Category Archives: Built Environment Microbiology

November 28, 2018

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Influence of bacterial biofilms from vats on cheese characteristics, the fecal virome of wild ducks, variation in fungal diversity associated with olive trees.

Pregnancy and early life

Review: Strategies for the Preservation, Restoration and Modulation of the Human Milk Microbiota. Implications for Human Milk Banks and Neonatal Intensive Care Units – Leónides Fernández – Frontiers in Microbiology

Human vaginal microbiome

Vaginal microbiome in pregnant women according to trimester and its association with preterm birth: critical appraisal of a cross-sectional study – Dimitrios Papoutsis – Obstetrics & Gynecology Science

Human gut microbiome

Microbial-Host Interactions in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Functional Bowel Disease, Obesity and Obesity-Related Metabolic Disease – Shailja C Shah – Gastroenterology

Animal experiments

Bioactive Food Abates Metabolic and Synaptic Alterations by Modulation of Gut Microbiota in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease – Tauqeerunnisa Syeda – Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease

Extract of the Microalga Nitzschia laevis Prevents High-Fat-Diet Induced Obesity in Mice by Modulating the Composition of Gut Microbiota – Bingbing Guo

Effects of Taste Signaling Protein Abolishment on Gut Inflammation in an Inflammatory Bowel Disease Mouse Model – Ya-Wen Du – Journal of Visualized Experiments

Animal microbiome

Use of next generation sequencing to investigate the microbiota of experimentally induced wounds and the effect of bandaging in horses – Louis J Kamus – PLOS ONE

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

The chirality of imazethapyr herbicide selectively affects the bacterial community in soybean field soil – Hao Wu – Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Genome‐Wide Association studies on the phyllosphere microbiome: embracing complexity in host‐microbe interactions – Kathleen Beilsmith – The Plant Journal

Invasive plants differentially affect soil biota through litter and rhizosphere pathways: a meta‐analysis – Pei Zhang – Ecology Letters

Analysis of the community composition and bacterial diversity of the rhizosphere microbiome across different plant taxa – Shaonan Lei – MicrobiologyOpen

Spatial and temporal variation of fungal endophytic richness and diversity associated to the phyllosphere of olive cultivars – Patrick Materatski – Fungal Biology

Water and extremophile microbiome

Pre-print: Metagenomic Insights Unveil the Dominance of Undescribed Actinobacteria in Pond Ecosystem of an Indian Shrine – Radhakrishnan Manikkam – bioRxiv

Built environment

A procedure for identifying chemical and biological risks for books in historic libraries based on microclimate analysis – Eva Schito – Journal of Cultural Heritage

Food microbiology

Influence of the early bacterial biofilms developed on vats made with seven wood types on PDO Vastedda della valle del Belìce cheese characteristics – Raimondo Gaglio – International Journal of Food Microbiology

Probiotics/prebiotics

Microbial consortia: promising probiotics as plant biostimulants for sustainable agriculture – Sheridan L Woo – Frontiers in Plant Science

Phages and viruses

Fecal virome composition of migratory wild duck species – Luis Alfonso Ramírez-Martínez – PLOS ONE

November 16, 2018

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Happy Friday! Today’s digest includes the effects of chewing gum on the oral microbiome, the gill microbiome of mangrove shipworms, and the rumen microbiome of dairy cows. Enjoy!

Human oral microbiome

Effects of xylitol-containing chewing gum on the oral microbiota – Takeuchi – Journal of Oral Science

Human gut microbiome

Gut microbiome transition across a lifestyle gradient in Himalaya – Jha – PLoS Biology

Fecal chromogranins and secretogranins are linked to the fecal and mucosal intestinal bacterial composition of IBS patients and healthy subjects – Sundin – Scientific Reports

Animal experiments

Specific Members of the Gut Microbiota are Reliable Biomarkers of Irradiation Intensity and Lethality in Large Animal Models of Human Health – Carbonero – Radiation Research

Gut microbiota development in mice is affected by hydrogen peroxide produced from amino acid metabolism during lactation – Shigeno – FASEB Journal

Commensal bacteria contribute to insulin resistance in aging by activating innate B1a cells – Bodogai – Science Translational Medicine

Estrogen-mediated gut microbiome alterations influence sexual dimorphism in metabolic syndrome in mice – Kaliannan – Microbiome

Effects of Intraoperative Vagal Nerve Stimulation on the Gastrointestinal Microbiome in a Mouse Model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis – Haney – Comparative Medicine

Animal microbiome

Assessing the Microbiota of Black Soldier Fly Larvae (Hermetia illucens) Reared on Organic Waste Streams on Four Different Locations at Laboratory and Large Scale – Wynants – Microbial Ecology

The gill-associated microbiome is the main source of wood plant polysaccharide hydrolases and secondary metabolite gene clusters in the mangrove shipworm Neoteredo reynei – Brito – PLoS One

Illumina sequencing analysis of the ruminal microbiota in high-yield and low-yield lactating dairy cows – Tong – PLoS One

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Rootstocks shape the rhizobiome: Rhizosphere and endosphere bacterial communities in the grafted tomato system – Poudel – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Water and extremophile microbiome

Aquatic ecotoxicity of an antidepressant, sertraline hydrochloride, on microbial communities – Yang – Science of The Total Environment

Probing the ecological and evolutionary history of a thermophilic cyanobacterial population via statistical properties of its microdiversity – Rosen – PLoS One

Built environment

Activated sludge bacterial communities of typical wastewater treatment plants: distinct genera identification and metabolic potential differential analysis – Zhang – AMB Express

Analysis of bacteria stress responses to contaminants derived from shale energy extraction – Santos – Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts

Probiotics/prebiotics

Gut microbiota of preterm infants supplemented with probiotics: sub-study of the ProPrems trial – Plummer – BMC Microbiology

November 13, 2018

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Today’s Digest features several soil and environmental microbiome papers, including the effect of fire on soil ecosystems, insights into the freshwater microbiome associated with the world’s largest mining disaster, applications of soils in forensics, and chemical leaching from LCD screens due to synergistic bacteria. Plus, check out some animal work in marine invertebrates (Sea stars and Ascidians) as well as minks, flying squirrels, and bees!

