Category Archives: Metagenomics & Bioinformatics

October 2, 2017

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This Monday we have quite short digest with interesting review from K. Rosenthal about microbial single cell analysis,  T. K. Hattenrath-Lehmann tells us about microbes associated with harmful algal blooms while G. Chen demonstrates mutualistic interaction between bacteria in anaerobic mixed culture. Enjoy your reading.

Events and jobs

Tenure Track Faculty Position in Microbial Systems/Synthetic Biology, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

General microbiome

Review: Beyond the bulk: disclosing the life of single microbial cells  – Katrin Rosenthal – FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Metagenomic assessment of the interplay between the environment and the genetic diversification of Acinetobacter – Marc Garcia-Garcera – Environmental Microbiology

Mutualistic interaction between dichloromethane- and chloromethane-degrading bacteria in an anaerobic mixed culture – Gao Chen – Environmental Microbiology

Human skin microbiome

Antisepsis of the skin before spinal surgery with povidone iodine-alcohol followed by chlorhexidine gluconate-alcohol versus povidone iodine-alcohol applied twice for the prevention of contamination of the wound by bacteria – S. Patrick – The Bone & Joint Journal

Human nearly-sterile sites 

Microbiota regulates bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell lineage differentiation and immunomodulation – E Xiao – Stem Cell Research & Therapy

Human gut microbiome

Sulphate-reducing bacteria from ulcerative colitis patients induce apoptosis of gastrointestinal epithelial cells – Cláudia Mara Lara Melo Coutinho –  Microbial Pathogenesis

Animal experiments

Changes in the microbiota cause genetically modified Anopheles to spread in a population – Andrew Pike – Science

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Impact of spatial organization on a novel auxotrophic interaction among soil microbes – Xue Jiang – bioRxiv

Novel archaeal thermostable cellulases from an oil reservoir metagenome – Anna Lewin – AMB Express

Periodically spilled-oil input as a trigger to stimulate the development of hydrocarbon-degrading consortia in a beach ecosystem – Kai Zhang – Scientific Reports

Water and extremophile microbiome 

Identification of unique microbiomes associated with harmful algal blooms caused by Alexandrium fundyense and Dinophysis acuminata -Theresa K.Hattenrath-Lehmann – Harmful Algae

Metagenomic insights into zooplankton-associated bacterial communities – Daniele De Corte – Environmental Microbiology

Strong impact of anthropogenic contamination on the co-occurrence patterns of a riverine microbial community – Anyi Hu – Environmental Microbiology

Microbial Diversity in a Hypersaline Sulfate Lake: A Terrestrial Analog of Ancient Mars – Alexandra Pontefract – Frontiers in Microbiology

Bioinformatics

SAMSA2: A standalone metatranscriptome analysis pipeline – Samuel T. Westreich – bioRxiv

Microbes in the news 

Oral sex spreading unstoppable bacteria

 

September 29, 2017

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General microbiome

Metabolic and process engineering for biodesulfurization in Gram-negative bacteria – I. Martínez, Journal of Biotechnology

Biofilms: Survival and defense strategy for pathogens – Ashutosh Kumar, International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Effect of Substrate Conversion on Performance of Microbial Fuel Cells and Anodic Microbial Communities – Zhao Yang-Guo, Environmental Engineering Science

Comparison of the impacts of zinc ions and zinc nanoparticles on nitrifying microbial community – Qiang Wu, Journal of Hazardous Materials

Models of microbiome evolution incorporating host and microbial selection – Qinglong Zeng, Microbiome

Pregnancy and early life

Impact of delivery mode on the colostrum microbiota composition – Marco Toscano, BMC Microbiology

Multi-site human microbiome

Human Microbiome in Brazil – Luciana Campos Paulino, The Brazilian Microbiome

Forensic genetics and genomics: Much more than just a human affair – Miguel Arenas, PLoS Genetics

South Asian Health: Inflammation, Infection, Exposure, and the Human Microbiome – Jennifer Leng, Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Natural Products as Platforms To Overcome Antibiotic Resistance – Sean E. Rossiter, Chemical Reviews

Intestinal Dysbiosis and Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Link between Gut Microbiota and the Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis – Gabriel Horta-Baas, Journal of Immunology Research

Human respiratory microbiome

Individual Patterns of Complexity in Cystic Fibrosis Lung Microbiota, Including Predator Bacteria, over a 1-Year Period – Juan de Dios Caballero, mBio

Sputum microbiota in severe asthma patients: Relationship to eosinophilic inflammation – Naijian Li, Respiratory Medicine

Human skin microbiome

Culture characterization of the skin microbiome in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a focus on the role of innate immunity – Akshay Thimmappaiah Jagadeesh, Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Human vaginal microbiome

Lactobacillus iners-dominated vaginal microbiota is associated with increased susceptibility to Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Dutch women: a case–control study – Robin van Houdt, Epidemiology

