Gut microbiome focus: Differences in the gut microbiome between children and adults can mediate the metabolism of arsenic possibly leading to differences in exposure risk, the gut microbiome’s ability to protect against salmonella infection is dependent on the IFNy producing bacteria, the microbiome of insoluble fibre is characterized, and a new in vitro technique to interrogate intestinal transport of microbiota and antigens. Plus an overview of the world data centre for microorganisms, and MicroScope for microbial genome annotation.
- Events and jobs
Microbiology Technologist OR Microbiology Medical Technologist – Orlando Florida
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- General microbiome
Conference: Current concepts in chronic inflammatory diseases: Interactions between microbes, cellular metabolism, and inflammation – Holger Garn – Allergy and Clinical Immunology
- Human oral microbiome
Characterisation of Roseomonas mucosa isolated from the root canal of an infected tooth – Nina Diesendorf – BMC Research Notes
- Human gut microbiome
* Interindividual variability of soil arsenic metabolism by human gut microbiota using SHIME model – Naiyi Yin – Chemosphere
* Inter-individual differences determine the outcome of wheat bran colonization by the human gut microbiome – Kim De Paepe – Environmental Microbiology
Review: Microbiota Therapy for Clostridium difficile and Antibiotic Resistant Enteric Infections – Brittany Lewis – Annual Review of Microbiology
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- Animal experiments
* Enhancement of IFNγ Production by Distinct Commensals Ameliorates Salmonella-Induced Disease – Sophie Thiemann – Cell Host and Microbe
Efficacy of antibiotic treatment of implant-associated Staphylococcus aureus infections with moxifloxacin, flucloxacillin, rifampin, and combination therapy: an animal study – Felix Greimel – Drug Design, Development and Therapy
The scales of the zebrafish: host–microbiota interactions from proteins to populations – Adam Burns – Current Opinion in Microbiology
IL-17 Receptor A Maintains and Protects the Skin Barrier To Prevent Allergic Skin Inflammation – Achilleas Floudas – The Journal of Immunology
Irf4-dependent CD103+CD11b+ dendritic cells and the intestinal microbiome regulate monocyte and macrophage activation and intestinal peristalsis in postoperative ileus – Judith-Mira Pohl – Gut
- Animal microbiome
Effect of three lactobacilli with strain-specific activities on the growth performance, faecal microbiota and ileum mucosa proteomics of piglets – Yating Su – Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology
- Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Characterization of the regulation of a plant polysaccharide utilization operon and its role in biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis – Cameron Habib – PLOSone
Grazing of leaf-associated Cercomonads (Protists: Rhizaria: Cercozoa) structures bacterial community composition and function – Sebastian Flues – Environmental Microbiology
Green alder (Alnus viridis) encroachment shapes microbial communities in subalpine soils and impacts its bacterial or fungal symbionts differently – G Schwob – Environmental Microbiology
The role of organic acids on microbial deterioration in the Radix pseudostellariae rhizosphere under continuous monoculture regimes – Hongmiao Wu – Scientific Reports
Specificity traits consistent with legume-rhizobia coevolution displayed by Ensifer meliloti rhizosphere colonization – María Eugenia Salas – Environmental Microbiology
- Water and extremophile microbiome
Cascading influence of inorganic nitrogen sources on DOM production, composition, lability and microbial community structure in the open ocean – SJ Goldberg – Environmental Microbiology
Functional diversity and redundancy across fish gut, sediment, and water bacterial communities – Arthur Escalas – Environmental Microbiology
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- Phages and viruses
Preprint: Bacteria defend against phages through type IV pilus glycosylation – Hanjeong Harvey- bioRxiv
- Techniques
Dissecting the human microbiome with single-cell genomics – Andrew Tolonen – Genome Medicine
* A human intestinal M-cell-like model for investigating particle, antigen and microorganism translocation – Ana Beloqui – Nature Protocols
- Metagenomics
* World data centre for microorganisms: an information infrastructure to explore and utilize preserved microbial strains worldwide – Linhuan Wu – Nucleic Acids Research
* MicroScope in 2017: an expanding and evolving integrated resource for community expertise of microbial genomes – David Vallenet – Nucleic Acids Research
Bacteriocin Gene-Trait matching across the complete Lactobacillus Pan-genome – Fergus Collins – Scientific Reports
Screening and characterization of a novel thermostable lipase with detergent-additive potential from the metagenomic library of a mangrove soil – Leli Tang – Gene
- Microbial Physiology
Preprint: Phenotypic consequences of RNA polymerase dysregulation in Escherichia coli – Paramita Sarkar – bioRxiv
Preprint: Campylobacter jejuni transcriptome changes during loss of culturability in water – Christina Bronowski – bioRxiv
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- Microbes in the news
You Are What You Eat, And What You Eat Is Millions of Microbes – Kyle Frischkorn – Smithsonian.com
John Bartlett’s Take on Critical Infectious Disease Topics: Part 3 – John Bartlett – Medscape
Placental Microbiome – Sally Robertson – Life Sciences News
Light-activated bacteria protect rats from heart attacks – Michael Price – Science
These light-eating bacteria could one day help us survive heart attacks – Alessandra Potenza – The Verge
Scientists image molecular machinery never before seen in bacteria – Brooke Hays – UPI
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