Pregnancy and early life
The profile of human milk metabolome, cytokines and antibodies in inflammatory bowel diseases versus healthy mothers and potential impact on the newborn – Xuanyi Meng -Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis

Human multi-site microbiome
Shared gut, but distinct oral microbiota composition in primary Sjögren’s syndrome and systemic lupus erythematosus – Taco A. van der Meulen – Journal of Autoimmunity

Urine Bacteria-Derived Extracellular Vesicles and Allergic Airway Diseases in Children – Mona Samra – International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Review: Repertoire of bacterial species cultured from the human oral cavity and respiratory tract – Maxime DM Fonkou – Future Microbiology

Gut-brain axis
Schizophrenia and gut-flora related epigenetic factors – Chuanjun Zhuo – Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

The structure of resilience in irritable bowel syndrome and its improvement through hypnotherapy: Cross-sectional and prospective longitudinal data – Johannes Peter – PLOS One

Fermented foods, the gut and mental health: a mechanistic overview with implications for depression and anxiety – Hajara Aslam – Nutritional Neuroscience

Chronic alcohol exposure induced gut microbiota dysbiosis and its correlations with neuropsychic behaviors and brain BDNF/Gabra1 changes in mice – Zheng Xu – Biofactors

Microbial treatment: the potential application for Parkinson’s disease – Xin Fang – Neurological Sciences

Multiple Sclerosis-Associated Changes in the Composition and Immune Functions of Spore-Forming Bacteria. – Egle Cekanaviciute – mSystems

Human gut microbiome
The effect of drinking water pH on the human gut microbiota and glucose regulation: results of a randomized controlled cross-over intervention – Tue H. Hansen – Scientific Reports

Composition of gut microbiota and its association with body mass index and lifestyle factors in a cohort of 7–18 years old children from the American Gut Project – Jinbing Bai – Pediatric Obesity

Long-term impact of oral vancomycin, ciprofloxacin and metronidazole on the gut microbiota in healthy humans. – Bastiaan W Haak – Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Helicobacter pylori Infection: New Facts in Clinical Management. – Peter Malfertheiner – Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology

Animal experiments
The protective effects of fecal microbiota transplantation in an experimental model of necrotizing enterocolitis – Christian Prado – Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Intestinal Snakeskin Limits Microbial Dysbiosis during Aging and Promotes Longevity – Anna M. Salazar – iScience

Animal microbiome
Microbiome shifts with onset and progression of Sea Star Wasting Disease revealed through time course sampling – Melanie M. Lloyd – Scientific Reports

Core and Dynamic Microbial Communities of Two Invasive Ascidians: Can Host–Symbiont Dynamics Plasticity Affect Invasion Capacity?– Hila Dror – Microbial Ecology

Fecal bacterial microbiota of Canadian commercial mink (Neovison vison): Yearly, life stage, and seasonal comparisons – Nicole R. Compo – PLOS One

Variations in Gut Microbiota of Siberian Flying Squirrels Correspond to Seasonal Phenological Changes in Their Hokkaido Subarctic Forest Ecosystem – Po-Yu Liu – Microbial Ecology

Influence of Feeding Type and Nosema ceranae Infection on the Gut Microbiota of Apis cerana Workers – Shao K. Huang – mSystems

Host selectively contributes to shaping intestinal microbiota of carnivorous and omnivorous fish – Kristian Daly – The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Fire modulates ecosystem functioning through the phylogenetic structure of soil bacterial communities – Eduardo Pérez-Valera – Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Assessment of soil microbial communities involved in cellulose utilization at two contrasting Alpine forest sites – José A. Siles – Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Experimental Testing of Dispersal Limitation in Soil Bacterial Communities with a Propagule Addition Approach – Fen-Guo Zhang – Microbial Ecology

Influence of different biological control agents and compost on total and nitrification driven microbial communities at rhizosphere and soil level in a lettuce – Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lactucae pathosystem – Maria Alexandra Cucu – Journal of Applied Microbiology

Assessment of 16S rRNA gene primers for studying bacterial community structure and function of aging flue-cured tobaccos. – Fan Wang – AMB Express

Changes in bacterial diversity and catabolic gene abundance during the removal of dimethylphenol isomers in laboratory-scale constructed wetlands. – Mónica A. Vásquez Piñeros – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Abiotic factors determine functional outcomes of microbial inoculation of soils from a metal contaminated brownfield – Jay Prakash Singh – Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Applying microbial biogeography in soil forensics – Habteab Habtom – Forensic Science International: Genetics

eDNA metabarcoding supporting community assessment of environmental stressor in a field-based sediment microcosm study – Jianghua Yang – Environmental Science and Technology

Water and extremophile microbiome
Analysis of the diversity of aerobic, thermophilic endospore-forming bacteria in two Algerian hot springs using cultural and non-cultural methods – Mohamed Amine Gomri – Annals of Microbiology

Anaerobic biological treatment of industrial saline wastewater: Fixed bed Reactor performance and analysis of the microbial community structure and abundance – Mariem Jeddi – Environmental Technology

Microbiome triggered transformations of trace organic chemicals in the presence of effluent organic matter in managed aquifer recharge (MAR) systems – Karin Hellauer – Environmental Science and Technology