Human gut microbiome

Bacterial chat: intestinal metabolites and signals in host -microbiota -pathogen interactions – Bruna C. Lustri, Infection and Immunity

Gut inflammation and dysbiosis in human motor neuron disease – Julie Rowin, Physiological Reports

Molecular basis of gut microbiome-associated colorectal cancer: A synthetic perspective – Alan R. Healy, Journal of American Chemical Society

Metagenomic Paleomicrobiology Characterizes Fecal Microbiomes and Viromes of Pre-Columbian Cultures from Vieques, Puerto Rico – Jessica I. Rivera-Perez, ProQuest

A randomised trial of the effect of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplements on the human intestinal microbiota – Henry Watson, BMJ Journals

Functional Changes in the Gut Microbiome Contribute to Transforming Growth Factor β-Deficient Colon Cancer – Scott G. Daniel, mSystems

The Induction of Oxalate Metabolism In Vivo Is More Effective with Functional Microbial Communities than with Functional Microbial Species – Aaron W. Miller, mSystems

Thiamine Acquisition Strategies Impact Metabolism and Competition in the Gut Microbe Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron – Zachary A. Costliow, mSystems

Human oral microbiome

Host Genetic and Environemental Associations and the Human Salivary Microbiome – Brittany Ann Demmitt, ProQuest

Animal microbiome

Pathogenesis of oral FIV infection – Craig Miller, PLoS ONE

Photosynthetic epibionts and endobionts of Pacific oyster shells from oyster reefs in rocky versus mudflat shores – Laurent Barillé, PLoS ONE

Free-living and captive turtles and tortoises as carriers of new Chlamydia spp. – Agata Mitura, PLoS ONE

Microbiomes Associated with Animals: Implications for Livestock and Animal Production – Hilario Cuquetto Mantovani, The Brazilian Microbiome

Maintenance of distal intestinal structure in the face of prolonged fasting: A comparative examination of species from five vertebrate classes – Marshall D. McCue, The Anatomical Record

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Assessment of derelict soil quality: Abiotic, biotic and functional approaches – Quentin Vincent, Science of The Total Environment

Endophytic fungal communities of Polygonum acuminatum and Aeschynomene fluminensis are influenced by soil mercury contamination – William Pietro-Souza, PLoS ONE

Shifts in the bacterial community composition along deep soil profiles in monospecific and mixed stands of Eucalyptus grandis and Acacia mangium – Arthur Prudêncio de Araujo Pereira, PLoS ONE

Temporal dynamics in microbial soil communities at anthrax carcass sites – Karoline Valseth, BMC Microbiology

Pyrosequencing reveals soil enzyme activities and bacterial communities impacted by graphene and its oxides – Yan Rong, Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry

Alterations in soil fungal community composition and network assemblage structure by different long-term fertilization regimes are correlated to the soil ionome – Chao Xue, Biology and Fertility of Soils

The Brazilian Soil Microbiome – Fernando Dini Andreote, The Brazilian Microbiome

Lechevalieria rhizosphaerae sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from rhizosphere soil of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and emended description of the genus Lechevalieria – Junwei Zhao, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Carbon nanomaterials alter plant physiology and soil bacterial community composition in a rice-soil-bacterial ecosystem – Yi Hao, Environmental Pollution

Potential sources of microbial colonizers in an initial soil ecosystem after retreat of an alpine glacier – Thomas Rime, ISME

Jaminaea pallidilutea sp. nov. (Microstromatales), a basidiomycetous yeast isolated from plant material of mangrove forests in Iran – Shaghayegh Nasr, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Klebsiella sp. confers enhanced tolerance to salinity and plant growth promotion in oat seedlings (Avena sativa) – Swapnil Sapre, Microbiological Research

Bacterial traits and quality contribute to the diet choice and survival of bacterial-feeding nematodes – Ting Liu, Soil Biology and Biochemistry

A novel Burkholderia ambifaria strain able to degrade the mycotoxin fusaric acid and to inhibit Fusarium spp. growth – Ester Simonetti, Microbiological Research

Impact of herbicide application on Beneficial soil microbial community, Nodulation and Yield parameters of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) – Raghavendra, K. S, Bulletin of Environment, Pharmacology and Life Sciences

Isolation And Characterization of Phosphate Solubilizing Microorganisms From Maize Rhizosperic Soils – S. Vinod Babu, Bulletin of Environment, Pharmacology and Life Sciences

Aerobic deterioration of corn stalk silage and its effect on methane production and microbial community dynamics in anaerobic digestion – Huan Zhang, Bioresource Technology

Plant Microbiome: Composition and Functions in Plant Compartments – Maike Rossmann, The Brazilian Microbiome

Changing soil legacies to direct restoration of plant communities – E Pernilla Brinkman, AoB Plants

Water and extremophile microbiome

Change in Emiliania huxleyi Virus Assemblage Diversity but Not in Host Genetic Composition during an Ocean Acidification Mesocosm Experiment – Andrea Highfield, Viruses

