February 18, 2018

Quite a few articles with alerts from today and the day before. Many interesting articles on microbe/microbe and microbe-host interactions, enjoy!

Events and jobs
Senior Bioinformatician – Host Microbiota Interactions – Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

Postdoctoral Fellow – ‘Microbiome of intestinal tract cancers’ – Centre for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics (CMBI)

Department Chair – Department of Microbiology and Immunology – College of Veterinary Medicine Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Associate Scientist- Microbiology – Aerotek, Los Angeles, CA

Multi-site human microbiome
Differential contributions of specimen types, culturing, and 16S – Lone Heimann Larsen – Journal Of Clinical Microbiology

Analysis of microbial sequences in plasma cell-free DNA for early-onset breast cancer patients and healthy females – Yu-Feng Huang – BMC Medical Genomics

Human oral microbiome
Bacterial microleakage at the abutment-implant interface, in vitro study. – Carlos Larrucea – Clinical Implant Dentistry And Related Research

Comparison of Oropharyngeal Microbiota from Children with Asthma and Cystic Fibrosis. – Sébastien Boutin – Mediators Of Inflammation

Human vaginal microbiome
Review: Cervicovaginal Microbiota and Reproductive Health: The Virtue of Simplicity. – Melis N Anahtar – Cell Host & Microbe

Human gut microbiome
The effect of Clostridium butyricum on symptoms and fecal microbiota in diarrhea-dominant irritable bowel syndrome: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. – Yi-Yuan Sun – Scientific Reports

Association of gut microbial communities with plasma lipopolysaccharide-binding protein (LBP) in premenopausal women – Jessica S Citronberg – ISME

Microbiota Accessible Carbohydrates Suppress Clostridium difficile in a Murine Model – Andrew J Hryckowian – bioRxiv

Review: Gut Microbiota-Based Therapies for Irritable Bowel Syndrome. – Emily K Stern – Clinical And Translational Gastroenterology

Review: A neuroscience perspective of the gut theory of Parkinson’s disease. – Lisa M Smith – The European Journal Of Neuroscience

Microbial-microbial/host interactions
Interactions between predation and disturbances shape prey communities. – Canan Karakoç – Scientific Reports

Elevated success of multispecies bacterial invasions impacts community composition during ecological succession. – Damian W Rivett – Ecology Letters

Competition in biofilms between cystic fibrosis isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is driven by R-pyocins – Olubukola Oluyombo – bioRxiv

Linking associations of rare low-abundance species to their environments by association networks – Tatiana V. Karpinets – Frontiers in Microbiology

Genetic Ablation of Butyrate Utilization Attenuates Gastrointestinal Salmonella Disease. – Denise N Bronner – Cell Host & Microbe

Goblet cell associated antigen passages are inhibited during Salmonella typhimur/cium infection to prevent pathogen dissemination and limit responses to dietary antigens. – Devesha H Kulkarni – Mucosal Immunology

Animal experiments
Cytosolic and secreted peptidoglycan-degrading enzymes in Drosophila respectively control local and systemic immune responses to microbiota – Bernard Charroux – Cell Host & Microbe

Differences in the intestinal microbiota between uninfected piglets and piglets infected with porcine epidemic diarrhea virus. – Mei-Zhou Huang – Plos One

Rumen-protected methionine during the peripartal period in dairy cows and its effects on abundance of major species of ruminal bacteria. – Mohamed K Abdelmegeid – Journal Of Animal Science And Biotechnology

Impact of Chestnut and Quebracho Tannins on Rumen Microbiota of Bovines. – Juan María Díaz Carrasco – Biomed Research International

Starvation influences the microbiota assembly and expression of immunity-related genes in the intestine of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) – Ngoc Tuan Tran – Aquaculture

Animal microbiome
The Dynamic Distribution of Small-Tail Han Sheep Microbiota across Different Intestinal Segments. – Hao Zhang – Frontiers In Microbiology

Microbiome assembly of avian eggshells and their potential as transgenerational carriers of maternal microbiota. – H Pieter J van Veelen – The Isme Journal

Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Photoautotrophic organisms control microbial abundance, diversity, and physiology in different types of biological soil crusts. – Stefanie Maier – The Isme Journal

Long-term use of cover crops and no-till shift soil microbial community life strategies in agricultural soil. – Radomir Schmidt – Plos One

Genome mining of Streptomyces scabrisporus NF3 reveals symbiotic features including genes related to plant interactions. – Corina Diana Ceapă – Plos One

Select and resequence reveals relative fitness of bacteria in symbiotic and free-living environments – Liana T. Burghardt – PNAS

Microbial Flora Associated with the Halophyte- – Fehmida Bibi – Frontiers In Microbiology

Root growth improvement of mesquite seedlings and bacterial rhizosphere and soil community changes are induced by inoculation with plant growth-promoting bacteria and promote restoration of eroded desert soil – Cristina Galaviz – Land Degradation and Development

Diversity of root-associated microbial populations of Tamarix parviflora cultivated under various conditions – Marketa Polivkova – Applied Soil Ecology

Succession of the functional microbial communities and the metabolic functions in maize straw composting process – Huawei Wei – Bioresource Technology

Rhizospheric microbial communities are driven by Panax ginseng at different growth stages and biocontrol bacteria alleviates replanting mortality – Linlin Dong – Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B

Review: Soil protists: a fertile frontier in soil biology research. – Stefan Geisen – Fems Microbiology Reviews

Water and extremophile microbiome
Composition and Activity of Microbial Communities along the Redox Gradient of an Alkaline, Hypersaline, Lake. – Christian F Edwardson – Frontiers In Microbiology

Phosphorus Solubilizing and Releasing Bacteria Screening from the Rhizosphere in a Natural Wetland – Ying Cao – Water

Effects of water flow on submerged macrophyte-biofilm systems in constructed wetlands – Bing Han – Scientific Reports

Dispersal limitation and thermodynamic constraints govern spatial structure of permafrost microbial communities – Eric M Bottos – bioRxiv

Metagenomic exploration of soils microbial communities associated to Antarctic vascular plants – Marco A. Molina-Montenegro – PeerJ Preprints

Built environment
Liquid co-substrates repower sewage microbiomes – Justus Hardegen – bioRxiv

Investigating antibiotics, antibiotic resistance genes, and microbial contaminants in groundwater in relation to the proximity of urban areas – Edina Szekeres – Environmental Pollution

Influence of secondary water supply systems on microbial community structure and opportunistic pathogen gene markers – Huan Li – Water Research

