Fu – Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention

A flavin-based extracellular electron transfer mechanism in diverse Gram-positive bacteria – Samuel H. Light – Nature

 

12 September​​ 2018

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Today’s digest is full of exciting microbiome reviews and new techniques for analysing microbiome datasets.

General Microbiome

Complete genome sequence of Bifidobacterium choerinum FMB-1, a resistant starch-degrading bacterium.Jung DH. Journal of Biotechnology

Gut Microbiome

REVIEW: Nutritional Modulation of Innate Immunity: The Fat-Bile-Gut Connection.Chevre R. Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Plant, Soil, and Water Microbiome

Microbial composition, potential functional roles and genetic novelty in gypsum-rich and hypersaline soils of Monegros and Gallocanta (Spain). Menéndez-Serra M.Science of the Total Environment

Combined polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) and 1,3-propanediol production from crude glycerol: Selective conversion of volatile fatty acids into PHA by mixed microbial consortia.Burniol-Figols A. Water Research

Quantification of Agrobacterium vitis from Grapevine Nursery Stock and Vineyard Soil using Droplet Digital PCR.Voegel TM. Plant Disease

Below-ground-above-ground Plant-microbial Interactions: Focusing on Soybean, Rhizobacteria and Mycorrhizal Fungi. Igiehon NO. The Open Microbiology Journal

Animal Experiments and Microbiome

Effects of exogenous microbial inoculum on the structure and dynamics of bacterial communities in swine carcass composting. Yang X. Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Tick Microbiome Characterization by Next-Generation 16S rRNA Amplicon Sequencing.Couper L. Journal of Visualized Experiments

Effects of dietary lysozyme levels on growth performance, intestinal morphology, immunity response and microbiota community of growing pigs. Zou L. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

REVIEW: A Review of the Effect of Management Practices on <i>Campylobacter</i> Prevalence in Poultry Farms.Sibanda N. Frontiers in Microbiology.

Metabolic Syndrome During Perinatal Period in Sows and the Link With Gut Microbiota and Metabolites. Cheng C. Frontiers in Microbiology

Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Ameliorates Experimentally Induced Colitis in Mice by Upregulating AhR. Wei YL. Frontiers in Microbiology

Prebiotics and Probiotics

Probiotic <i>Lactobacillus plantarum</i> Promotes Intestinal Barrier Function by Strengthening the Epithelium and Modulating Gut Microbiota. Wang J. Frontiers in Microbiology

Uterine Microbiome

Commentary: Uterine Microbiota: Residents, Tourists, or Invaders?Altmäe S. Frontier in Immunology.

Technique

Preservation of microbial DNA in marine sediments: Insights from extracellular DNA pools. Torti A. Environmental Microbiology

REVIEW: Hypothesis Testing and Statistical Analysis of Microbiome. Xia Y. Genes and Diseases

A Zero-inflated Beta-binomial Model for Microbiome Data Analysis.Hu T. Stat

September 10, 2018

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In the today’s digest: an article on detection limits and bias with DNA extraction kits and primer choice, a novel R package to analyze timeseries in the 16S microbiome data in perturbation studies, a study on how fecal microbiota transplantation induces changes in gut microbial and metabolomic profiles of pediatric ulcerative colitis patients, plus an invitation for the first worldwide online open access course via Twitter about science and microbiology starting October 2.

Event

Third Annual Microbiome Symposium at Stanford, September 24 at the Stanford Faculty Club, Palo Alto, CA.