Shifts in diversity and function of lake bacterial communities upon glacier retreat – Hannes Peter, ISME

Expression and characterization of a new heat-stable endo-type alginate lyase from deep-sea bacterium Flammeovirga sp. NJ-04 – Benwei Zhu, Extremophiles

Wastewater treatment plant effluent introduces recoverable shifts in microbial community composition in receiving streams – Jacob R. Price, Science of The Total Environment

Insight into the microbial community and its succession of a coupling anaerobic-aerobic biofilm on semi-suspended bio-carriers – Bing Tang, Bioresource Technology

Acclimation to extremely high ammonia levels in continuous biomethanation process and the associated microbial community dynamics – Hailin Tian, Bioresource Technology

Effect of hydraulic retention time on microbial community in biochemical passive reactors during treatment of acid mine drainage – Yaneth Vasquez, Bioresource Technology

Microbial megacities fueled by methane oxidation in a mineral spring cave – Clemens Karwautz, ISME

Built environment

Microbes and associated soluble and volatile chemicals on periodically wet household surfaces – Rachel I. Adams, Microbiome

Food microbiology

Traditional Norwegian Kveik Yeasts: Underexplored Domesticated Saccharomyces cerevisiae Yeasts – Richard Preiss, bioRxiv

Probiotics / prebiotics

Prebiotic Oligosaccharides: Special Focus on Fructooligosaccharides, Its Biosynthesis and Bioactivity – Sudhir P. Singh, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Single-strain vs multi-strain probiotic supplementation strategy against rheumatoid arthritis – Giancarlo Ceccarelli, Arthritis and Rheumatology

The Genomic Basis of Lactobacilli as Health-Promoting Organisms –  Elisa Salvetti, Microbiology Spectrum

Phages and viruses

Phage mobility is a core determinant of phage-bacteria coexistence in biofilms – Matthew Simmons, bioRxiv

Bioinformatics

Bioinformatics for Microbiome Research: Concepts, Strategies, and Advances – Leandro Nascimento Lemos, The Brazilian Microbiome

Techniques

A universal, genome-wide guide finder for CRISPR/Cas9 targeting in microbial genomes – Michelle Spoto, bioRxiv

Direct PCR offers a fast and reliable alternative to conventional DNA isolation methods for animal gut microbiomes – Elin Videvall, bioRxiv

Microbes in the news

Artwork brings ‘echoes of DNA’ to UB’s new medical school building – ELLEN GOLDBAUM, UBNow

JooMo launches new body wash with skin bacteria tech – Lucy Whitehouse, Cosmetics Design Europe

September 27, 2017

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Human oral microbiome

Complex Intratissue Microbiota Forms Biofilms in Periodontal Lesions – Baek K – Journal of Dental Research

Human vaginal microbiome

Lactobacillus iners-dominated vaginal microbiota is associated with increased susceptibility to Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Dutch women: a case–control study – Robin van Houdt – Sexually Transmitted Infections

Human gut microbiome

[Review] Modulation of Type 1 Diabetes Risk by the Intestinal Microbiome – Knip M – Current Diabetes Reports

[Review] The Relationship Between the Human Genome and Microbiome Comes into View – Julia K. Goodrich – Annual Review of Genetics

Animal microbiome

[pre-print] The virome of Drosophila suzukii, an invasive pest of soft fruit – Nathan C. Medd – bioRxiv

Characterisation of North American Brucella isolates from marine mammals – Adrian M. Whatmore – PLOS ONE

Denitrification potential of the eastern oyster microbiome using a 16S rRNA gene based metabolic inference approach – Ann Arfken – PLOS ONE

Effects of Eimeria tenella infection on chicken caecal microbiome diversity, exploring variation associated with severity of pathology – Sarah E. Macdonald – PLOS ONE

Microbial characterization of bee pollen from the Vesuvius area collected by using three different traps – Gianluigi Mauriello – PLOS ONE

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Multiscale Investigation on Biofilm Distribution and its Impact on Macroscopic Biogeochemical Reaction Rates – Zhifeng Yan – Water Resources Research

Comparative metagenomics approaches to characterize the soil fungal communities of western coastal region, Saudi Arabia – Tarek A. A. Moussa – PLOS ONE

Bacterial and diazotrophic diversities of endophytes in Dendrobium catenatum determined through barcoded pyrosequencing – Ou Li – PLOS ONE

A secreted antibacterial neuropeptide shapes the microbiome of Hydra – René Augustin – Nature Communications

Probiotics / prebiotics

Methanobrevibacter attenuation via probiotic intervention reduces flatulence in adult human: A non-randomised paired-design clinical trial of efficacy – Minseok Seo – PLOS ONE

Bioinformatics

Predicting metabolic adaptation from networks of mutational paths – Christos Josephides & Peter S. Swain – Nature Communications

Microbes in the news 

Florida Seawater Bacteria Death Toll Rises – Patch

Researchers Find New Microbial Communities in Human Body

Microbes on the market

Paris-based Eligo Bioscience secures $20 million to bring Precision Medicine to the Microbiome – EU-Startups

Science, publishing, and career

New open-access journal Metabarcoding & Metagenomics joins the lines of publisher Pensoft – EurekAlert!