Review: A review on the applications of microbial electrolysis cells in anaerobic digestion. – Zhengsheng Yu – Bioresource Technology

Probiotics / prebiotics / antibiotics
Tacrolimus concentration to dose ratio in solid organ transplant patients treated with fecal microbiota transplantation for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection. – Michael H Woodworth – Transplant Infectious Disease : An Official Journal Of The Transplantation Society

Techniques
Functional imaging of the interaction between gut microbiota and the human host: A proof-of-concept clinical study evaluating novel use for 18F-FDG PET-CT. – Ben Boursi – Plos One

A 3D intestinal tissue model supports Clostridioides difficile germination, colonization, toxin production and epithelial damage – Lamyaa Shaban – Anaerobe

How to isolate, identify and determine antimicrobial susceptibility of anaerobic bacteria in routine laboratories? – Elisabeth Nagy – Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Microbes in the news
A trip to ‘the poopy lab’ in the interest of drug development – Eric Boodman – STAT News

Probe provides rapid lung investigation – Pallab Ghosh – BBC News

February 15, 2018

An especially interesting article on engineered bacteria in the treatment of colon cancer today: Chun Loong Ho and colleagues engineered an E. coli strain to bind to colon cancer cells and constitutively secrete an enzyme that can turn dietary derived glucosinolates (from cruciferous vegetables) into cancer fighting isothiocynates. Mice exposed to carcinogens and fed both the engineered bacteria and broccoli developed fewer and smaller colorectal tumors than exposed mice who were fed 1) neither bacteria or brocoli, 2) only bacteria, or 3) only broccoli.  Engineered probiotics anyone?

Also : A cultured community developed from wastewater that can reduce the greenhouse gas N2O to Nand help mitigate global warming; the majority of Daphnia microbiomes are not passed from parent to offspring but absorbed from the surrounding environment; and the impacts of CRISPR-Cas9 selection pressure on phage evolution.

Events and jobs

Postdoctoral Scholars of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences – University of Nevada Las Vegas

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General microbiome

Review: The genome, microbiome and evolutionary medicine – Robert C. Brunham – cmaj

Pregnancy and early life

Survey of Staphylococcus aureus in a general pediatric population and focus on isolates with three clinically relevant toxin-encoding genes – Anne Filleron – World Journal of Pediatrics

Human skin microbiome

Review: Impact of Skin Microbiome on Attractiveness to Arthropod Vectors and Pathogen Transmission – Niels O. Verhulst – Skin and Arthropod Vectors

Human gut microbiome

Intestinal Microbial Community Differs between Acute Pancreatitis Patients and Healthy Volunteers – Xi Mei Zhang – Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

The microbiome in chronic kidney disease patients undergoing hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis – Liliana Simões-Silva – Pharmacological Research

Review: Intestinal Microbiome Shifts, Dysbiosis, Inflammation, and Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease – Emma T. Saltzman – Frontiers in Microbiology

Does Low-Protein Diet Influence the Uremic Toxin Serum Levels From the Gut Microbiota in Nondialysis Chronic Kidney Disease Patients? – Ana Paula Black – Journal of Renal Nutrition

The Effect of Oligofructose-Enriched Inulin on Faecal Bacterial Counts and Microbiota-Associated Characteristics in Celiac Disease Children Following a Gluten-Free Diet: Results of a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial – Natalia Drabińska – Nutrients

Preprint: Spatial variation of the native colon microbiota in healthy adults – Kaitlin J Flynn – bioRxiv

Preprint: The intestinal microbiota predisposes to traveller’s diarrhoea and to the carriage of multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae after travelling to tropical regions – Stefano Leo – bioRxiv

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Animal experiments

Influence of Eimeria falciformis Infection on Gut Microbiota and Metabolic Pathways in Mice – Guangping Huang – Infection and Immunity

The Antimicrobial Peptide CRAMP Is Essential for Colon Homeostasis by Maintaining Microbiota Balance – Teizo Yoshimura – The Journal of Immunology

Animal microbiome

*Good Daphnia parents do not control the offspring microbiome – Angela E. Douglas – Journal of Animal Ecology

Effect of antibiotic withdrawal in feed on chicken gut microbial dynamics, immunity, growth performance and prevalence of foodborne pathogens – Sanjay Kumar – PLOSone

Review: The Microbial Zoo in the C. elegans Intestine: Bacteria, Fungi and Viruses – Hongbing Jiang – Viruses

Effects of parental care on resource allocation into immune defense and buccal microbiota in mouthbrooding cichlid fishes – Isabel S. Keller – Evolution

Inter-domain microbial diversity within the coral holobiont Siderastrea siderea from two depth habitats – Guido Bonthond – PeerJ

Effect of ginkgo extract supplementation on in vitro rumen fermentation and bacterial profiles under different dietary conditions – Seongjin Oh – Animal Science Journal

Review: Animal host–microbe interactions – Bethany J. Hoye – Journal of Animal Ecology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Oilseed rape cultivation increases the microbial richness and diversity in soils contaminated with cadmium – Xin Wang – Journal of Soils and Sediments

Comparison of Rumen and Manure Microbiomes and Implications for the Inoculation of Anaerobic Digesters – Emine Gozde Ozbayram – Microorganisms

Bacterial Microbiota of Rice Roots: 16S-Based Taxonomic Profiling of Endophytic and Rhizospheric Diversity, Endophytes Isolation and Simplified Endophytic Community – Felix Moronta-Barrios – Microorganisms

Water and extremophile microbiome

Small eukaryotic phytoplankton communities in tropical waters off Brazil are dominated by symbioses between Haptophyta and nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria – Catherine Gérikas Ribeiro – The ISME Journal

Distribution Patterns of Microbial Community Structure Along a 7000-Mile Latitudinal Transect from the Mediterranean Sea Across the Atlantic Ocean to the Brazilian Coastal Sea – Jin Zhou – Microbial Ecology

The vertical distribution of prokaryotes in the surface sediment of Jiaolong cold seep at the northern South China Sea – Yuzhi Wu – Extremophiles

A comparative hierarchical analysis of bacterioplankton and biofilm metacommunity structure in an interconnected pond system – Caroline Souffreau – Environmental Microbiology

Chemical and Microbial Quality of Groundwater in Siloam Village, Implications to Human Health and Sources of Contamination – John Ogony Odiyo – International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Microbial Ecology

Host genetic variation strongly influences the microbiome structure and function in fungal fruiting-bodies – Mari Pent – Environmental Microbiology

Fungus-associated bacteriome in charge of their host behavior – Kristin Schulz-Bohm – Fungal Genetics and Biology