Human gut microbiome

*Gut microbial and metabolomic profiles after fecal microbiota transplantation in pediatric ulcerative colitis patients – David J Nusbaum – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Review: Sample preparation and recent trends in volatolomics for diagnosing gastrointestinal diseases – Tomasz Majchrzak – TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry

Special Report: The role of gut microbiota in lupus: what we know in 2018? – Lorena Ruiz – Expert Review of Clinical Immunology

Human gut virome

The Intestinal Virome and Immunity – Jessica A. Neil and Ken Cadwell – J Immunology

Human lung microbiome

The Human Respiratory Microbiome: The End of the Beginning? – Alicia B. Mitchell and Allan R. Glanville – Essentials in Lung Transplantation

Human oral microbiome

Review: The oral microbiome – friend or foe? – Kilian Mogens – Eur J Oral Science

Animal microbiome

Ultrahigh-throughput functional profiling of microbiota communities – Stanislav S. Terekhova – PNAS

Water microbiome

*Investigation of Detection Limits and the Influence of DNA Extraction and Primer Choice on the Observed Microbial Communities in Drinking Water Samples Using 16S rRNA Gene Amplicon Sequencing – Jakob Brandt and Mads Albertsen – Frontiers in Microbiology

Application of untargeted metabolomics for the detection of pathogenic Naegleria fowleri in an operational drinking water distribution system – Zhihao Yu – Water Research

Soil microbiome

Investigation on microbial community in remediation of lead-contaminated soil by Trifolium repensL. – Chenjing Liu – Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Bioinformatics

*The Block Bootstrap Method for Longitudinal Microbiome Data – Pratheepa Jeganathan – arXiv

*Course

#EUROmicroMOOC: Trends in Microbiology [The first worldwide online open access microbiology course via Twitter]

September 8, 2018

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Have a nice weekend! Today, in Microbiome Digest: an interesting study remarking the importance of personalization in the efficient use of probiotics, given their individualized impact in gut microbiota (Zmora et al., Cell); another interesting paper about the application of autologous FMT in patients in Post-Antibiotic use and a worsening effect of Probiotics (Suez et al., Cell). Today, we have also papers about the dysbiosis in coronary artery disease, a metagenome of the female reproductive tract, a trial about the role of antibiotics in IBS risk and more!

Human and General Microbiome

Post-Antibiotic Gut Mucosal Microbiome Reconstitution Is Impaired by Probiotics and Improved by Autologous FMT – Jotham Suez – Cell

Personalized Gut Mucosal Colonization Resistance to Empiric Probiotics Is Associated with Unique Host and Microbiome Features – Niv Zmora – Cell

The metagenome of the female upper reproductive tract – Chen Chen – GigaScience

Dysbiosis signatures of gut microbiota in coronary artery disease – Qi Zhu – Physiological Genomics

Review: The immunomodulatory role of probiotics in allergy therapy – Jafar Hajavi – Journal of Cellular Physiology

Efficient isolation and observation of the most complex human commensal, Demodex spp. – B. M. Clanner-Engelshofen – Experimental and Applied Acarology

Research Highlight: Boost microbiota studies – Wenjie Sun – Nature Nanotechnology

Reliability of a participant-friendly fecal collection method for microbiome analyses: a step towards large sample size investigation – Joanna W. Szopinska – BMC Microbiology

Alterations and structural resilience of the gut microbiota under dietary fat perturbations – Cong Liu – The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Antibiotics: a risk factor for irritable bowel syndrome in a population-based cohort – Laura Rindom Krogsgaard – Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Inter-relationship between diet, lifestyle habits, gut microflora, and the equol-producer phenotype: baseline findings from a placebo-controlled intervention trial – Remi Yoshikata – Menopause

Review: Effects of Sourdough on FODMAPs in Bread and Potential Outcomes on Irritable Bowel Syndrome Patients and Healthy Subjects – Leidiane A. A. Menezes – Frontiers in Microbiology

Alteration of the cutaneous microbiome in psoriasis and potential role in Th17 polarization – Hsin-Wen Chang – Microbiome

 

Animal Microbiome / Animal Experiments

Early-life exposure to gut microbiota from disease protected mice does not impact disease outcome in type 1 diabetes susceptible NOD mice – Jane A. Mullaney – Immunology and Cell Biology

Shifts in the Skin-Associated Microbiota of Hatchery-Reared Common Snook Centropomus undecimalis During Acclimation to the Wild – Andrea M. Tarnecki – Microbial Ecology