Ed’s non-microbiology picks

Infants make more attempts to achieve a goal when they see adults persist – Julia A. Leonard – Science

University of Tokyo pair invent loop-based quantum computing technique

Cancer immunotherapy with recombinant poliovirus induces IFN-dominant activation of dendritic cells and tumor antigen–specific CTLs – Michael C. Brown – Science Translational Medicine

Stereodivergent synthesis with a programmable molecular machine – Salma Kassem, – Nature

Trispecific broadly neutralizing HIV antibodies mediate potent SHIV protection in macaques – Ling Xu – Science

September 26, 2017

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Today’s digest is a delight for dog lovers – an interesting look at the nasal microbiome of dogs and two interesting studies on freshwater phages. Lastly, researchers in South Korea establish a human stool bank.

Human Gut Microbiome

REVIEW: A review of the relationship between the gut microbiota and amino acid metabolism

Lin R.Amino Acids

Advanced glycation end products dietary restriction effects on bacterial gut microbiota in peritoneal dialysis patients; a randomized open label controlled trial

Yacoub R. PloS one

Oral Microbiome

Exploring the salivary microbiome of children stratified by the oral hygiene index

Mashima I. PLoS ONE

Animal experiments and microbiome

Ground Juniperus pinchotii and urea in supplements fed to Rambouillet ewe lambs Part 2: Ewe lamb rumen microbial communities

Ishaq SL. Journal of Animal Science

Characterization of the nasal and oral microbiota of detection dogs

Isaiah A. PLoS one

Marine and Inland Water microbiome 

Biodiversity and species competition regulate the resilience of microbial biofilm community

Feng K. Molecular Ecology

Plant and soil microbiome

The Fructan Syndrome: Evolutionary Aspects and Common Themes Among Plants and Microbes

Versluys M. Plant, Cell & Environment

Agricultural land use determines functional genetic diversity of soil microbial communities

Manoharan L. Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Synergetic suppression of soybean cyst nematodes by chitosan and Hirsutella minnesotensis via the assembly of the soybean rhizosphere microbial communities

Mwaheb MAMA .Biological Control

Patterns and mechanisms of responses by soil microbial communities to nitrogen addition

Zhou Z. Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Links between plant and fungal diversity in habitat fragments of coastal shrubland.

Maltz MR. PloS one

The response of soil bacterial communities to mining subsidence in the west China aeolian sand area

Shi P. Applied Soil Ecology

Comparative metagenomics approaches to characterize the soil fungal communities of western coastal region, Saudi Arabia

Moussa TAA. PLoS one

Disentangling environmental and host sources of fungal endophyte communities in an experimental beachgrass study

David AS. Molecular Ecology

Virome

Metaproteomics of marine viral concentrates reveals key viral populations and abundant periplasmic proteins in the oligotrophic deep chlorophyll maximum of the deep chlorophyll maximum of the South China Sea

Xie ZX. Environmental Microbiology

Genome characteristics and environmental distribution of the first phage that infects the LD28 clade, a freshwater methylotrophic bacterial group

Moon K. Environmental Microbiology

Protocol

Assessment of molecular detection of anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria in different environmental samples using PCR primers based on 16S rRNA …

Han P. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Use of RNALater® Preservation for Virome Sequencing in Outbreak settings

Kohl C.Frontiers in Microbiology

DESMAN: a new tool for de novo extraction of strains from metagenomes

Quince C. Genome Biology

Microbiome News

Korea’s first stool bank gets down to business

-Korean Biomedical Review

September 22, 2017

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Human Microbiome

Microbiome profile of the amniotic fluid as a predictive biomarker of perinatal outcome – Daichi Urushiyama – Scientific Reports

Role of gut microbiota on cardio-metabolic parameters and immunity in coronary artery disease patients with and without type-2 diabetes mellitus – Lidia Sanchez-Alcoholado – Frontiers in Microbiology

Perspective: Linking the gut microbial ecosystem with the environment: does gut health depend on where we live? – Nishat Tasnim – Frontiers in Microbiology

Effect of caloric restriction on gut permeability, inflammation markers, and fecal microbiota in obese women – Beate Ott – Scientific Reports

Perspective: The immunology of the allergy epidemic and the hygiene hypothesis – Bart N Lambrecht – Nature Immunology

Pearls: The microbiome and the hallmarks of cancer – Laura E. Fulbright – PLoS Pathogens

Exploring the salivary microbiome of children stratified by the oral hygiene index – Izumi Mashima – PLoS ONE

 

Built Site Microbiome

Metagenomic characterization of ambulances across the USA – Niamh B. O’Hara – Microbiome (BMC)

 