Resistome

Antibiotic-mediated changes in the fecal microbiome of broiler chickens define the incidence of antibiotic resistance genes – Wenguang Xiong – BMC Microbiome

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Probiotics / prebiotics

Effect of VSL#3 Probiotic in a Patient with Glycogen Storage Disease Type Ia and Irritable Bowel Disease-like Disease – Miguel Carnero-Gregorio – Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins

New Insight into Biofilm Formation Ability, the Presence of Virulence Genes and Probiotic Potential of Enterococcus sp. Dairy Isolates – Nikola Popović – Frontiers in Microbiology

Effectiveness and Safety of a Probiotic-Mixture for the Treatment of Infantile Colic: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial with Fecal Real-Time PCR and NMR-Based Metabolomics Analysis – Maria Elisabetta Baldassarre – Nutrients

Fecal Microbiome Transplants

Long-term follow-up of the effects of fecal microbiota transplantation in combination with soluble dietary fiber as a therapeutic regimen in slow transit constipation – Xueying Zhang – Science China Life Sciences

Bioinformatics

Identification of fungi in shotgun metagenomics datasets – Paul D. Donovan – PLOSone

MetaLonDA: a flexible R package for identifying time intervals of differentially abundant features in metagenomic longitudinal studies – Ahmed A. Metwally – BMC Microbiome

Biotechnology

*Engineered commensal microbes for diet-mediated colorectal-cancer chemoprevention – Chun Loong Ho – Nature Biomedical Engineering

*Unexpected evolutionary benefit to phages imparted by bacterial CRISPR-Cas9 – Pan Tao – Science Advances

Waste and Pollution

*Life on N2O: deciphering the ecophysiology of N2O respiring bacterial communities in a continuous culture – Monica Conthe – The ISME Journal

Metagenomic analysis of microbial community and function involved in cd-contaminated soil – Gang Feng – BMC Microbiology

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Microbes in the news

Humpback microbiome linked to seasonal, environmental changes – Phys.org

 

February 14, 2018

The role of saliva in structuring human oral bacterial communities, effects of permafrost thaw on methanogenic communities, and articles on the microbiomes of termites, burying beetles, honey bees, and mosquitoes.

Human oral microbiome

A spatial gradient of bacterial diversity in the human oral cavity shaped by salivary flow – Diana M Proctor – Nature Communications

Human vaginal microbiome

To ‘douche’ or not to ‘douche’: hygiene habits may have detrimental effects on vaginal microbiota – Erdogan Aslan – Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Human gut microbiome

Elevated circulating levels of succinate in human obesity are linked to specific gut microbiota – Carolina Serena – The ISME Journal

Infection and Microbiome: Impact of Tuberculosis on Human Gut Microbiome of Indian Cohort – Utkarsh Sood – Indian Journal of Microbiology

Comparative metaproteomics analysis shows altered fecal microbiota signatures in patients with major depressive disorder – Zhi Chen – NeuroReport

Animal experiments

Protective effect of Group B Streptococcus type-III polysaccharide conjugates against maternal colonization, ascending infection and neonatal transmission in rodent models – Emiliano Chiarot – Scientific Reports

Animal microbiome

Pre-print: Axenic Aedes aegypti develop without live bacteria, but exhibit delayed development and reduced oviposition – Maria A Correa – bioRxiv

Two novel strains of Torulaspora delbrueckii isolated from the honey bee gut microbiome and their use in honey fermentation – Joseph P Barry – bioRxiv

Gut microbiota in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides, provide colonization resistance against larval bacterial pathogens – Yin Wang – Ecology and Evolution

Rampant Host Switching Shaped the Termite Gut Microbiome – Thomas Bourguignon – Current Biology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Melanization of mycorrhizal fungal necromass structures microbial decomposer communities – Christopher W Fernandez – Journal of Ecology

Fungal community shifts underpin declining mycelial production and turnover across a Pinus sylvestris chronosequence – Andreas Hagenbo – Journal of Ecology

Mycorrhizal symbioses influence the trophic structure of the Serengeti – Bo Maxwell Stevens – Journal of Ecology

The Populus holobiont: dissecting the effects of plant niches and genotype on the microbiome – M A Cregger – Microbiome

Water and extremophile microbiome

Pre-print: Transgenerational inheritance of shuffled symbiont communities in the coral Montipora digitata – Kate Quigley – bioRxiv

Shifts of methanogenic communities in response to permafrost thaw results in rising methane emissions and soil property changes – Shiping Wei – Extremophiles

Food microbiology

Dynamic correlations between microbiota succession and flavor development involved in the ripening of Kazak artisanal cheese – Xiaoji Zheng – Food Research International

Application of high-throughput pyrosequencing in the analysis of microbiota of food commodities procured from small and large retail outlets in a U.S. metropolitan area – A pilot study – Daleniece Higgins – Food Research International

Phages and viruses

The analysis of the oral DNA virome reveals which viruses are widespread and rare among healthy young adults in Valencia (Spain) – Vicente Pérez-Brocal – PLOS ONE

More microbes

Lactobacillus plantarum lipoteichoic acid inhibits biofilm formation of Streptococcus mutans – Ki Bum Ahn – PLOS ONE

Microbes in the news

In soil-dwelling bacteria, scientists find a new weapon to fight drug-resistant superbugs – Melissa Healy – Los Angeles Times

Interdisciplinary approach yields new insights into human evolution – Liz Entman – Vanderbilt University News

Viruses and Bacteria Travel Along a High-Altitude Superhighway – Dave Roos – Seeker

Science, career, and publishing

Pre-print: The impact on authors and editors of introducing Data Availability Statements at Nature journals – Rebecca Grant – bioRxiv

February 13, 2018

The gut microbiome of honey bee workers, a review of “Foodomics” approaches to studying digestion and bioactivity, and a new genome sequence for a bacterium isolated from a cell phone screen.