Habitat environments impacted the gut microbiome of long-distance migratory swan geese but central species conserved – Yueni Wu – Scientific Reports

Effects of mixed lactic acid bacteria on intestinal microbiota of mice infected with Staphylococcus aureus – Dayong Ren – BMC Microbiology

Green tea polyphenols modify gut-microbiota dependent metabolisms of energy, bile constituents and micronutrients in female Sprague-Dawley rats – Jun Zhou – The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Time-restricted feeding causes irreversible metabolic disorders and gut microbiota shift in pediatric mice – Dandan Hu – Pediatric Research

Compositional and predicted functional analysis of the gut microbiota of Radix auricularia (Linnaeus) via high-throughput Illumina sequencing – Zongfu Hu – PeerJ

The Effect of Co-infection of Food-Borne Pathogenic Bacteria on the Progression of Campylobacter jejuni Infection in Mice – Gang Wang – Frontiers in Microbiology

Structural and Functional Alterations in the Microbial Community and Immunological Consequences in a Mouse Model of Antibiotic-Induced Dysbiosis – Ying Shi – Frontiers in Microbiology

 

Plant Microbiome

Endophytic Bacterial Community Structure and Function of Herbaceous Plants From Petroleum Hydrocarbon Contaminated and Non-contaminated Sites – Rhea Lumactud – Frontiers in Microbiology

 

Environmental Microbiome

The effects of emerging environmental contaminants on Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolated from drinking water in planktonic and sessile states – Inês B.Gomes – Science of The Total Environment

Genetic and Functional Diversity of Bacterial Microbiome in Soils With Long Term Impacts of Petroleum Hydrocarbons – Anna Gałązka – Frontiers in Microbiology

 

September 4, 2018

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Have a nice Tuesday! Today, in Microbiome Digest: reviews about the role of gut microbiota and neuroimmune interactions in multiple sclerosis, gut microbiome and transplantation and the publication of a guidelines for the use of fecal microbiota transplant for C. difficile infection, and more!

 

Human and General Microbiome

Review: Gut microbiota, cannabinoid system and neuroimmune interactions: New perspectives in multiple sclerosis – L. Mestre –  Biochemical Pharmacology

Recent advances in basic science: Small metabolites, possible big changes: a microbiota-centered view of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease – Huikuan Chu – Gut

Review: Necrotizing enterocolitis: The intestinal microbiome, metabolome and inflammatory mediators – Josef Neu – Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Review: Challenges and Approaches in Microbiome Research: From Fundamental to Applied – Chrysi Sergaki – Frontiers in Plant Science

Editorials: The gut microbiome and transplantation: An amazon jungle – Shivank Madan – The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

The use of faecal microbiota transplant as treatment for recurrent or refractory Clostridium difficile infection and other potential indications: joint British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) and Healthcare Infection Society (HIS) guidelines – Benjamin H. Mullish – Journal of Hospital Infection

Transplanting the pulmonary virome: Dynamics of transient populations – Alicia B. Mitchell – The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Shifts in intestinal microbiota after duodenal exclusion favor glycemic control and weight loss: a randomized controlled trial – Ramon V. Cortez – Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Paired analysis of the microbiota between surface tissue swabs and biopsies from pediatric patients undergoing adenotonsillectomy – James Johnston – International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

The bacterial community and local lymphocyte response are markedly different in patients with recurrent tonsillitis compared to obstructive sleep apnoea – James Johnston  – International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Diet during Pregnancy and Infancy and the Infant Intestinal Microbiome – Jessica H. Savage – The Journal of Pediatrics

Study of Microbiomes in Aseptically Collected Samples of Human Breast Tissue Using Needle Biopsy and the Potential Role of in situ Tissue Microbiomes for Promoting Malignancy – Shen Meng – Frontiers in Oncology

Population-level analysis of Blastocystis subtype prevalence and variation in the human gut microbiota – Raul Y Tito – Gut