Food Microbiome

Review: A Review on the Applications of Next Generation Sequencing Technologies as Applied to Food-Related Microbiome Studies – Yu Cao – Frontiers in Microbiology

Bottled aqua incognita: microbiota assembly and dissolved organic matter diversity in natural mineral waters – Celine C. Lesaulnier – Microbiome (BMC)

 

Pathogen Research

An engineered bispecific DNA-encoded IgG antibody protects against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a pneumonia challenge model – Ami Patel – Nature Communications

Illusions regarding Helicobacter pylori clinical trials and treatment guidelines – David Y Graham – Gut (BMJ)

 

Beneficial Microbes

Akkermansia muciniphila May Determine the Ameliorating or Aggravating Effects of Chondroitin Sulfate on Osteoarthritis – Qing-Ping Zeng – Frontiers in Microbiology

Minireview: Next-Generation Beneficial Microbes: The Case of Akkermansia muciniphila – Patrice D. Cani – Frontiers in Microbiology

The PGPR Stenotrophomonas maltophilia SBP-9 augments resistance against biotic and abiotic stress in wheat plants – Prabhat N. Jha – Frontiers in Microbiology

 

Beneficial Molecules

pH-dependant antifungal activity of valproic acid against the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans – Julien Chaillot – Frontiers in Microbiology

Dietary teasaponin ameliorates alteration of gut microbiota and cognitive decline in diet-induced obese mice – Sen Wang – Scientific Reports

Mulberry leaf alleviates streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats by attenuating NEFA signaling and modulating intestinal microflora – Yao Sheng – Scientific Reports

 

Microbial Evolution

New Insights into the Diversity of the Genus Faecalibacterium – Leandro Benevides – Frontiers in Microbiology

 

Environmental Microbiology

Insights into microalga and bacteria interactions of selected phycosphere biofilms using metagenomic, transcriptomic and proteomic approaches – Ines Krohn-Molt – Frontiers in Microbiology

 

Bioinformatics, Genomics and Methodologies

Genomic GC-content affects the accuracy of 16S rRNA gene sequencing based microbial profiling due to PCR bias – Martin I. Bahl – Frontiers in Microbiology

Preprint: Optimizing scoring function of dynamic programming of pairwise profile alignment using derivative free neural network – Kazunori D. Yamada – BioRxiv

Improving contig binning of metagenomic data using dS2 oligonucleotide frequency dissimilarity – Ying Wang – BMC Bioinformatics

A Laboratory Methodology for Dual RNA-Sequencing of Bacteria and their Host Cells In Vitro – James W. Marsh – Frontiers in Microbiology

 

Other

Review: A review of the relationship between the gut microbiota and amino acid metabolism – Rui Lin – Amino Acids (Springer)

 

September 13,2017

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Our midweek digest is a treat for wine drinkers- two studies looking at vineyard microbiomes and news of how Nestlé is moving into microbiome research. Lastly, read about an exciting workflow that makes it easier to map the resistome.

General Microbiome

Microbial communities in placentas from term normal pregnancy exhibit spatially variable profiles.

Parnell LA .Scientific Reports

Human gut microbiome

Host-microbe interaction in the gastrointestinal tract.

Parker A.Environmental Microbiology Report

Gut microbiota composition is associated with polypharmacy in elderly hospitalized patients.

Ticinesi A.Scientific Reports

Microbes in Infant Gut Development: Placing Abundance Within Environmental, Clinical and Growth Parameters.

Obermajer T.Scientific Reports

Animal experiments and microbiome

Gut bacteria from multiple sclerosis patients modulate human T cells and exacerbate symptoms in mouse models.

Cekanaviciute E, PNAS

The microbiota influences cell death and microglial colonization in the perinatal mouse brain.

Castillo-Ruiz A. Brain, Behaviour, and Immunity

Microbial colonization is required for normal neurobehavioral development in zebrafish.

Phelps D,.Scientific Reports

Biotechnology 

Ozone-cathode microbial desalination cell; An innovative option to bioelectricity generation and water desalination.

Gholizadeh A. Chemosphere.

Plant and soil microbiome

Grape microbiome as a reliable and persistent signature of field origin and environmental conditions in Cannonau wine production.

Mezzasalma V. PLoS One.

Is microbial terroir related to geographic distance between vineyards?

Miura T. Environmental Microbiology Reports

Bacteria utilising plant-derived carbon in the rhizosphere of Triticum aestivum change in different depths of an arable soil.

Uksa M. Environmental Microbiology Reports

Mining the Volatilomes of Plant-Associated Microbiota for New Biocontrol Solutions.

Bailly A. Frontiers in Microbiology

More than 2500 years of oil exposure shape sediment microbiomes with the potential for syntrophic degradation of hydrocarbons linked to methanogenesis.

Michas A. Microbiome

Lung Microbiome

Functional characterization of the Mycobacterium abscessus genome coupled with condition specific transcriptomics reveals conserved molecular strategies for host adaptation and persistence.