Human gut microbiome

Review: Causal effects of the microbiota on immune-mediated diseases – June L Round – Science Immunology

Possible correlation between gut microbiota and immunity among healthy middle-aged and elderly people in southwest China – Xi Shen – Gut Pathogens

Animal experiments

Pre-print: Clostridium difficile alters the structure and metabolism of distinct cecal microbiomes during initial infection to promote sustained colonization – Matthew L Jenior – bioRxiv

Pre-print: Microbiota metabolic product deoxycholic acid controls chicken necrotic enteritis – Hong Wang – bioRxiv

Effects of Bentonite Bgp35b-p on the Gut Microbiota of Mice Fed a High-Fat Diet – Eun-Sook Lee – Science of Food and Agriculture

Animal microbiome

The role of the gut microbiome in health and disease of adult honey bee workers – Kasie Raymann – Current Opinion in Insect Science

Bacterial density rather than diversity correlates with hatching success across different avian species – Juan Manuel Peralta-Sánchez – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Influence of metal contamination in soil on metabolic profiles of Miscanthus x giganteus belowground parts and associated bacterial communities – Hoang Nam Pham – Applied Soil Ecology

Pre-print: In situ relationships between microbiota and potential pathobiota in Arabidopsis thaliana – Claudia Bartoli – bioRxiv

Effects of Using Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi to Alleviate Drought Stress on the Physiological Traits and Essential Oil Yield of Fennel – Sedigheh Gheisari Zardak – Rhizosphere

Water and extremophile microbiome

Pre-print: Environmental determinants of pyoverdine production, exploitation and competition in natural Pseudomonas communities – Elena Butaitė – bioRxiv

Bacteria from Coral Ecosystem of Kiltan Island, Lakshadweep: Resource for Hydrolytic Enzymes – L Ramlath – International Journal of Cell Science and Biotechnology

Built environment

Microbacterium telephonicum sp. nov., isolated from the screen of a cellular phone – Praveen Rahi – International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Food microbiology

Review: The role of Foodomics to understand the digestion/bioactivity relationship of food – Grégory Pimentel – Current Opinion in Food Science

Phages and viruses

Virus-mediated transfer of nitrogen from heterotrophic bacteria to phytoplankton – Emma J Shelford – Biogeosciences

Small RNA-omics for virome reconstruction and antiviral defense characterization in mixed infections of cultivated Solanum plants – Silvia Turco – Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Metabolomics

UPLC-QTOF-MS metabolomics analysis revealed the contributions of metabolites to the pathogenesis of Rhizoctonia solani strain AG-1-IA – Wenjin Hu – PLOS ONE

Microbes in the news

New imaging technique reveals how dragonfly wings tear bacteria apart – Alayna Hansen – New Atlas

Exploring the microbiome of an ocean bacteria – Kyle Frischkorn – Phys.Org

Microbes on the market

Rebiotix Develops Microbiome Health Index™ to Identify Indicators for Microbiome Restoration – PR Newswire

Bristol-Myers taps Sirenas for ‘global microbiome’ drug discovery – Amirah Al Idrus – FierceBiotech

Givaudan, Unilever target the microbiome – Marc S Reisch – Chemical & Engineering News

February 10, 2018

Check out the Environmental Microbiology * The New Microscopy themed issue from
Events and jobs from Current Opinion in Microbiology! Other highlights include bioinformatic and wet lab techniques, including fecal water preparation for metabolomics and SMRT, as well as a new version of Kraken with k-mer coverage (KrakenHLL)!

Jobs and events
PhD scholarships in Microbiome Synthetic Biology – Danmarks Tekniske Universitet

Human respiratory microbiome
Dysbiosis of inferior turbinate microbiota is associated with high total IgE levels in allergic rhinitis patients – Dong-Wook Hyun – Infection and Immunity

Human skin microbiome
Epidermal lipid composition, barrier integrity and eczematous inflammation are associated with skin microbiome configuration  – Hansjörg Baurecht – Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Human oral microbiome
Presence of archaea and selected bacteria in infected root canal system – Ewa Brzezińska-Błaszczyk – Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Human gut microbiome
ReviewUnderstanding the Microbiome: Emerging Biomarkers for Exploiting the Microbiota for Personalized Medicine against Cancer – Meenakshi Rajpoot – Seminars in Cancer Biology

Animal microbiome
Exploring virulence of new and less studied species of Metarhizium spp. from Brazil for two-spotted spider mite control – Thiago Castro – Experimental and Applied Acarology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Soil metagenome-derived 3-hydroxypalmitic acid methyl ester hydrolases suppress extracellular polysaccharide production in Ralstonia solanacearum – Myung Hwan Lee – Journal of Biotechnology

Effects of rhizosphere interactions of grass interspecies on the soil microbial properties during the natural succession in the Loess Plateau – Chao Zhang – European Journal of Soil Biology

Degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil mesocosms by microbial/plant bioaugmentation: Performance and mechanism – Fan-xin Kong – Chemosphere

The influence of tree species on soil properties and microbial communities following afforestation of abandoned land in northeast China – Na Yang – European Journal of Soil Biology

Diversity of the bacterial microbiome in the roots of four Saccharum species: S. spontaneum, S. robustum, S. barberi, and S. officinarum – Meng Dong – Frontiers in Microbiology

Water and extremophile microbiome
Current Opinion in Microbiology has a themed issue called Environmental Microbiology * The New Microscopy with many articles of interest, some including:

First Investigation of Microbial Community Composition in the Bridge (Gadeok Channel) between the Jinhae-Masan Bay and the South Sea of Korea – Jiyoung Lee – Ocean Science Journal

The effect of temperature on the microbial communities of peak biogas production in batch biogas reactors – Guangliang Tian – Renewable Energy

The Effects of Antibiotics on Microbial Community Composition in an Estuary Reservoir during Spring and Summer Seasons – Zheng Xu – Water

Built environment
Review: Advances in concrete materials for sewer systems affected by microbial induced concrete corrosion: A review – Cyrill Grengg – Water Research

Microbial interactions
Comparative study on nutrient depletion-induced lipidome adaptations in Staphylococcus haemolyticus and Staphylococcus epidermidis – Yu Luo – Scientific Reports

The integrated analysis of transcriptome and proteome for exploring the biodegradation mechanism of 2, 4, 6-trinitrotoluene by Citrobacter sp – Hung-Yu Liao – Journal of Hazardous Materials

Probiotics / prebiotics / antibiotics
Evolutionary trajectories to amoxicillin-clavulanic acid resistance in Escherichia coli are affected by growth media – Alasdair TM Hubbard – biorXiv

Bioinformatics
ComPAS: Community Preserving Sampling for Streaming Graphs – Sandipan Sikdar – arXiv

KrakenHLL: Confident and fast metagenomics classification using unique k-mer counts – Florian P Breitwieser – bioRxiv

Techniques
Efficient non-cytotoxic fluorescent staining of halophiles – Ivan Maslov – Scientific Reports

Metabonomic Evaluation of Fecal Water Preparation Methods: The Effects of Ultracentrifugation – Sandi Yen – Current Metabolomics

SMRT-Cappable-seq reveals complex operon variants in bacteria – Bo Yan – bioRxiv

Microbes in the news
Are Hand Dryers Actually Full of Bacteria? A Viral Photo Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story – Maggie Astor – New York Times