Low nadir CD4+ T-cell counts predict gut dysbiosis in HIV-1 infection – Yolanda Guillén – Mucosal Immunology

Detecting eukaryotic microbiota with single-cell sensitivity in human tissue – Susanne Lager – Microbiome

 

Animal Microbiome

Functional Gut Microbiota Remodeling Contributes to the Caloric Restriction-Induced Metabolic Improvements – Salvatore Fabbiano – Cell Metabolism

An intact microbiota is required for the gastrointestinal toxicity of the immunosuppressant mycophenolate mofetil – Kyle L. Flannigan – The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Intestinal Pathology and Gut Microbiota Alterations in a Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) Mouse Model of Parkinson’s Disease – Feng Lai – Neurochemical Research

Environmental temperature alters the digestive performance and gut microbiota of a terrestrial amphibian – Samantha S. Fontaine – Journal of Experimental Biology

Probiotic product enhances susceptibility of mice to cryptosporidiosis – Bruno C. M. Oliveira – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Gut microbiome correlates with altered striatal dopamine receptor expression in a model of compulsive alcohol seeking – Kshitij S. Jadhav – Neuropharmacology

Composition of the teat canal and intramammary microbiota of dairy cows subjected to antimicrobial dry cow therapy and internal teat sealant – Hooman Derakhshani – Journal of Dairy Science

Bacteria and bacterial products: Foe and friends to Caenorhabditis elegans – Fazlurrahman Khan – Microbiological Research

Enterobacteriaceae are essential for the modulation of colitis severity by fungi – Bruno Sovran – Microbiome

Impacts of polystyrene microplastic on the gut barrier, microbiota and metabolism of mice – Yuanxiang Jin – Science of The Total Environment

Data Article: Data on changes to mucosal inflammation and the intestinal microbiota following dietary micronutrients in genetically susceptible hosts – J.F. Pierre – Data in Brief

 

Food Microbiome

A vegetable fermentation facility hosts distinct microbiomes reflecting the production environment – Jonah E. Einson – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Lifestyles of sourdough lactobacilli – Do they matter for microbial ecology and bread quality? – Michael G. Gänzle – International Journal of Food Microbiology

Cheese brines from Danish dairies reveal a complex microbiota comprising several halotolerant bacteria and yeasts – Martin Kragelund Haastrup – International Journal of Food Microbiology

 

Soil or Waste Microbiome

Functional biodiversity and plasticity of methanogenic biomass from a full-scale mesophilic anaerobic digester treating nitrogen-rich agricultural wastes – J.Ruiz-Sánchez – Science of The Total Environment

Distinct rhizosphere effect on active and total bacterial communities in paddy soils – Hu Li – Science of The Total Environment

Arsenic contamination influences microbial community structure and putative arsenic metabolism gene abundance in iron plaque on paddy rice root – Min Hu – Science of The Total Environment

Compost-bulking agents reduce the reservoir of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in manures by modifying bacterial microbiota – Jin Zhang – Science of The Total Environment

 

Beneficial Microbes and Compounds

Cross-feeding amongst probiotic bacterial strains on prebiotic inulin involving the extracellular exo-inulinase of Lactobacillus paracasei strain W20 – Markus C.L. Boger – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Identification of naringin metabolites mediated by human intestinal microbes with stable isotope-labeling method and UFLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS – Taobin Chen – Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis

 

Bioinformatics

A two-stage hidden Markov model design for biomarker detection, with application to microbiome research – Yi-Hui Zhou – Statistics in Biosciences

 

August 30, 2018

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Today’s digest covers population based studies on regional specificity of the gut microbiome, guidelines on use of fecal microbiota transplant, and review articles on role of the gut microbiome in colorectal cancer, liver tumors and functional gastrointestinal disorders. Also includes articles on how xenobiotics and psychotropic drugs affect the gut microbiota, and link to wonderful bacterial art!