Miranda-CasoLuengo AA.BMC Genomics

Mechanistic insight into the function of the microbiome in lung diseases.

Ubags NDJ. European Respiratory Journal

Antibiotics

A single early-in-life macrolide course has lasting effects on murine microbial network topology and immunity.

Ruiz VE.Nature Communications

Resistome

The recent emergence in hospitals of multidrug-resistant community-associated sequence type 1 and spa type t127 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus investigated by whole-genome sequencing: Implications for screening.

Earls MR. PLoS One

Rapid resistome mapping using nanopore sequencing.

van der Helm E.Nucleic Acids Research  

Network of microbial and antibiotic interactions drive colonization and infection with multidrug-resistant organisms

Wang J. PNAS

News

Nestlé moves into gut microbiome tests.

News- Nature Biotechnology

Protocol

Shotgun metagenomics, from sampling to analysis.

Quince C,Nature Biotechnology

Erratum 

Erratum to: Diet Versus Phylogeny: a Comparison of Gut Microbiota in Captive Colobine Monkey Species.

Hale VL. Microbial Ecology

September 5, 2017

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Jobs

Postdoctoral fellow in genomics of uncultured microbial parasites (SciLifeLab, Sweden) via Science Careers

Call for Assistant Professors and Professors (IST Austria, including for Life Sciences) via Science Careers

 

Human Microbiome

Characterization of cervico-vaginal microbiota in women developing persistent high-risk Human Papillomavirus infection – Monica Di Paola – Scientific Reports

Collection of non-meconium stool on fecal occult blood cards is an effective method for fecal microbiota studies in infants – Wendy S.W. Wong – Microbiome (BMC)

Influence of Pregnancy History on the Vaginal Microbiome of Pregnant Women in their First Trimester – Dimitrios Nasioudis – Scientific Reports

Gut microbiome in ADHD and its relation to neural reward anticipation – Esther Aarts – PLoS ONE

A cross-sectional comparative study of gut bacterial community of Indian and Finnish children – Shreyas V. Kumbhare – Scientific Reports

Dysbiosis contributes to chronic constipation development via regulation of serotonin transporter in the intestine – Hailong Cao – Scientific Reports

Review article: the human intestinal virome in health and disease – S. R. Carding – Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Review: Organ-specific protection mediated by cooperation between vascular and epithelial barriers – Ilaria Spadoni – Nature Reviews Immunology

Review: Microbiota of chronic diabetic wounds: ecology, impact and potential for innovative healing strategies – Sonia Gonçalves Pereira – Frontiers in Microbiology

Animal Microbiome

Comparative Analysis of the Gut Microbiota Composition between Captive and Wild Forest Musk Deer – Yimeng Li – Frontiers in Microbiology

High-fat diet increases pain behaviors in rats with or without obesity – Zongbin Song – Scientific Reports

Research Highlights: The microbiota maintains oxygen balance in the gut – Irene Vacca – Nature Reviews Microbiology

Studying the Differences of Bacterial Metabolome and Microbiome in the Colon between Landrace and Meihua Piglets – Zhuang Chen – Frontiers in Microbiology

Dietary heme induces gut dysbiosis, worsens colitis and potentiates the development of adenomas in mice – Marco Constante – Frontiers in Microbiology

Antibiotic-induced perturbations in microbial diversity during post-natal development alters amyloid pathology in an aged APPSWE/PS1ΔE9 murine model of Alzheimer’s disease – Myles R. Minter – Scientific Reports

Enrichment of beneficial bacteria in the skin microbiota of bats persisting with white-nose syndrome – Virginie Lemieux-Labonté – Microbiome (BMC)

 

Environmental and Soil Microbiome

Composted Cattle Manure Increases Microbial Activity and Soil Fertility More Than Composted Swine Manure in a Submerged Rice Paddy – Suvendu Das – Frontiers in Microbiology

Fermentative Bacteria Influence the Competition between Denitrifiers and DNRA Bacteria – Eveline M. van den Berg – Frontiers in Microbiology

Beneficial microbes

Lactobacillus casei BL23 produces microvesicles carrying proteins associated with its probiotic effect – Ana P. Domínguez Rubio – Frontiers in Microbiology

Probiotic mixture Golden Bifido prevents neonatal Escherichia coli K1 translocation via enhancing intestinal defense – Qing Zeng – Frontiers in Microbiology

Protective Effect of Akkermansia muciniphila against Immune-mediated Liver Injury in a Mouse Model – Wenrui Wu – Frontiers in Microbiology

 

Methods

Review: Analysing Microbial Community Composition through Amplicon Sequencing: From Sampling to Hypothesis Testing – Luisa W. Hugerth – Frontiers in Microbiology

Total rRNA-Seq analysis gives insight into bacterial, fungal, protozoal and archaeal communities in the rumen using an optimized RNA isolation method – Chijioke O. Elekwachi – Frontiers in Microbiology

Non-Microbiology picks

The contribution of Nintendo Wii Fit series in the field of health: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Julien Tripette – PeerJ