Bacteria-infected mosquitoes might be good thing for Miami – Jennifer Kay – ABC News
Miami releases bacteria-infected mosquitoes to help fight Zika virus – KGUN9

UV Light That Is Safe for Humans but Bad for Bacteria and Viruses – GEN News

Stanford Global Health awards seed funding to nine projects – Stanford Medicine News Center

Microbes on the market
Seres Therapeutics Inc. (MCRB) Settles Into New 52-Week Low on February 08 Session – Equities.com

Tiffany’s other picks
Zika Virus Alters DNA Methylation of Neural Genes in an Organoid Model of the Developing Human Brain – Sylvie Janssens – mSystems

 

February 6, 2018

 

General microbiome

Preprint: Selection of appropriate metagenome taxonomic classifiers for ancient microbiome research – IM Velsko – bioRxiv

Advances in metabolic engineering in the microbial production of fuels and chemicals from C1 gas – CM Humphreys – Current Opinion in Biotechnology

 

Human skin microbiome

Individual and household attributes influence the dynamics of the personal skin microbiota and its association network – MHY Leung – Microbiome

 

Human gut microbiome

The intestinal protist Blastocystis is not a common member of the healthy infant gut microbiota in a Westernized country (Ireland) – PD Scanlan – Parasitology

Preprint: When metabolism meets physiology: Harvey and Harvetta – I Thiele – bioRxiv

Connection between BMI related plasma metabolite profile and gut microbiota – F Ottosson – The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Animal experiments 

Review: Gut microbiome and depression: what we know and what we need to know – G Winter – Reviews in the Neurosciences

Potential of Lactobacillus plantarum ZDY2013 and Bifidobacterium bifidum WBIN03 in relieving colitis by gut microbiota, immune and anti-oxidative stress – Y Wang – Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Air-Dried Brown Seaweed, Ascophyllum nodosum, Alters the Rumen Microbiome in a Manner That Changes Rumen Fermentation Profiles and Lowers the Prevalence of Foodborne Pathogens – M Zhou – mSphere

Animal microbiome 

Antimicrobial resistance in companion animals – DI Rendle – Equine Veterinary Journal

Plant, root and soil microbiome

Drought neutralises plant–soil feedback of two mesic grassland forbs – EL Fry – Oecologica

Effects of different fertilizers on methane emissions and methanogenic community structures in paddy rhizosphere soil – J Yuan – Science of The Total Environment

Halotolerant microbial consortia able to degrade highly recalcitrant plant biomass substrate. – L Cortes-Tolalpa – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Microbial Diversity and Community Structure in Agricultural Soils Suffering from 4-year Pb Contamination – A Fengqiu – Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Evidence for species-specific plant responses to soil microbial communities from remnant and degraded land provides promise for restoration – ME Smith – Austral Ecology

Long term effects of Lespedeza bicolor revegetation on soil bacterial communities in Dexing copper mine tailings in Jiangxi Province, China – Z Wu – Applied Soil Ecology

Water microbiome and extremophile

Preprint: Spatiotemporal dynamics of river viruses, bacteria and microeukaryotes – TV Rossum – bioRxiv

Life on Phosphite: A Metagenomics Tale – Y Tapia-Torres – Trends in Microbiology

Biodegradation of n-alkanes on oil-seawater interfaces at different temperatures and microbial communities associated with the degradation. – S Lofthus – Biodegradation

Contrasting the genetic patterns of microbial communities in soda lakes with and without cyanobacterial bloom – AP Andreote – Frontiers in Microbiology

Microbial communities associated with the co-metabolism of free cyanide and thiocyanate under alkaline conditions – L Mekuto – 3 Biotech

Untapped bacterial diversity and metabolic potential within Unkeshwar hot springs, India – G Mehetre – Archives of Microbiology

Built environment 

Effects of wastewater constituents and operational conditions on the composition and dynamics of anodic microbial communities in bioelectrochemical systems – M Kokko – Bioresource Technology

Free-living bacteria and potential bacterial pathogens in sewage treatment plants – K Huang – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Crawling-induced floor dust resuspension affects the microbiota of the infant breathing zone – H Hyytiäinen – Microbiome

 

Techniques

Preprint: Coupling MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry protein and specialized metabolite analyses to rapidly discriminate bacterial function – CM Clark – bioRxiv

Preprint: Kaptive Web: user-friendly capsule and lipopolysaccharide serotype prediction for Klebsiella genomes – RR Wick – bioRxiv

The madness of microbiome: Attempting to find consensus “best practice” for 16S microbiome studies – J Pollock – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Microbes in the news

The possibilities of microorganisms – The Varsity

New insight into the molecular weapons of the plant microbiome – EurekAlert

Ohio State scientists to send ancient bacteria into space to unlock secrets about life on other planets – The Columbus Dispatch

Workbench for virus design – Phys.org

What does your poo microbiome do? – Phys.org

The Importance of Infants’ Exposure to Microorganisms – The New York Times

Treatment of nitrogen-polluted sediment using marine anammox bacteria – Science Daily

Microbes and the market

Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches Axiom Microbiome Array for Research – Cision PR Newswire

Worldwide Microbiome Sequencing Services Market Driven by Business Overview, Company Profile, Products, Services and Solutions Prediction To 2022 – Facts Week

Non-Microbiology Picks

Chilly Climates, Balancing Acts, and Shifting Pathways: What Happens to Women in STEM Doctoral Programs – M Cabay – Social Sciences

 

February 3, 2018

Today’s digest is short, but has exciting reads on how machine learning is improving prediction of antibiotic resistance genes.