General microbiome

Regional variation limits applications of healthy gut microbiome reference ranges and disease models – Yan He – Nature Medicine

Depicting the composition of gut microbiota in a population with varied ethnic origins but shared geography – Melanie Deschasaux – Nature Medicine

The use of faecal microbiota transplant as treatment for recurrent or refractory Clostridium difficile infection and other potential indications: joint British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) and Healthcare Infection Society (HIS) guidelines – Benjamin H Mullish – Gut

Bile Acids, the Microbiome, Immunity, and Liver Tumors – Christoph Schramm – The New England Journal of Medicine

Review: The gut microbiome and colorectal cancer: a review of bacterial pathogenesis – Jessica D. Dahmus – Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology

Human gut microbiome

Review: The Gut Microbiome in Adult and Pediatric Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders – Andrea Shin – Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Changes in microbiota composition, bile and fatty acid metabolism, in successful faecal microbiota transplantation for Clostridioides difficile infection – Jillian RM Brown – BMC Gastroenterology

“Cocktail” of Xenobiotics at Human Relevant Levels Reshapes the Gut Bacterial Metabolome in a Species-Specific Manner – Yingdan Zhang – Environmental Science and Technology

Animal experiments

Microbial Sensing by Intestinal Myeloid Cells Controls Carcinogenesis and Epithelial Differentiation – Naoteru Miyata – Cell Reports

Transplacental immune modulation with a bacterial-derived agent protects against allergic airway inflammation – Kyle T Mincham – Journal of Clinical Investigation

Differential effects of psychotropic drugs on microbiome composition and gastrointestinal function – Sofia Cussotto – Pschycopharmocology

Butyrate and Dietary Soluble Fiber Improve Neuroinflammation Associated With Aging in Mice – Stephanie M Matt – Frontiers in Immunonology

Correlations between intestinal innate immune genes and cecal microbiota highlight potential for probiotic development for immune modulation in poultry – Nicky-Lee Willson – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Convergence between the microcosms of Southeast Asian and North American pitcher plants – Leonora S Bittleston – Elife

Water and extremophile microbiome 

In situ development of a methanotrophic microbiome in deep-sea sediments – S E Ruff – ISME Journal

Probiotics/Prebiotics

Probiotics for management of infantile colic: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials – Radoslaw Dryl – Archives of Medical Science

Bioinformatics

A multi-source domain annotation pipeline for quantitative metagenomic and metatranscriptomic functional profiling – Ari Ugarte – Microbiome

Microbes in the news

The world’s smallest masterpieces? Microscopic version of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and portraits of Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin are recreated using MILLIONS of bacteria – Daily Mail

Non-microbiology picks 

Evaluating the replicability of social science experiments in Nature and Science between 2010 and 2015 – Colin F Camerer – Nature Human Behaviour

 

August 28, 2018

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A brief Digest today featuring a review on how the microbiota affects drug disposition, a study adopting fungal growth measurement in the soil to that in the medium and in the plants, and a genetic approach to specifically depleting microbiome-derived metabolites in the host tissue.

General microbiology

* Minireview: How to determine the role of the microbiome in drug disposition – Jordan E Bisanz et al. – Drug Metabolism and Disposition

Loss of genomic diversity in a Neisseria meningitidis clone through a colonization bottleneck – Araceli Lamelas et al. – Genome Biology and Evolution

Human gut microbiome

Gut microbiota, short chain fatty acids, and obesity across the epidemiologic transition: the METS-Microbiome study protocol – Lara R. Dugas et al. – BMC Public Health

Multi-omics analyses to deliver the most effective treatment to every patient with inflammatory bowel disease – Rinse K. Weersma et al. – Gastroenterology

Plant, root and soil microbiome

Preprint: Antimicrobial, Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Proteins of Phaseoulus lunatus (Fabaceae) Baby Lima Beans Produced in Ecuador – Javier Tamayo et al. – bioRxiv

* Preprint: Fungal growth is affected by and affects pH and redox potential (Eh) of the growth medium – Lydia Bousset et al. – bioRxiv