Insights on the freshwater microbiomes metabolic changes associated with the world’s largest mining disaster – Marcelle C. Cordeiro – Science of the Total Environment

Microbial Functional Responses to Cholesterol Catabolism in Denitrifying Sludge – Sean Ting-Shyang Wei – mSystems

Built environment
Leaching of indium from end-of-life LCD panels via catalysis by synergistic microbial communities – Yaling Xie – Science of the Total Environment

Probiotics/Prebiotics
Probiotic and synbiotic therapy in the critically ill: State of the art – James M. Davison – Nutrition

Butyrate Producers as Potential Next-Generation Probiotics: Safety Assessment of the Administration of Butyricicoccus pullicaecorum to Healthy Volunteers. – Leen Boesmans – mSystems

Divergent short-chain fatty acid production and succession of colonic microbiota arise in fermentation of variously-sized wheat bran fractions – Yunus E. Tuncil – Scientific Reports

Bioinformatics
Machine Learning Reveals Missing Edges and Putative Interaction Mechanisms in Microbial Ecosystem Networks – Demetrius DiMucci – mSystems

Techniques
A tridecaptin-based fluorescent probe for differential staining of Gram-negative bacteria. – Wei Wang – Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

High-Throughput Miniaturized 16S rRNA Amplicon Library Preparation Reduces Costs while Preserving Microbiome Integrity – Jeremiah J. Minich – mSystems

Book Chapter: Activity-Based Protein Profiling—Enabling Multimodal Functional Studies of Microbial Communities – Christopher Whidbey – Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

November 10, 2018

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Human and General Microbiome

Review: Clinical Application and Potential of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation – R.E. Ooijevaar – Annual Review of Medicine

Editorial: A novel treatment for patients with constipation: Dawn of a new age for translational microbiome research? – Ayesha Shah – Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Research Highlight: Of ethnicity, environment, and microbiota – Sundararajan Jayaraman – Cellular & Molecular Immunology

Minireview: Metabolic and Microbiota Measures as Peripheral Biomarkers in Major Depressive Disorder – Rachael Horne – Frontiers in Psychiatry

Case Report: Hirschsprung’s Associated Enterocolitis (HAEC) Personalized Treatment with Probiotics Based on Gene Sequencing Analysis of the Fecal Microbiome – Georg Singer – Case Reports in Pediatrics

News and Views: Rules of engagement in the gut microbiome – Elze Rackaityte – Nature Medicine

Preview: When Soluble Fibers Meet Hepatocellular Carcinoma: The Dark Side of Fermentation – Suchira Gallage – Cell Metabolism

Preview: A Microbiota Assimilation – Justin Sonnenburg – Cell Metabolism

Fecal microbiota transplantation: restoring the injured microbiome after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation – Zachariah DeFilipp – Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Studies of nonhuman primates: key sources of data on zoonoses and microbiota – B.Davoust – New Microbes and New Infections

Exploring Interactions between the Gut Microbiota and Social Behavior through Nutrition –  Cristian Pasquaretta – Genes

Gut Microbial and Metabolic Responses to Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium and Candida albicans – Jennifer R. Bratburd – mBio

A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial showing rifaximin to improve constipation by reducing methane production and accelerating colon transit: A pilot study – Uday C. Ghoshal – Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Zinc Deficiency and the Recurrence of Clostridium difficile Infection after Fecal Microbiota Transplant: A Retrospective Cohort Study – Blake A. Niccum – Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism

Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection: Risk Factors, Treatment, and Prevention – Jung Hoon Song – Gut and Liver

Profiles and Perspectives: Mitochondrial dysfunction and gut microbiota imbalance: An intriguing relationship in chronic kidney disease – Denise Mafra – Mitochondrion

Cervicovaginal Fungi and Bacteria Associated With Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia and High-Risk Human Papillomavirus Infections in a Hispanic Population – Filipa Godoy-Vitorino – Frontiers in Microbiology

Cigarette Smoking Modulation of Saliva Microbial Composition and Cytokine Levels – Mary Rodríguez-Rabassa – International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Minireview: Human bacterial repertoire of the urinary tract: a potential paradigm shift – Aurélie Morand – Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Review: Role of gut microbiota in intestinal wound healing and barrier function – Ashfaqul Alam – Tissue Barriers

Initial microbial community of the neonatal stomach immediately after birth – Sarah Bajorek – Gut Microbes

The Role of Diet, Micronutrients and the Gut Microbiota in Age-Related Macular Degeneration: New Perspectives from the Gut⁻Retina Axis – Emanuele Rinninella – Nutrients

Review: Candida Interactions with the Oral Bacterial Microbiota – Daniel Montelongo-Jauregui – Journal of Fungi

Microbial Community Dynamics in Mother’s Milk and Infant’s Mouth and Gut in Moderately Preterm Infants – Elena Biagi – Frontiers in Microbiology

First Insights into the Gut Microbiota of Mexican Patients with Celiac Disease and Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity – Jose F. Garcia-Mazcorro – Nutrients

Dietary Exposure to the Environmental Chemical, PFOS on the Diversity of Gut Microbiota, Associated With the Development of Metabolic Syndrome – Keng Po Lai – Frontiers in Microbiology

 

Death Microbiome

Trace Evidence Potential in Postmortem Skin Microbiomes: From Death Scene to Morgue – Whitney A. Kodama – Journal of Forensic Sciences

 

Animal Microbiome / Animal Experiments

Review: Chicken Gut Microbiota: Importance and Detection Technology –  Yue Shang – Frontiers in Veterinary Sciences