General Microbiome

Construction of Effective Minimal Active Microbial Consortia for Lignocellulose Degradation. Puentes-Téllez PE. Microbial Ecology

Review: Role of antimicrobial peptides in controlling symbiotic bacterial populations. Mergaert P. Natural Product Reports

Evaluation of the ability of commercial wine yeasts to form biofilms (mats) and adhere to plastic: implications for the microbiota of the winery environment.Tek EL. FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Gut Microbiome

The mechanistic link between health and gut microbiota diversity.Larsen OFA. Scientific Reports

REVIEW:The Role of Gut Microbiome and Associated Metabolome in the Regulation of Neuroinflammation in Multiple Sclerosis and Its Implications in Attenuating Chronic Inflammation in Other Inflammatory and Autoimmune Disorders.Dopkins N. Immunology

Plant, Soil, and Water Microbiome

Lithobiontic life: “Atacama rocks are well and alive”. Gómez-Silva B.Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek

Contrasting patterns of the bacterial and archaeal communities in a high-elevation river in northwestern China. Hu Y. Journal of Microbiology

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Chemical Defence: Effects of Colonisation on Aboveground and Belowground Metabolomes. Hill EM. Journal of Chemical Ecology

Comparison of plants with C3 and C4 carbon fixation pathways for remediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contaminated soils. Sivaram AK. Scientific Reports

Soda pans of the Pannonian steppe harbor unique bacterial communities adapted to multiple extreme conditions. Szabó A. Exremophiles

The effects of glyphosate, glufosinate, paraquat and paraquat-diquat on soil microbial activity and bacterial, archaeal and nematode diversity.Dennis PG. Scientific Reports

Soil commensal rhizobia promote Rhizobium etli nodulation efficiency through CinR-mediated quorum sensing. Miao J. Archives of Microbiology

Distribution of thermophilic endospores in a temperate estuary indicate that dispersal history structures sediment microbial communities.Bell E. Environmental Microbiology

Animal Experiments and Microbiome

Age-associated microbiome shows the giant panda lives on hemicelluloses, not on cellulose. Zhang W. ISME Journal

Increased productivity in poultry birds by sub-lethal dose of antibiotics is arbitrated by selective enrichment of gut microbiota, particularly short-chain fatty acid producers. Banerjee S. Microbiology

Whole metagenome sequencing reveals links between mosquito microbiota and insecticide resistance in malaria vectors. Dada N. Scientific Reports

Virome

The virome of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Gigaspora margarita reveals the first report of DNA fragments corresponding to replicating non-retroviral RNA viruses in Fungi.Turina M. Environmental Microbiology

Techniques/Protocols

DeepARG: a deep learning approach for predicting antibiotic resistance genes from metagenomic data.Arango-Argoty G. Microbiome

February 1, 2018

The publication of a Springer manual entitled Mechanisms underlying host-microbiome interactions in pathopysiology of human diseases contains multiple interesting articles today, including reviews on the gut microbiome and preterm infant gut development, colerectal cancer, and metabolic disease, as well as a useful review of statistical models for mouse and human microbiome data. In addition, a revisitation of gut enterotypes via metabolomics, decreased Akkermansia muciniphila in psoriasis,  the bacterial communities of fiddler crabs, the impact of different wavelengths of light on hot spring bacteria, and two articles on the uses of metabarcoding in both 16S and eukaryotic microbiota analysis.

Events and jobs

Microbiology Manager – Covance – Indianapolis, Indiana

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Pregnancy and early life

*Review: Impact of Microbes on the Intestinal Development of the Preterm Infant – Elizabeth Humphrey – In: Mechanisms Underlying Host-Microbiome Interactions in Pathophysiology of Human Diseases. Physiology in Health and Disease. Springer

Multi-site human microbiome

Review: Good and Bad Farming: The Right Microbiome Protects from Allergy – Markus Johannes Ege – Allergy Prevention and Exacerbation

Human gut microbiome

*Functional metagenomics identifies novel genes ABCTPP, TMSRP1 and TLSRP1 among human gut enterotypes – Manoj Kumar Verma – Scientific Reports

Gastric bacterial Flora in patients Harbouring Helicobacter pylori with or without chronic dyspepsia: analysis with matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectroscopy – Verima Pereira – BMC Gasteroentrology

*The Akkermansia muciniphila is a gut microbiota signature in psoriasis – LiRong Tan – Experimental Dermatology

Review: The regulation of host cellular and gut microbial metabolism in the development and prevention of colorectal cancer – Cheng-Bei Zhou – Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Editorial: Unveiling the gut virome in human health and diseases – Tao Zuo – International Journal of Clinical Virology

*Review: The Influence of the Microbiota on the Etiology of Colorectal Cancer – Melissa C. Kordahi – In: Mechanisms Underlying Host-Microbiome Interactions in Pathophysiology of Human Diseases. Physiology in Health and Disease. Springer

*Review: Altered Microbiota and Their Metabolism in Host Metabolic Diseases – Beng San Yeoh –  In: Mechanisms Underlying Host-Microbiome Interactions in Pathophysiology of Human Diseases. Physiology in Health and Disease. Springer

Review: The Gut Microbiome and Its Marriage to the Immune System: Can We Change It All? – Eva Untersmayr – Allergy Prevention and Exacerbation

*Review: Fecal Microbiota Transplants: Current Knowledge and Future Directions – Roxana Chis – In: Mechanisms Underlying Host-Microbiome Interactions in Pathophysiology of Human Diseases. Physiology in Health and Disease. Springer

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Animal experiments

Tissue Level Diet and Sex-by-Diet Interactions Reveal Unique Metabolite and Clustering Profiles Using Untargeted Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry on Adipose, Skeletal Muscle, and Liver Tissue in C57BL6/J Mice – Ann Wells – Journal of Proteome Research

The Changes of Colonic Bacterial Composition and Bacterial Metabolism Induced by an Early Food Introduction in a Neonatal Porcine Model – Chao Shi – Current Microbiology

Animal microbiome

*Multiple colonist pools shape fiddler crab-associated bacterial communities – Catalina Cuellar-Gempeler – The ISME Journal

Transcriptional changes detected in fecal RNA of neonatal dairy calves undergoing a mild diarrhea are associated with inflammatory biomarkers – Fernanda Rosa – PLOSone

Tiny but mighty: The role of the rumen microbes in livestock production
K M Cammack – Journal of Animal Science

Effects of Spray-Dried Porcine Plasma on Fecal Microbiota in Nursery Pigs – Huyen Tran – Journal of Animal Science

Organic acid production from potato starch waste fermentation by rumen microbial communities from Dutch and Thai dairy cows – Susakul Palakawong Na Ayudthaya – Biotechnology for Biofuels

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

The impact of failure: unsuccessful bacterial invasions steer the soil microbial community away from the invader’s niche – C. A. Mallon – The ISME Journal

Stress-Tolerant Beneficial Microbes for Sustainable Agricultural Production – Reeta Goel – In: Microorganisms for Green Revolution. Microorganisms for Sustainability, vol 7. Springer

Taxonomically-linked growth phenotypes during arsenic stress among arsenic resistant bacteria isolated from soils overlying the Centralia coal seam fire – Taylor K. Dunivin – PLOSone

Review: The Chemistry of Plant-Microbe Interactions in the Rhizosphere and the Potential for Metabolomics to Reveal Signaling Related to Defense Priming and Induced Systemic Resistance – Msizi Mhlongo – Frontiers in Plant Science