Water and extremophile microbiome

Preprint: The role of land use types and water chemical properties in structuring the microbiome of a connected lakes system – Sophi Marmen et al. – bioRxiv

Phages and viruses

Preprint: Repurposing of drugs as novel influenza inhibitors from clinical gene expression infection signatures – Mario Andres Pizzorno et al. – bioRxiv

Technology

Preprint: Differential amplicons for the evaluation of RNA integrity extracted from complex environmental samples – Fabien Cholet et al. – bioRxiv

** Preprint: Depletion of microbiome-derived molecules in the host using Clostridium genetics – Chun-Jun Guo et al. – bioRxiv

Bioinformatics

Identifying mixed Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections from whole genome sequence data – Benjamin Sobkowiak et al. – BMC Genomics

August 25 2018

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Todays Microbiome Digest covers the topics on microbiome of animalia kingdom ranging from humans ⇒mammals ⇒ amphibians ⇒ insects , cyanobacteria, AMR versus AMS, host microbe interactions, how & which microbes create homeostatis in the human body sites.  Happy Reading!

GUT or INTESTINAL MICROBIOME:

Gut microbiome: Microflora association with obesity and obesity-related comorbidities – Lone JB – Microb Pathog

Relevance of gut microbiota in cognition, behaviour and Alzheimer’s disease – de J R De-Paula V – Pharmacol Res.

Small intestinal microbiota: the neglected stepchild needed for fat digestion and absorption – Chang EB – Gut Microbes.

Prospects for Primary Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes by Restoring a Disappearing Microbe – Insel R – Pediatr Diabetes

ANIMAL MICROBIOME:

Synergetic action between the rumen microbiota and bovine health – Zeineldin M – Microb Pathog

Establishment of a Macaca fascicularis gut microbiome gene catalog and comparison with the human, pig and mouse gut microbiomes – Li X – Gigascience

Analyses of Aerosol Concentrations and Bacterial Community Structures for Closed Cage Broiler Houses at Different Broiler Growth Stages in Winter – Jiang L – J Food
Prot.

Characterization of the bacterial community of braised chicken, a specialty poultry product in China – Liu DY – Poult Sci.

Metagenomics analysis reveals significant modulation of cecal microbiota of broilers fed palm kernel expeller diets – Chen WL- Poult Sci.

Microbial diversity in the rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum of yak on a rapid fattening regime in an agro-pastoral transition zone – Xue D – J Microbiol.

INSECT MICROBIOME:

Field-collected Triatoma sordida from central Brazil display high microbiota diversity that varies with regard to developmental stage and intestinal segmentation –
Oliveira JL – PLoS Negl Trop Dis.

FISH MICROBIOME:

Dietary salt levels affect digestibility, intestinal gene expression, and the microbiome, in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) – Hallali E – PLoS One

WATER MICROBIAL ECOLOGY:

Bacterial bioclusters relate to hydrochemistry in New Zealand groundwater – Sirisena KA – FEMS Microbiol Ecol

 

PLANT MICROBIOME:

Technique : Metagenomic assembly of new (sub)polar Cyanobacteria and their associated microbiome from non-axenic cultures – Cornet L – Microb Genom

High PAH degradation and activity of degrading bacteria during alfalfa growth where a contrasted active community developed in comparison to unplanted soil – Bourceret
A – Environ Sci Pollut Res Int.

 

INFANT MICROBIOME:

Investigating the effects of cesarean delivery and antibiotic use in early childhood on risk of later attention deficit hyperactivity disorder – Axelsson PB – J Child
Psychol Psychiatry

 

PROBIOTICS or PREBIOTICS:

The effect of a multispecies probiotic on microbiota composition in a clinical trial of patients with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome – Hod K –
Neurogastroenterol Motil.

ANTI- MICROBIAL RESISTANCE and SUSCEPTANCE:

Un-segregated waste disposal: an alarming threat of antimicrobials in surface and ground water sources in Delhi – Velpandian T – Environ Sci Pollut Res Int.