Predator odor exposure in early adolescence influences the effects of the bacterial product, propionic acid, on anxiety, sensorimotor gating, and acoustic startle response in male rats in later adolescence and adulthood – Deanne Tak On Wah – Physiology & Behavior

Pharmacological Activation of PXR and CAR Down-regulates Distinct Bile Acid-metabolizing Intestinal Bacteria and Alters Bile Acid Homeostasis – Joseph L Dempsey – Toxicological Sciences

Protective effects of ghrelin on fasting-induced muscle atrophy in aging mice – Chia-Shan Wu – The Journals of Gerontology: Series A

The carbamate aldicarb altered the gut microbiome, metabolome and lipidome of C57BL/6J mice – Bei Gao – Chemical Research in Toxicology

Differential effects of coconut versus soy oil on gut microbiota composition and predicted metabolic function in adult mice – Vania Patrone – BMC Genomics

Pharmaceutical Impact of Houttuynia Cordata and Metformin Combination on High-Fat-Diet-Induced Metabolic Disorders: Link to Intestinal Microbiota and Metabolic Endotoxemia – Jing-Hua Wang – Frontiers in Endocrinology

Maternal High-Fat Diet Programs Offspring Liver Steatosis in a Sexually Dimorphic Manner in Association with Changes in Gut Microbial Ecology in Mice – Umesh D. Wankhade – Scientific Reports

Endotoxemia by Porphyromonas gingivalis Injection Aggravates Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Disrupts Glucose/Lipid Metabolism, and Alters Gut Microbiota in Mice – Naoki Sasaki –  Frontiers in Microbiology

Effect of Grifola frondosa 95% ethanol extract on lipid metabolism and gut microbiota composition in high-fat diet-fed rats – Yu-Yang Pan – Food & Function

Reduction in butyrate-producing Lachnospiraceae contributes to stress-induced visceral hypersensitivity in rats – Jindong Zhang – Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

 

Beneficial Compounds and Probiotics

Review: Potential Prebiotic Properties of Nuts and Edible Seeds and Their Relationship to Obesity – Clara S. A. Sugizaki – Nutrients

Review: Resveratrol, Metabolic Syndrome, and Gut Microbiota – Alice Chaplin – Nutrients

Isolation and Characterization of Potentially Probiotic Bacterial Strains from Mice: Proof of Concept for Personalized Probiotics – Larissa S. Celiberto – Nutrients

Two alkaline motifs in the Lactobacillus salivarius Lv72 OppA surface are important to its adhesin function – C. Martín – Beneficial Microbes

 

Protocols

Book Chapter: Activity-Based Protein Profiling-Enabling Multimodal Functional Studies of Microbial Communities – Christopher Whidbey – Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

 

Bioinformatics

Improving the Inference of Co-occurrence Networks in the Bovine Rumen Microbiome – Huiru Zheng – IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

 

Food and Nutritional Microbiome

Microbiomes Associated With Foods From Plant and Animal Sources – Karen G. Jarvis – Frontiers in Microbiology

Fecal microbiota responses to bran particles are specific to cereal type and in vitro digestion methods that mimic upper gastrointestinal tract passage – Yunus Emre Tuncil – Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Gut carbohydrate inhibits GIP secretion via a microbiota/SCFA/FFAR3 pathway – : Eun-Young Lee – Journal of Endocrinology

Review: Human Breast Milk Bacteriome in Health and Disease – Anna Ojo-Okunola – Nutrients

Relative Validity and Reproducibility of a Food Frequency Questionnaire to Assess Nutrients and Food Groups of Relevance to the Gut Microbiota in Young Children – Claudia Leong – Nutrients

 

Other

Surface Exposure and Packing of Lipoproteins into Outer Membrane Vesicles Are Coupled Processes in Bacteroides – Ezequiel Valguarnera – mSphere

The Transferable Resistome of Produce – Khald Blau – mBio

October 30, 2018

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Hello everyone! Today’s digest includes gut microbiome inheritance in Drosophila, the influence of diet on dairy calf microbiomes, and axenic mosquitoes. Have a great day!

Pregnancy and early life

The gut microbiota in infants of obese mothers increases inflammation and susceptibility to NAFLD – Soderborg – Nature Communications

Neonatal gut and respiratory microbiota: coordinated development through time and space – Grier – Microbiome

Human urinary microbiome

Urinary Microbiome Associated with Chronic Allograft Dysfunction in Kidney Transplant Recipients – Wu – Clinical Transplantation

Human gut microbiome

Review: Antibiotics as both friends and foes of the human gut microbiome: The microbial community approach – Nogueira – Drug Development Research

Animal experiments

Microbial structure and function in infant and juvenile rhesus macaques are primarily affected by age, not vaccination status – Hasegawa – Scientific Reports

The gut microbiome participates in transgenerational inheritance of low temperature responses in Drosophila melanogaster – Zare – FEBS Letters

The impact of exercise training and resveratrol supplementation on gut microbiota composition in high-fat diet fed mice – Brandt – Physiological Reports

Effect of fecal microbiota transplantation route of administration on gut colonization and host response in preterm pigs – Brunse – ISME

Animal microbiome

Bacterial community structure and succession in nests of two megachilid bee genera – Voulgari-Kokota – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Gut microbial divergence between two populations of the hadal amphipod Hirondellea gigas – Zhang – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Diet influences early microbiota development in dairy calves without long-term impacts on milk production – Dill-McFarland – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Generation of axenic Aedes aegypti demonstrate live bacteria are not required for mosquito development – Correa – Nature Communications

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Review: Influence of Light on Plant-Phyllosphere Interaction – Carvalho – Frontiers in Plant Science

Deciphering the bacterial composition in the rhizosphere of Baphicacanthus cusia (NeeS) Bremek – Zeng – Scientific Reports