August 28, 2017

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Events and jobs
Research Specialist – Department of Microbiology – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Multi-site human microbiome
The nasal and gut microbiome in Parkinson’s disease and idiopathic rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder – Anna Heintz-Buschart – Movement Disorders

Human gut microbiome
Cross sectional evaluation of the gut-microbiome metabolome axis in an Italian cohort of IBD patients – Maria Laura Santoru – Scientific Reports

Oxalobacter formigenes-associated host features and microbial community structures examined using the American Gut Project – Menghan Liu – Microbiome

Review: Gut Microbiota and Atherosclerosis – Daniel Y. Li – Current Atherosclerosis Reports

Animal experiments
Initial gut microbiota structure affects sensitivity to DSS-induced colitis in a mouse model – Min Li – Science China Life Sciences

Blood as a route of transmission of uterine pathogens from the gut to the uterus in cows – Soo Jin Jeon – Microbiome

Animal microbiome
Review: Health effects of feeding genetically modified (GM) crops to livestock animals: A review – CJ DeVos – Food and Chemical Toxicology
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Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Bacterial Community Structure in the Asian Rice Gall Midge Reveals a Varied Microbiome Rich in Proteobacteria – Abhishek Ojha – Scientific Reports

Biodiversity of soil bacteria exposed to sub-lethal concentrations of phosphonium-based ionic liquids: Effects of toxicity and biodegradation – M Sydow – Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Root-induced changes of Zn and Pb dynamics in the rhizosphere of sunflower with different plant growth promoting treatments in a heavily contaminated soil – SM Mousavi – Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
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Food microbiology
Dietary fibers and protective lactobacilli drive burrata cheese microbiome – Fabio Minervina – Applied Environmental Microbiology

Exploring the microbial origins of p-cresol and its co-occurrence pattern in the Chinese liquor-making process – Hai Du – International Journal of Food Microbiology

Microbial ecology
Molecular determinants of the matrix thickening of a dual-species Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterococcus faecalis biofilm – Keehoon Lee – Applied Environmental Microbiology

Probiotics / prebiotics/ antibiotics
Lactolisterin BU, a novel Class II broad spectrum bacteriocin from Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis bv. diacetylactis BGBU1-4 – Jelena Lozo – Applied Environmental Microbiology

Phages and viruses
Genomic and proteomic analysis of Human herpesvirus 6 reveals distinct clustering of acute versus inherited forms and reannotation of reference strain – Alexander Greninger – bioRxiv

Bioinformatics
EnSVMB: Metagenomics Fragments Classification using Ensemble SVM and BLAST – Yuan Jiang – Scientific Reports

GSimp: A Gibbs sampler based left-censored missing value imputation approach for metabolomics studies – Rumin Wei – bioRxiv

Techniques
A cytometric approach to follow variation and dynamics of the salivary microbiota – Susanna van Gelder – Methods

Microbes in the news
Gut bacteria may play role in fighting MS, Mayo researcher says – Jeremy Olson –
Star Tribune

Trillions of Bacteria in Your Body are Alien to Science, Study Finds – Wall Street Pit

Feeling anxious? Your gut bacteria might be to blame – Partha Nandi – WXYZ Detroit

August 25, 2017

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Highlight of the day goes to Anna Karenina principle on microbiomes by J.R. Zaneveld as a Perspective in Nature Microbiology: “When healthy our microbiomes look alike, but when stressed each one of us has our own microbial snowflake”.

Events and jobs

Food Microbiology Microscopist II, EMSL Analytical, Inc. ,Cinnaminson, NJ 

Research Associate, University of Bristol – School of Biochemistry

General microbiome

Perspectives: Stress and stability: applying the Anna Karenina principle to animal microbiomes – Jesse R. Zaneveld – Nature Microbiology

Sugar metabolism of the first thermophilic Planctomycetes Thermogutta terrifontis: comparative genomic and transcriptomic approache – Alexander Elcheninov – bioRxiv

Horizontally Acquired Genes Are Often Shared between Closely Related Bacterial Species – Evgeni Bolotin –  Frontiers in Microbiology

Pregnancy and early life

Early gut mycobiota and mother-offspring transfer – Kasper Schei -Microbiome

Oral Microbiology

Genetic influences on the human oral microbiome – Brittany A. Demmitt – BMC Genomics

 

Human gut microbiome

Beyond gut feelings: how the gut microbiota regulates blood pressure – Francine Z. Marques – Nature Reviews Cardiology

Animal microbiome 

Upper and lower respiratory tract microbiota in horses: bacterial communities associated with health and mild asthma (inflammatory airway disease) and effects of dexamethasone – Stephanie L. Bond – BMC Microbiology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Transient exposure to oxygen or nitrate reveals ecophysiology of fermentative and sulfate-reducing benthic microbial populations – Zainab Abdulrahman Beiruti – Environmental Microbiology