Novel bioactive peptides from PD-L1/2, a type 1 ribosome inactivating protein from Phytolacca dioica L. Evaluation of their antimicrobial properties and anti-biofilm
activities – Pizzo E – Biochim Biophys Acta

 

RESPIRATORY MICROBIOME:

Lower airway microbiota for ‘biomarker’ measurements of cystic fibrosis disease progression – Sherrard LJ – Thorax

Sputum microbiota is predictive of long-term clinical outcomes in young adults with cystic fibrosis – Acosta N- Thorax

 

HOST MICROBE INTERACTIONS:

Preventive effects of bovine colostrum supplementation in TNBS-induced colitis in mice – Filipescu IE – PLoS One

Role of wnt5a in metabolic inflammation in humans – Relling I – J Clin Endocrinol Metab.

 

TECHNIQUES:

Review: Evidence-Based Strategies for the Prehabilitation of the Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Patient – Joslyn NA – Plast Reconstr Surg.

QMEC: a tool for high-throughput quantitative assessment of microbial functional potential in C, N, P, and S biogeochemical cycling – Zheng B – Sci China Life Sci.

Review: Advances in Imaging Specific Mediators of Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Dmochowska N – Int J Mol Sci.

 

NUTRITION or DIET and TREATMENT:

Glucomannan hydrolysate promotes gut proliferative homeostasis and extends lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster – Si Y – J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci.

Cultivable butyrate-producing bacteria of elderly Japanese diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease – Nguyen TTT – J Microbiol.

Efficacy of Proanthocyanidins from Pelargonium sidoides Root Extract in Reducing P. gingivalis Viability While Preserving Oral Commensal S. salivarius – Savickiene N –
Materials (Basel).

Effects of Tempeh Fermentation with Lactobacillus plantarum and Rhizopus oligosporus on Streptozotocin-Induced Type II Diabetes Mellitus in Rats – Huang YC – Nutrients

August 22, 2018

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Today’s digest is a mix of exciting reviews and research articles. The research articles are about – association between (site-specific) microbiota changes and stunded chilhood growth, bronchopulmonary dysplasia and Ankylosing Spondylitis; new tools to analyze mother-infant phage transmission; and low cost platform to analyze gut microbiota and host biomarkers. Also includes statement from FDA on regulation of live microbiome-based products, and comparison of single versus multiple strain probiotics in intestinal dysbiosis.

General microbiome

Review: Microbiology of the built environment – Jack A Gilbert – Nature Reviews Microbiology

Considerations for Best Practices in Studies of Fiber or Other Dietary Components and the Intestinal Microbiome – David M Klurfeld – American Journal of Physiology Endocrinology and Metabolism

Review: Impact of the commensal microbiota in atherosclerosis and arterial thrombosis – Klytaimnistra Kiouptsi – British Journal of Pharmacology

Pregnancy and early life

Metagenomic analysis with strain-level resolution reveals fine-scale variation in the human pregnancy microbiome – Daniela SA Goltsman – bioRxiv

Human respiratory microbiome

Early Airway Microbial Metagenomic and Metabolomic Signatures are Associated with Development of Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia – Charitharth V Lal – American Journal of Physiology

Human gut microbiome

Stunted childhood growth is associated with decompartmentalization of the gastrointestinal tract and overgrowth of oropharyngeal taxa – Pascale Vonaesch – PNAS

Tracing mother-infant transmission of bacteriophages by means of a novel analytical tool for shotgun metagenomic datasets: METAnnotatorX – Christian Milani – Microbiome

Altered Bacteria-Fungi Inter-Kingdom Network in Gut of Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients – Ming Li – bioRxiv

Animal experiments

Hyperactivated PI3Kd promotes self and commensal reactivity at the expense of optimal humoral immunity – Silvia Preite – Nature Immunology