Changes in Metal Availability and Improvements in Microbial Properties After Phytoextraction of a Cd, Zn and Pb Contaminated Soil – Yang – Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Legacy of land use history determines reprogramming of plant physiology by soil microbiome – Li – ISME

Adaptation of soil microbial growth to temperature: using a tropical elevation gradient to predict future changes – Nottingham – Global Change Biology

Soil pH rather than elevation determines bacterial phylogenetic community assembly on Mt. Norikura, Japan – Cho – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Foliar fungal endophyte communities are structured by environment but not host ecotype in Panicum virgatum (switchgrass) – Whitaker – Ecology

Built environment

Mapping anaerobic sludge bed community adaptations to manure supernatant in biogas reactors – Synnøve Røstad Nordgård – Scientific Reports

Microbial activity response to hydrogen injection in thermophilic anaerobic digesters revealed by genome-centric metatranscriptomics – Fontana – Microbiome

October 28, 2018

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Featured today: Social & population health science approaches towards human microbiome; sinus microbiome; gut microbiota-dietary phytoestrogen relationship in captive rhinos; halophytes- soil microbiome link in the river delta; microbial shift in bioreactor during methanogenesis; gut bacterium of fruit fly alters locomotory activity by one of its isomerases.

General microbiome

Review: Feather degradation by keratinolytic bacteria and biofertilizing potential for sustainable agricultural production – K. Tamreihao – Journal of Basic Microbiology

Social and population health science approaches to understand the human microbiome – Pamela Herd – Nature Human Behaviour

Human respiratory microbiome

The effect of maxillary sinus antrostomy size on the sinus microbiome – Alexander S. Kim BSE – International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology

Human oral microbiome

Parvimonas micra stimulates expression of gingipains from Porphyromonas gingivalis in multi-species communities – Jessica Neilands – Anaerobe

Human gut microbiome

Microbiota stability in healthy individuals after single-dose lactulose challenge—A randomized controlled study – Sandra Y. Wotzka – PLoS One

Timing for the second fecal microbiota transplantation to maintain the long-term benefit from the first treatment for Crohn’s disease – Pan Li – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Spatial and Temporal Analysis of the Stomach and Small Intestinal Microbiota in Fasted Healthy Humans – Anna Seekatz – bioRxiv

Prospective Study of Oral Microbiome and Colorectal Cancer Risk in Low‐income and African American Populations – Yaohua Yang – International Journal of Cancer

Distinct mucosal microbial communities in infants with surgical necrotizing enterocolitis correlate with age and antibiotic exposure – Joann Romano-Keeler – PLoS One

Animal experiments 

Effects of water decontamination methods and bedding material on the gut microbiota – Willie A. Bidot – PLoS One

The Oral Microbiota Is Modified by Systemic Diseases – DT Graves – Journal of Dental Research

Gut microbiome disruption altered the biotransformation and liver toxicity of arsenic in mice – Liang Chi – Archives of Toxicology

Salmonella shedding status of the sow affects the microbiota of their piglets at weaning – Guillaume Larrivière‐Gauthier – Journal of Applied Microbiology

Mixture of Two Lactobacillus plantarum Strains Modulates the Gut Microbiota Structure and Regulatory T Cell Response in Diet‐Induced Obese Mice – Jieun Lee – Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Animal microbiome 

Habitat-specific variation in gut microbial communities and pathogen prevalence in bumblebee queens (Bombus terrestris) – L Bosmans – PLoS One

Influence of midgut microbiota in Anopheles stephensi on Plasmodium berghei infections – Devaiah Monnanda Kalappa – Malaria Journal

Host blood meal source has a strong impact on gut microbiota of Aedes aegypti – Ephantus J Muturi – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Gut microbiota and phytoestrogen-associated infertility in southern white rhinoceros – Candace L Williams – bioRxiv

Phenotypic characterization and whole genome analysis of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing bacteria isolated from dogs in Germany – Tim Boehmer – PLoS One

Proteome and microbiota analysis reveals alterations of liver-gut axis under different stocking density of Peking ducks – Yuqin Wu – PLoS One

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Oxygen loss from seagrass roots coincides with colonisation of sulphide-oxidising cable bacteria and reduces sulphide stress – Belinda C. Martin – The ISME Journal

Coastal halophytes alter properties and microbial community structure of the saline soils in the Yellow River Delta, China – Changliang Jing – Applied Soil Ecology

Enumeration, Antagonism and Enzymatic Activities of Microorganisms Isolated from Railway Station Soil – Megha Sharma – bioRxiv

Bacterial survival strategies in an alkaline tailing site and the physiological mechanisms of dominant phylotypes as revealed by metagenomic analyses – Weimen Sun – Environmental Science & Technology

Water and extremophile microbiome 

Assessment of Anthropogenic Influence on Antarctic Mycobiota in Areas of Russian Polar Stations – I. Yu. Kirtsideli – Contemporary Problems of Ecology

Built environment 

Simulation of in situ oil reservoir conditions in a laboratory bioreactor testing for methanogenic conversion of crude oil and analysis of the microbial community – Dan Xu – International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation

Phages and viruses

Bacteriophages shift the focus of the mammalian microbiota – Breck A. Duerkop – PLoS Pathogens

Virome Analysis Reveals No Association of Head and Neck Vascular Anomalies with an Active Viral Infection – Nora Franke – In Vivo

Bacteriophages dynamically modulate the gut microbiota and metabolome – Bryan B. Hsu – bioRxiv

Techniques

Rapid differentiation of Lactobacillus species via metabolic profiling – Kundi Yang – Journal of Microbiological Methods

Modelling the role of microbial p-cresol in colorectal genotoxicity – Eiman Abdulla Al Hinai – Gut Microbes

Microbes in the news

Gut microbes alter the walking activity of fruit flies – Nature

October 23, 2018

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Here comes today’s Microbiome Digest featuring the recent articles on microbial methane oxidizers, sulfidic waters, PM exposure effect on airway microbiome, dysbiotic state of spring fever, diets targeting microbiome and be a cure, peri-implantitis, effect of age and inflammation on mice microbiome, diet effect on monkeys microbiome, fecal microbial transplant in UC patients, cervical microbiome, functional repertoire of ETEC and Bifidobacterium, bile duct inflammation causing microbes, role of probiotics. HAPPY READING.