Characterization of bacteria isolated from the Saffron (Crocus Sativus L.) rhizosphere – Majid Jami Al-Ahmadi – Journal of Horticultural Research

Review: Rhizoremediation – Plant Microbe Interactions in the Removal of Pollutants – Mehak Oberai – International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences (IJCMAS)

Role of microbes in organic carbon decomposition and maintenance of soil ecosystem – Hina Khatoon – International Journal of Chemical Studies

Water and extremophile microbiome

Vibrio cholerae embraces two major evolutionary traits as revealed by targeted gene sequencing – Kazuhisa Okada – Scientific Reports

*Effect of light wavelength on hot spring microbial mat biodiversity – Akifumi Nishida – PLOSone

Microbial Ecology

Estimating taxon-specific population dynamics in diverse microbial communities – Benjamin J. Koch – Ecosphere

Metabolomic analysis of low and high biofilm-forming Helicobacter pylori strains – Eric Hong Jian Wong – Scientific Reports

Resistome

High dietary zinc feeding promotes persistence of multi-resistant E. coli in the swine gut – Lisa Ciesinski – PLOSone

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Probiotics / prebiotics

An Integrative Review on the Effect of Prebiotics, Probiotics, and Synbiotics on Infection After Colorectal Cancer Surgery – Sarah Williams Anderson – Aorn Journal

Phages and Viruses

Metagenomic Analysis of the Jinding Duck Fecal Virome – Lili Zhao – Current Microbiology

Bioinformatics

*Statistical Models and Analysis of Microbiome Data from Mice and Humans – Yinglin Xia – In: Mechanisms Underlying Host-Microbiome Interactions in Pathophysiology of Human Diseases. Physiology in Health and Disease. Springer

Comparative Analysis of Sequence Clustering Methods for Deduplication of Biological Databases – Qingyu Chen – Journal of Data and Information Quality

Techniques

GC-MS Analysis of Short-Chain Fatty Acids in Feces, Cecum Content, and Blood Samples – Lisa R. Hoving – Clinical Metabolomics

*16S rRNA gene metabarcoding and TEM reveals different ecological strategies within the genus Neogloboquadrina (planktonic foraminifer) – Clare Bird – PLOSone

*Metabarcoding analysis of eukaryotic microbiota in the gut of HIV-infected patients – Ibrahim Hamad – PLOSone

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Microbes in the news

The Germ and the Gene: Gut Bacteria Research Takes a Step Forward – Ruairi MacKenzie – Technology Networks

These bacteria produce gold by digesting toxic metals – EurekaAlert

 

 

January 28, 2018

A preprint on the gut microbiome of few tribal groups in the Himalayan region; association between vaginal microbiota and HIV;   an integrative approach that encompasses  metatranscriptomics & fatty acid profiling to study the rumen microbiome during feeding;   environmental adaptation shapes the gut microbiota of Rhesus macaques;   microbiome of cactus rhizosphere;   news about uBiome; antibiotics;  and many more articles for today’s digest!

General microbiome

Review: Evolving Ecosystems: Inheritance and Selection in the Light of the Microbiome – S Sandoval-Motta – Archives of Medical Research

Multi-site human microbiome

The nasal microbiome mirrors and potentially shapes olfactory function – K Koskinen – Scientific Reports

Alterations of oral microbiota distinguish children with autism spectrum disorders from healthy controls – Y Qiao – Scientific Reports

Human respiratory microbiome

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms: Host Response and Clinical Implications in Lung Infections – NM Maurice – American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Human skin microbiome

Analysis of the skin mycobiome in adult patients with atopic dermatitis – SH Han – Experimental Dermatology

Human vaginal microbiome

Evaluation of the association between the concentrations of key vaginal bacteria and the increased risk of HIV acquisition in African women from five cohorts: a nested case-control study – RS McClelland – The Lancet

Prevalence of vaginal microorganisms among pregnant women according to trimester and association with preterm birth – K-A Son – Obstetrics & Gynecology Science

Human gut microbiome

Preprint: Gut microbiome transition across a lifestyle gradient in Himalaya – AR Jha – bioRxiv

Physical exercise, gut, gut microbiota, and atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases – J Chen – Lipids in Health and Disease

Therapeutic Opportunities in Intestinal Microbiota–Virus Interactions – V Monedero – Trends in Biotechnology

Almond Consumption and Processing Affects the Composition of the Gastrointestinal Microbiota of Healthy Adult Men and Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial. – HD Holscher – Nutrients

Effects of Ampicillin on the Gut Microbiome of an Adult Male as Determined by 16S rRNA V4 Metagenomics Sequencing and Greengenes Bioinformatics Suite – K Anukam – Journal of Advances in Microbiology

Determinants of Reduced Genetic Capacity for Butyrate Synthesis by the Gut Microbiome in Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis – EJ Laserna-Mendieta – Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis

The Role of Bacteria, Probiotics and Diet in Irritable Bowel Syndrome – A Harper – Foods

Animal experiments 

Preprint: Inter- and intra-domain functional redundancy in the rumen microbiome during plant biomass degradation – A Soellinger – bioRxiv

Gut microbiome may contribute to insulin resistance and systemic inflammation in obese rodents: a meta-analysis. – N Jiao – Physiological Genomics

Protective effect of rosmarinic acid and carnosic acid against streptozotocin-induced oxidation, glycation, inflammation and microbiota imbalance in diabetic rats. – J Ou -Food & Function

Glucocorticoids Drive Diurnal Oscillations in T Cell Distribution and Responses by Inducing Interleukin-7 Receptor and CXCR4 – A Shimba – Immunity

Review: Overview and systematic review of studies of microbiome in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder – TT Nguyen – Journal of Psychiatric Research

Animal microbiome 

Characterization of the Gut Microbiota in Six Geographical Populations of Chinese Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta), Implying an Adaptation to High-Altitude Environment – J Zhao – Microbial Ecology

Opinion: Mission Accomplished? We Need a Guide to the ‘Post Release’ World of Wolbachia for Aedes-borne Disease Control – SA Ritchie – Cell

Microbial community assembly in wild populations of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster – KL Adair – The ISME Journal

In silico identification, characterization and expression analysis of attacin gene family in response to bacterial and fungal pathogens in Tenebrio molitor – YH Jo – Entomological Research

Plant, root and soil microbiome

Editorial special issue: the soil, the seed, the microbes and the plant – EB Nelson – Plant and Soil