Water and extremophile microbiome

Prey range and genome evolution of Halobacteriovorax marinus predatory bacteria from an estuary – Brett G. Enos – bioRxiv

Genomic insights into potential interdependencies in microbial hydrocarbon and nutrient cycling in hydrothermal sediments – Nina Dombrowski –  Microbiome

Prey range and genome evolution of Halobacteriovorax marinus predatory bacteria from an estuary – Brett G. Enos – bioRxiv

Bacteria-induced mixing in natural waters – T. Sommer – Geophysical Research Letters

Food microbiology

Unraveling the correlation between microbiota succession and metabolite changes in traditional Shanxi aged vinegar – Zhiqiang Nie – Scientific Reports

Microbes in the news

Space travel microbes turn urine into polymers

Is The Secret To A Healthier Microbiome Hidden In The Hadza Diet?

IBM: Your Computer Can Help Scientists Study Connection Between Body Bacteria and Autoimmune Diseases

 

August 23, 2017

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Human Microbiome

The vaginal microbiome of pregnant women is less rich and diverse, with lower prevalence of Mollicutes, compared to non-pregnant women – Aline C. Freitas – Scientific Reports

The IBD interactome: an integrated view of aetiology, pathogenesis and therapy – Heitor S. P. de Souza – Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Changes in the intestinal microbiota following the administration of azithromycin in a randomised placebo-controlled trial among infants in south India – Edward P. K. Parker – Scientific Reports

High intake of dairy during energy restriction does not affect energy balance or the intestinal microflora compared to low dairy intake in overweight individuals in a Randomized Controlled Trial – Line Quist Bendtsen – Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism

Metabolic and functional paths of lactic acid bacteria in plant foods: get out of the labyrinth – Pasquale Filannino –  Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Differences of lung microbiome in patients with clinically stable and exacerbated bronchiectasis – Min Kwang Byun – PLoS ONE

Precision Nutrition: A Review of Personalized Nutritional Approaches for the Prevention and Management of Metabolic Syndrome – Juan de Toro-Martín – Nutrients

 

Animal Microbiome

Soy Improves Cardiometabolic Health and Cecal Microbiota in Female Low-Fit Rats – Tzu-Wen L. Cross – Scientific Reports

Modulatory influence of segmented filamentous bacteria on transcriptomic response of gnotobiotic mice exposed to TCDD – Robert Stedtfeld – Frontiers in Microbiology

Comparative analysis of the gut microbiota composition between captive and wild forest musk deer – Yimeng Li – Frontiers in Microbiology

Modulation of gut microbiome composition and function in experimental colitis treated with Sulphasalazine – Haihui Zheng – Frontiers in Microbiology

Respiratory Commensal Bacteria Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum Improves Resistance of Infant Mice to Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Streptococcus pneumoniae Superinfection – Paulraj Kanmani – Frontiers in Microbiology

 

Pathogen research

Whole-genome sequencing for national surveillance of Shigella flexneri – Marie Anne Chattaway – Frontiers in Microbiology

SeroBA: rapid high-throughput serotyping of Streptococcus pneumoniae from whole genome sequence data – Lennard Epping –  BioRxiv

In Vitro Antibacterial Activity of Unconjugated and Conjugated Bile Salts on Staphylococcus aureus – Thippeswamy H. Sannasiddappa –  Frontiers in Microbiology

Environmental Microbiology

Alleviation of heavy metal stress in plants and remediation of soil by rhizosphere microorganisms – Jitendra Mishra – Frontiers in Microbiology

From surface to deep-sea: Bacterial distribution to polymetallic nodule fields at 4000 m in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean – Markus V. Lindh – Frontiers in Microbiology

Analysis of Microbial Functions in the Rhizosphere Using a Metabolic-Network Based Framework for Metagenomics Interpretation – Shany Ofaim – Frontiers in Microbiology

 

Bioinformatics

Contradictory Results: Low rate of index hopping on the Illumina HiSeq X platform – Tom van der Valk – BioRxiv

Analyzing contentious relationships and outlier genes in phylogenomics – Joseph F. Walker – BioRxiv

Other

Metabolic Reconstruction and Modeling Microbial Electrosynthesis – Christopher W. Marshall – Scientific Reports

Receptor Uptake Arrays For Vitamin B12, Siderophores And Glycans Shape Bacterial Communities – Steven A. Frank – BioRxiv

Diversity of microbiota associated with symptomatic and non-symptomatic bacterial wilt-diseased banana plants determined using 16S rRNA metagenome sequencing – Nurul Shamsinah Mohd Suhaimi – World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

News

Antarctic mystery microbe could tell us where viruses came from – Michael Marshall – New Scientist

Even the Eye Has a Microbiome – Jeff Lyon – JAMA

The Surprising Things Your Microbiome Reveals About You – Ashley Lewis – Readers Digest

Linking mental health and the gut microbiome – MedicalXpress

 

Non-microbiology picks

How to share data for collaboration – Shannon E Ellis – PeerJ preprints