EVENTS, JOBS, SCHOLARSHIPS:

Commonwealth PhD Scholarships – Study at UK University

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOME:

Regulation of coastal methane sinks by a structured gradient of microbial methane oxidizers – He Z – Environ Pollut

Comamonadaceae OTU as a Remnant of an Ancient Microbial Community in Sulfidic Waters – Deja-Sikora E – Microb Ecol

HUMAN RESPIRATORY MICROBIOME:

Airway microbiome is associated with respiratory functions and responses to ambient particulate matter exposure – Wang L – Ecotoxicol Environ Saf

ORAL MICROBIOME:

Oral microbiota dysbiosis and its association with Henoch-Schönlein Purpura in children – Chen B – Int Immunopharmacol

The Severity of Human Peri-Implantitis Lesions Correlates with the Level of Submucosal Microbial Dysbiosis – Kröger A – J Clin Periodontol

Increased transferrin saturation is associated with subgingival microbiota dysbiosis and severe periodontitis in genetic haemochromatosis – Boyer E – Sci Rep

Effects of antimicrobial peptide GH12 on the cariogenic properties and composition of a cariogenic multispecies biofilm – Jiang W – Appl Environ Microbiol
GUT MICROBIOME:

Review: Natural polysaccharides exhibit anti-tumor activity by targeting gut microbiota – Liu L – Int J Biol Macromol

Polysaccharides from Laminaria japonica alleviated metabolic syndrome in BALB/c mice by normalizing the gut microbiota – Duan M – Int J Biol Macromol.

Gut microbiota translocation promotes autoimmune cholangitis – Ma HD – J Autoimmun

Competitive lottery-based assembly of selected clades in the human gut microbiome – Verster AJ- Microbiome

Mini-Review : Leaky Gut, Leaky Brain? – Obrenovich MEM – Microorganisms

REPRODUCTIVE MICROBIOME:

Association of cervical microbial community with persistence, clearance and negativity of Human Papillomavirus in Korean women: a longitudinal study – Arokiyaraj S –
Sci Rep

ANIMAL MODEL MICROBIOME:

Long-term intake of Lactobacillus paracasei KW3110 prevents age-related chronic inflammation and retinal cell loss in physiologically aged mice – Morita Y – Aging

Targeted Diet Modification Reduces Multiple Sclerosis-like Disease in Adult Marmoset Monkeys from an Outbred Colony – Kap YS – J Immuno

FUNCTIONAL REPERTOIRE INSIGHTS:

Cell surface polysaccharides of Bifidobacterium bifidum induce the generation of Foxp3+ regulatory T cells – Verma R – Sci Immunol.

De-O-Acetylation of mucin-derived sialic acids by recombinant NanS-p esterases of Escherichia coli O157:H7 strain EDL933 – Feuerbaum S – Int J Med Microbiol.

PLANT MICROBIOME:

The chemodiversity of paddy soil dissolved organic matter correlates with microbial community at continental scales – Li HY- Microbiome

METHODS:

Protocol for faecal microbiota transplantation in ulcerative colitis (FMTUC): a randomised feasibility study – Jitsumura M – BMJ Open

PROBIOTICS:

Probiotics in Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders – Liu Y – Nutrients

NON-MICROBIOME PICK:

Preprint: Segregational drift and the interplay between plasmid copy number and evolvability – Judith Ilhan- Biorxiv

October 18, 2018

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Today’s digest covers articles on the potential of fecal microbiota transplant in obesity and Crohn’s disease, modeling approach to address interactions in simplified microbial community, news on antibiotic resistance and a gigantic single cell transcriptomics database encompassing twenty mouse organs!

General Microbiome

Integrated culturing, modeling and transcriptomics uncovers complex interactions and emergent behavior in a three-species synthetic gut community – Kevin D’hoe – eLife

The role of the lung microbiota and the gut‐lung axis in respiratory infectious diseases – Alexia Dumas – Cellular Microbiology

Gut microbiota and obesity: An opportunity to alter obesity through Fecal Microbiota Transplant (FMT) – Patrick Lee – Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism

Human gut microbiome

Probiotic supplementation restores normal microbiota composition and function in antibiotic-treated and in caesarean-born infants – Katri Korpela – Microbiome

Diversified gut microbiota in newborns of mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus – Minglian Su – PlosOne

Gut dysbiosis with Bacilli dominance and accumulation of fermentation products precedes late-onset sepsis in preterm infants – S Graspeuntner – Clinical Infectious Diseases

The Safety of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Crohn’s Disease: Findings from A Long-Term Study – Honggang Wang – Advances in Therapy

Animal experiments

Effect of dietary Spirulina (Arthrospira) platensis on the growth performance, antioxidant enzyme activity, nutrient digestibility, cecal microflora, excreta noxious gas emission, and breast meat quality of broiler chickens – J H Park – Poultry Science

Water and extremophile microbiome

Differential incorporation of one-carbon substrates among microbial populations identified by stable isotope probing from the estuary to South China Sea – Wenchao Deng – Scientific Reports