The Potential Role of the Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4-Like Activity From the Gut Microbiota on the Host Health – Marta Olivares – Frontiers in Microbiology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Effects of compost containing oxytetracycline on enzyme activities and microbial communities in maize rhizosphere soil – Lisha Zhen – Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Impact of soil salinity on the microbial structure of halophyte rhizosphere microbiome – Salma Mukhtar – World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Water and extremophile microbiome

Inter-Kingdom beach warfare: Microbial chemical communication activates natural chemical defences – Zeinab G Khalil – The ISME Journal

Biogeography and taxonomic overview of terrestrial hot spring thermophilic phages – Olivier Zablocki – Extremophiles

Food microbiology

How Fine Structural Differences of Xylooligosaccharides and Arabinoxylooligosaccharides Regulate Differential Growth of Bacteroides Species – Mihiri Mendis – Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Probiotics / prebiotics

Influence of monostrain and multistrain probiotics on immunity, intestinal ultrastructure and microbiota in experimental dysbiosis – E Ermolenko – Beneficial Microbes

Effect of probiotic Bifidobacterium bifidum G9-1 on the relationship between gut microbiota profile and stress sensitivity in maternally separated rats – Hirokazu Fukui – Scientific Reports

Techniques

A low-cost paper-based synthetic biology platform for analyzing gut microbiota and host biomarkers – Melissa K Takahashi – Nature Communications

Microbes in the news

Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on advancing the science and regulation of live microbiome-based products used to prevent, treat, or cure diseases in humans – Food and Drug Administration

Non-microbiology picks

Mechanisms regulating intestinal barrier integrity and its pathological implications – Chaithanya Chelakkot – Experimental and Molecular Medicine

 

August 18, 2018

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The virome of California mosquitoes, effects of climate warming on grassland microbial communities, and a few “bacteria and art” entries including a 92-foot inflatable E. coli sculpture.

General microbiome

Communities of Niche-Optimized Strains: Small-Genome Organism Consortia in Bioproduction – Stephan Noack – Trends in Biotechnology

Growth tradeoffs produce complex microbial communities on a single limiting resource – Michael Manhart – Nature Communications

Human oral microbiome

Oral microbiome development during childhood: an ecological succession influenced by postnatal factors and associated with tooth decay – Majda Dzidic – The ISME Journal

Animal experiments

Loss of HDAC6 alters gut microbiota and worsens obesity – Arnon D Lieber – The FASEB Journal

Animal microbiome

Pre-print: CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene deletion of the ompA gene in an Enterobacter gut symbiont impairs biofilm formation and reduces gut colonization of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes – Shivanand Hegde – bioRxiv

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Climate warming leads to divergent succession of grassland microbial communities – Xue Guo – Nature Climate Change

Water and extremophile microbiome

Bacterial Diversity in Replicated Hydrogen Sulfide-Rich Streams – Scott Hotaling – Microbial Ecology

Long-term in situ permafrost thaw effects on bacterial communities and potential aerobic respiration – Sylvain Monteux – The ISME Journal

Phages and viruses

Virome of > 12 thousand Culex mosquitoes from throughout California – Mohammadreza Sadeghi – Virology

Comprehensive comparative analysis of methods and software for identifying viral integrations – Xun Chen – Briefings in Bioinformatics

Phage-inducible chromosomal islands are ubiquitous within the bacterial universe – Alfred Fillol-Salom – The ISME Journal

Metabolomics

Metabotypes Related to Meat and Vegetable Intake Reflect Microbial, Lipid and Amino Acid Metabolism in Healthy People – Runmin Wei – Molecular Nutrition & Food Research

More microbes

Comparative Genomics of Nitrogen Cycling Pathways in Bacteria and Archaea – Michaeline B N Albright – Microbial Ecology

Bacteria art

Linen and Bacteria: The Hidden History of Microbiology – Clara Rodríguez Fernández – Labiotech.eu

Pomona Arts: Sara Parent Ramos: Jumble, Bunch, Grow – Inland Empire

Oxford Natural History exhibition explores benefits of bacteria – BBC News