Complete Genome Sequence of Pseudomonas Parafulva PRS09-11288, a Biocontrol Strain Produces the Antibiotic Phenazine-1-carboxylic Acid – Y Zhang – Current Microbiology

The effects of road building on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity in Huangshan Scenic Area – A Yang – World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology

The role of species turnover in structuring bacterial communities in a local scale in the cactus rhizosphere – VN Kavamura – Plant and Soil

p-Coumaric can alter the composition of cucumber rhizosphere microbial communities and induce negative plant-microbial interactions – X Zhou – Biology and Fertility of Soils

Mycobiomes of sympatric Amorphophallus albispathus (Araceae) and Camellia sinensis (Theaceae) – a case study reveals clear tissue preferences and differences in diversity and composition – M Unterseher – Mycological Progress

Identification, synthesis and regulatory function of the N-acylated homoserine lactone signals produced by Pseudomonas chlororaphis HT66 – H Peng – Microbial Cell Factories

Building Bioeconomy in Agriculture: Harnessing Soil Microbes for Sustaining Ecosystem Services – R Rengalakshmi – Towards a Sustainable Bioeconomy: Principles, Challenges and Perspectives

Competitive traits are more important than stress-tolerance traits in a cadmium-contaminated rhizosphere: a role for trait theory in microbial ecology – JL Wood – Frontiers in Microbiology

Draft Genome Sequence of Pantoea ananatis Strain 1.38, a Bacterium Isolated from the Rhizosphere of Oryza sativa var. Puntal That Shows Biotechnological Potential as an Inoculant – E Megías – Genome Announcements

Copper Bioleaching in China: Review and Prospect – S Yin – Minerals

Water microbiome and extremophiles 

Core promoter information content correlates with optimal growth temperature – AA Aptekmann – Scientific Reports

Food microbiology

Genomic and functional characterisation of two Enterococcus strains isolated from Cotija cheese and their potential role in ripening – M Olvera-García – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Phages and viruses

Review: Phage or foe: an insight into the impact of viral predation on microbial communities – L Fernández – The ISME Journal

Techniques

Artificial Gene Amplification in Escherichia coli Reveals Numerous Determinants for Resistance to Metal Toxicity – KJ Hoegler – Journal of Molecular Evolution

Microbes in the news

uBiome, the Leader in Microbial Genomics, Launches SmartGut and SmartJane Microbiome Test Kits in Canada – Daily Telescope

Niki Bezzant: A gutsful of good health – NZ Herald

How Phenylbutazone, Firocoxib Affect Horses’ Gut Microbiota – the Horse

Botulinum-type toxins jump to a new kind of bacteria – Science Daily

‘Forgotten’ antibiotic offers hope against worst superbugs – Digital Journal

Detect The Level Of Bacteria In Food With This Smartphone-Based System – Wonderful Engineering

When bad bugs jump from farm to bedside – Hutch News

January 27, 2018

A Saturday digest with lots of fun and weird news of microbiome!
Events and jobs

Adjunct Faculty- Biology, Microbiology, Anatomy & Physiology – St. Louis Community College in Missouri – USA

General microbiome

A Case of Recurrent Pasteurella Bacteremia in an Immunocompetent Patient with No Animal Bite. – F Zarlasht – The American Journal of Case Reports

Pregnancy and early life

Lipopolysaccharide-induced maternal inflammation induces direct placental injury without alteration in placental blood flow and induces a secondary fetal intestinal injury that persists into adulthood. – EM Fricke – American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Association between duration of intravenous antibiotic administration and early-life microbiota development in late-preterm infants – RD Zwittink – European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Human gut microbiome

Fungal Diversity of Human Gut Microbiota Among Eutrophic, Overweight, and Obese Individuals Based on Aerobic Culture-Dependent Approach – FM Borges – Current Microbiology

Review: Dietary practices and FODMAPs in South Asia: Applicability of the low FODMAP diet to patients with irritable bowel syndrome – SP Hewawasam – Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Animal experiments 

Preprint: Mono-Association with Lactobacillus plantarum Disrupts Intestinal Homeostasis in adult Drosophila. – D Fast – bioRxiv

Beneficial effects of Rifaximin in post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome mouse model beyond gut microbiota – Y Jin –  Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Plant, root and soil microbiome

Predator identity more than predator richness structures aquatic microbial assemblages in Sarracenia purpurea leaves. – EJ Canter – Ecology

Purple corn-associated rhizobacteria with potential for plant growth promotion – A Castellano-Hinojosa – Journal of Applied Microbiology

Fungal diversity in oil palm leaves showing symptoms of Fatal Yellowing disease – OY de Assis Costa – PLoS One

Biosynthetic and antimicrobial potential of actinobacteria isolated from bulrush rhizospheres habitat in Zhalong Wetland, China – Y Li – Archives of Microbiology

Effect of Silene vulgaris and Heavy Metal Pollution on Soil Microbial Diversity in Long-Term Contaminated Soil – M Pacwa-Płociniczak – Water, Air and Soil Pollution

Water microbiome and extremophile 

Ecological and biogeographical drivers of freshwater green algae biodiversity: from local communities to large-scale species pools of desmids – H Bestová – Oecologia

Nitrogen Fixation in Thermophilic Chemosynthetic Microbial Communities Depending on Hydrogen, Sulfate, and Carbon Dioxide –  A Nishihara – J-Stage

Food microbiology

Bacterial community in naturally fermented milk products of Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim of India analysed by high-throughput amplicon sequencing – HNJ Shangpliang – Scientific Reports

Phages and viruses

Preprint: Diversity and evolution of the emerging Pandoraviridae family – M Legendre – bioRxiv

Microbes in the news

Explore the human microbiome in new Delaware natural history museum exhibit – Delaware Public Media

Thoroughness of panel called into question – Delta Optimist

When DNA Went Mobile Some Archaea Jumped Out of the Hot Tub – GEN News

Scientists find 10 new defense systems used by bacteria – Science News

ASTRONAUTS LIVING IN SPACE CAN EAT BACTERIA THAT FEED ON HUMAN WASTE – Newsweek

A Never-Before-Seen Virus Was Just Found in the Sea, and It Kills Bacteria – Inverse Science

Bacteria block transmission of Zika and Dengue viruses – Medical Xpress

First annual thesis competition held at JMU – The Breeze

Microbiome research refines HIV risk for women – EurekAlert

Shimmery bacteria plus a canvas equals art, briefly – Chicago Tribune

BACTERIA THAT HITCH RIDES ON TOOTHBRUSHES, DIAPERS AND OTHER PLASTIC POLLUTION ARE KILLING CORAL REEFS – Newsweek