Prokaryotic Diversity and Distribution in Different Habitats of an Alpine Rock Glacier-Pond System – I. Mania – Microbial Ecology

Community composition of nitrous oxide reducing bacteria investigated using a functional gene microarray – A. Jayakumar – Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Built environment

Microbial and Metabolic Succession on Common Building Materials Under High Humidity Conditions – Simon Lax – BioRxiv

Bioinformatics/Techniques

Designing metabolic division of labor in microbial communities – Meghan Thommes – BioRxiv

Population heterogeneity in microbial bioprocesses: origin, analysis, mechanisms, and future perspectives – Anna-Lena Heins – Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering

Hydrogenotrophic methanogens of the mammalian gut: functionally similar, thermodynamically different. A modelling approach – Rafael Munoz-Tamayo – BioRxiv

Microbes in the news

Most burger chains fail on annual antibiotics report card – CNN

Sales of antibiotics for use in food-producing animals drop across the EU – European Medicine Agencies News

Non-microbiology picks

Single-cell transcriptomics of 20 mouse organs creates a Tabula Muris – The Tabula Muris Consortium – Nature

October 10, 2018

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Microbiota conservation and diversity in butterfly species, air and waterborne microbiota of a pharmaceutical plant, the a study on the oral microbiota of rugby players.

General microbiome

Preserving microbial diversity – Maria G Dominguez Bello – Science

Pregnancy and early life

Evaluation of patient- versus provider-collected vaginal swabs for microbiome analysis during pregnancy – Kristine M Wylie – BMC Research Notes

Human skin microbiome

The microbiome of the “sterile” pustules in palmoplantar pustulosis – Kana Masuda-Kuroki – Experimental Dermatology

Human oral microbiome

Oral health and microbiota status in professional rugby players: A case-control study – Matthieu Minty – Journal of Dentistry

Oral Bacteriome Compositions Identified by 16S rRNA Metagenomics in a Randomly Selected “Healthy” Nigerian Male and Female Subjects – Kingsley C Anukam – International Journal of Research and Reports in Dentistry

Human gut microbiome

Review: The Gut-Brain Axis and the Microbiome: Mechanisms and Clinical Implications – Vadim Osadchiy – Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Animal experiments

Replication Study: Intestinal inflammation targets cancer-inducing activity of the microbiota – Kathryn Eaton – eLIFE

Animal microbiome

Pre-print: Conserved microbiota among young Heliconius butterfly species – Bas van Schooten – PeerJ

Gastrointestinal Microbial Flora in Wild and Captive Olive Baboons (Papio anubis) – Senelwa Davis Lugano – American Journal of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Rhizosphere microbiome structure alters to enable wilt resistance in tomato – Min-Jung Kwak – Nature Biotechnology

Apple rootstocks of different nitrogen tolerance affect the rhizosphere bacterial community composition – Xiaofen Chai – Journal of Applied Microbiology

Effects of consecutive monoculture of sweet potato on soil bacterial community as determined by pyrosequencing – Huan Li – Journal of Basic Microbiology

Ectomycorrhizal fungi may not act as a barrier inhibiting host plant absorption of heavy metals – Yangze Tang – Chemosphere

Pre-print: Co-occurrence patterns of litter decomposing communities in mangroves indicate a robust community resistant to disturbances – Rodrigo G Taketani – PeerJ

Water and extremophile microbiome

Structure of Microbial Mats in the Mramornaya Bay (Crimea) Coastal Areas – NV Pimenov – Microbiology

Pangenomic comparison of globally distributed Poribacteria associated with sponge hosts and marine particles – Sheila Powell – The ISME Journal

High diversity of thermophilic cyanobacteria in Rupite hot spring identified by microscopy, cultivation, single-cell PCR and amplicon sequencing – Otakar Strunecky – Extremophiles

Built environment

Air and waterborne microbiome of a pharmaceutical plant provide insights on spatiotemporal variations and community resilience after disturbance – Filippo Pacchioni – BMC Microbiology

Food microbiology

Review: The Effect of Gluten-Free Diet on Health and the Gut Microbiota Cannot Be Extrapolated from One Population to Others – Jose F Garcia-Marzcorro – Nutrients

Phages and viruses

Characterization of dog serum virome from Northeastern Brazil – MN Weber – Virology

Bioinformatics

‘NetShift’: a methodology for understanding ‘driver microbes’ from healthy and disease microbiome datasets – Bhusan K Kuntal – The ISME Journal

Techniques

A Simple In Vitro Gut Model for Studying the Interaction between Escherichia coli and the Intestinal Commensal Microbiota in Cecal Mucus – Matthew E Mokszycki – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Science, career, and publishing

Inoculating science against potential pandemics and information hazards – Kevin M Esvelt – PLOS Pathogens

September 24, 2018

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General microbiology

Frequency- and Amplitude-Dependent Microbial Population Dynamics during Cycles of Feast and Famine – Jason Merritt, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Small at Size, Big at Impact: Microorganisms for Sustainable Development – Nasib Singh, Microbial Bioprospecting for Sustainable Development

Population Genomics of Archaea: Signatures of Archaeal Biology from Natural Populations – David J. Krause, Population Genomics

Pregnancy and early life

Sharing of human milk oligosaccharides degradants within bifidobacterial communities in faecal cultures supplemented with Bifidobacterium bifidum – Aina Gotoh, Scientific Reports

Multi-site human microbiome

Gut–Liver Axis: How Do Gut Bacteria Influence the Liver? – Peter Christopher Konturek, Medical Sciences

Subgingival microbiome of rheumatoid arthritis patients in relation to their disease status and periodontal health – Kathrin Beyer, Plos One

Optimal immunosuppressor induces stable gut microbiota after liver transplantation – Jian-Wen Jiang, World Journal of Gastroenterology

Human respiratory microbiome

The Microbiome and Tuberculosis: Early Evidence for Cross Talk – Sivaranjani Namasivayam, mBio

Trans-maternal Helicobacter pylori exposure reduces allergic airway inflammation in offspring through regulatory T-cells – Andreas Kyburz, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Human oral microbiome

Comparison of initial oral microbiomes of young adults with and without cavitated dentin caries lesions using an in situbiofilm model – Stefan Rupf, Scientific Reports

Human gut microbiome

In silico Identification of Metagenomic Signature Describing Neurometabolic Potential of Normal Human Gut Microbiota – A. S. Kovtun, Russian Journal of Genetics

Gut microbiota modulates drug pharmacokinetics – Juanhong Zhang, Drug Metabolism Reviews

Active Site Flexibility Revealed in Crystal Structures of Parabacteroides merdae β‐Glucuronidase from the Human Gut Microbiome – Michael S. Little, Protein Science

Structural and Functional Analysis of the Gut Microbiome for Toxicologists – Robert G. Nichols, Current Protocols in Toxicology

Altered intestinal antibacterial gene expression response profile in irritable bowel syndrome is linked to bacterial composition and immune activation – Sean M. P. Bennet, Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Animal experiments

Response of goose intestinal microflora to the source and level of dietary fiber – Haizhu Zhou, Poultry Science

Microbiota modulation by eating patterns, dietary and macronutrient composition; impact on food intake – Elizabeth A. Klingbeil, American Journal of Physiology

Water and extremophile microbiome

Accounting for bacterial overlap between raw water communities and contaminating sources improves the accuracy of signature-based microbial source tracking – Moa Hägglund, Frontiers in Microbiology

Bacterial community structure in a sympagic habitat expanding with global warming: brackish ice brine at 85–90 °N – Beatriz Fernández-Gómez, ISME

Single-cell genomics uncover Pelagibacter as the putative host of the extremely abundant uncultured 37-F6 viral population in the ocean – Francisco Martinez-Hernandez, ISME

Microbial Community Function in Electroactive Biofilm-based Constructed Wetlands – Ramírez Vargas, Biogeosciences

Fungal endophyte‐infected leaf litter alters in‐stream microbial communities and negatively influences aquatic fungal sporulation – Emily R. Wolfe, Synthesising Ecology

Salt marsh denitrification is impacted by oiling intensity six years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill – Corianne Tatariw, Environmental Pollution

Wastewater used for urban agriculture in West Africa as a reservoir for antibacterial resistance dissemination – Blaise P. Bougnom, Environmental Research

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Phosphate solubilizing bacteria with glucose dehydrogenase gene for phosphorus uptake and beneficial effects on wheat – Muhammad Suleman, Plos One

Multiple ecological processes jointly drive the soil microbial community assembly in subalpine coniferous forests – Pengyu Zhao, PeerJ

Aphid Colonization Affects Potato Root Exudate Composition and the Hatching of a Soil Borne Pathogen – Grace A. Hoysted, Frontiers in Plant Sciences

Root inoculation with Azotobacter chroococcum 76A enhances tomato plants adaptation to salt stress under low N conditions – Michael James Van Oosten, BMC Plant Biology

Variation of bacterial biodiversity from saline soils and estuary sediments present near the Mediterranean Sea coast of Camargue (France) – Jorge R. Osman, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Plant roots alter microbial functional genes supporting root litter decomposition – Shengjing Shi, Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Bacterial community response to a preindustrial‐to‐future CO2 gradient is limited and soil‐specific in Texas Prairie grassland – Swastika Raut, Global Change Biology

Built environment

Houseplants as home health monitors – C. Neal Stewart Jr., SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY

Characterization of Aspergillus niger Isolated from the International Space Station – Jillian Romsdahl, mSystems

Food microbiology

Microbiological Changes during Ripening of Chihuahua Cheese Manufactured with Raw Milk and Its Seasonal Variations – Cristina Sánchez-Gamboa, Foods

Supplementation in mushroom crops and its impact on yield and quality – Jaime Carrasco, AMB Express

Aronia (Aronia melanocarpa) Polyphenols Modulate Microbial Community in Simulator of the Human Intestinal Microbial Ecosystem (SHIME®) and Decrease Secretion of Pro‐Inflammatory Markers in a Caco‐2/endothelial Cell Co‐Culture Model – Ting Wu, Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Techniques

A critical evaluation of the use of gas chromatography- and high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry techniques for the analysis of microbial metabolites in human urine after consumption of orange juice – José Luis Ordóñez, Journal of Chromatography A

Recovering cellular biomass from fluids using chemical flocculation – Paul A. Kenward, Environmental Microbiology Reports

Influence of support media supplementation to reduce the inhibition of anaerobic digestion by phenol and ammonia: Effect on degradation performances and microbial dynamics – Simon Poirier, Data in Brief

A resourceful methodology to profile indolic auxins produced by rhizo-fungi using spectrophotometry and HPTLC – Dhavalkumar Patel, Biotech

Bioinformatics

Computational Tools and Databases of Microbes and Its Bioprospecting for Sustainable Development – Dipannita Hazra, Microbial Bioprospecting for Sustainable Development

Metabolomics

Paradoxes in leaky microbial trade – Yoav Kallus, Nature Communications

Antibiotics

Amycomicin is a potent and specific antibiotic discovered with a targeted interaction screen – Gleb Pishchany, PNAS

Microbes in the news

Subculture show converts Storefront for Art and Architecture into living lab – The Architects Newspaper, Ali Oriaku