Category Archives: Extremophiles

January 16, 2017

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Environmental pollutants have become an increasingly common health hazard. The possible effects of environmental pollutants on gut microbiota and their subsequent effects on health is discussed in highlighted review.

Pregnancy and early life

Antibiotics in Pregnancy Increase Children’s Risk of Otitis Media and Ventilation Tubes – Tine Marie Pedersen – The journal of Pediatrics

Human skin microbiome

Insights into the mast cell–microbiome connection in the skin – Alon Y. Hershko – Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Microbiota fingerprints lose individually identifying features over time – David Wilkins – Microbiome

Human vaginal microbiome

Association between preterm labor and genitourinary tract infections caused by Trichomonas vaginalis, Mycoplasma hominis, Gram-negative bacilli, and coryneforms – Alaa El-Dien M.S. Hosny – Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

The Vaginal Microbiota and Urinary Tract Infection – Ann E. Stapleton – Microbiol Spectrum

Human nearly-sterile sites 

Metabolic profiles of exudates from chronic leg ulcerations – Adam Junka – Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis

Human oral microbiome

Review: Ecology of the Oral Microbiome: Beyond Bacteria – Jonathon L. Baker – Trends in Microbiology

On-going Mechanical Damage from Mastication Drives Homeostatic Th17 Cell Responses at the Oral Barrier – Nicolas Dutzan – Immunity

Salivary Gluten Degradation and Oral Microbial Profiles in Health and Celiac Disease – Na Tian  – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Human gut microbiome

Expert review: Management of Clostridium difficile Infection in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Expert Review from the Clinical Practice Updates Committee of the AGA Institute – Sahil Khanna – Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Review: Effects of environmental pollutants on gut microbiota – Yuanxiang Jin – Environmental Pollution

Impact of dietary pattern of the fecal donor on in vitro fermentation properties of whole grains and brans – Sandrayee Brahma – Journal of Functional Foods

Review: The role of the gut microbiota in sepsis – Bastiaan W Haak – The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Gut microbiota interactions with the immunomodulatory role of vitamin D in normal individuals – Renata V. Luthold – Metabolism

“Angelakisella massiliensis” gen. nov., sp. nov., a new bacterial species isolated from human ileum – Morgane Mailhe – New Microbes and New Infections

Helicobacter pylori–related metabolic syndrome as predictor of progression to esophageal carcinoma in a subpopulation-based Barrett’s esophagus cohort – Jannis Kountouras – Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Impact of dietary pattern of the fecal donor on in vitro fermentation properties of whole grains and brans – Sandrayee Brahma – Journal of Functional Foods

Absence of intestinal microbiota increases ß-cyclodextrin stimulated reverse cholesterol transport – Rima H. Mistry – Molecular Nutrition & Food Research

European consensus conference on faecal microbiota transplantation in clinical practice – Giovanni Cammarota – Gut
Animal experiments

Gd-DTPA-induced dynamic metabonomic changes in rat biofluids – Chuanling Wan – Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Increasing dietary nitrate has no effect on cancellous bone loss or fecal microbiome in ovariectomized rats – Melissa N. Conley – Molecular Nutrition & Food Research

Animal microbiome

Improved growth rate and disease resistance in olive flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus, by probiotic Lactococcus lactis WFLU12 isolated from wild marine fish – Thanh Luan Nguyen – Aquaculture

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

The effects of tree species and substrate on carbon sequestration and chemical and biological properties in reforested post-mining soils – Agnieszka Józefowska – Geoderma

Impacts of inorganic and organic fertilization treatments on bacterial and fungal communities in a paddy soil – Jichen Wang – Applied Soil Ecology

Water and extremophile microbiome

Effects of the halophilic fungi Cladosporium sphaerospermum, Wallemia sebi, Aureobasidium pullulans and Aspergillus nidulans on halite formed on sandstone surface – Maisa M.A. Mansour – International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation

Epiphytic Planctomycetes communities associated with three main groups of macroalgae – Joana Bondoso – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Floc formation reduces the pH stress experienced by microorganisms living in alkaline environments -C.J. Charles – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Capturing compositional variation in denitrifying communities: A multiple primer approach that includes autotrophic denitrifying Epsilonproteobacteria – S.A. Murdock  – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Waste and pollution microbiology

Review: Aerobic and anaerobic fungal metabolism and Omics insights for increasing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons biodegradation – Sevcan Aydin – Fungal Biology Reviews

Built environment 

Biological invasion in the indoor environment: the spread of Eurotium halophilicum on library materials – Andrea Polo – International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation

Review: Integrated management of the risks of stored grain spoilage by seedborne fungi and contamination by storage mould mycotoxins – An update – Francis Fleurat-Lessard – Journal of Stored Products Research

Food microbiology

Impact of environmental conditions and process modifications on microbial diversity, fermentation efficiency and chemical profile during the fermentation of mezcal in Oaxaca – Manuel R. Kirchmayr – LWT – Food Science and Technology

Anti-aging and redox state regulation effects of A-type proanthocyanidins-rich cranberry concentrate and its comparison with grape seed extract in mice – Jingjing Jiao – Journal of Functional Foods

Probiotics / prebiotics

Probiotic mixture improves fatty liver disease by virtue of its action on lipid profiles, leptin, and inflammatory biomarkers – Hessah Mohammed Al-muzafar – BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

January 12, 2017

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uBiome blog

Losing Weight is the Most Popular New Year’s Resolution – Could Probiotics Help? – Julie Taylor – uBiome

Video: Young Microbiome Researchers: Celsius & Beyond – uBiome
For the uBiome team, working with other scientists is always rewarding, but we particularly enjoyed our recent collaboration with a team of researchers, many of whom were swamped by their lab coats and blue nitrile gloves.

Jobs

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Microbiology – California Academy of Sciences

Pregnancy and early life

* A molecular portrait of maternal sepsis from Byzantine Troy – Alison M Devault – eLIFE

The Generation R Study: design and cohort update 2017 – Marjolein N. Kooijman – European Journal of Epidemiology

Human oral microbiome

On the ecosystemic network of saliva in healthy young adults – Egija Zaura – The ISME Journal

Human gut microbiome

Seven brief reviews: Topical Issue of the Journal of Immunology: The Macro Influence of the Microbiome – Pamela J. Fink – The Journal of Immunology

Review: Microbiome and the future for food and nutrient security – Brajesh K. Singh – Microbial Biotechnology

Animal experiments

Neuroblastoma causes alterations of the intestinal microbiome, gut hormones, inflammatory cytokines, and bile acid composition – Christoph Castellani – Pediatric Blood & Cancer

Routine assessment of the gut microbiome to promote preclinical research reproducibility and transparency – Hannah R Wardill – Gut

Animal microbiome

Postnatal changes in the relative abundance of intestinal Lactobacillus spp. in newborn calves – Tadashi Takino – Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Population- and growth-related differences in helminthic fauna of finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) in five Japanese populations – Akira Shiozaki – Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Antifeedants Produced by Bacteria Associated with the Gut of the Pine Weevil Hylobius abietis – Karolin Axelsson – Microbial Ecology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Trends in Taxonomic and Functional Composition of Soil Microbiome Along a Precipitation Gradient in Israel – Binu M. Tripathi – Microbial Ecology

Diel-scale temporal dynamics recorded for bacterial groups in Namib Desert soil – Eoin Gunnigle – Scientific Report

Foliar application of the leaf-colonizing yeast Pseudozyma churashimaensis elicits systemic defense of pepper against bacterial and viral pathogens – Gahyung Lee – Scientific Reports

Response of microbial communities colonizing salt marsh plants rhizosphere to copper oxide nanoparticles contamination and its implications for phytoremediation processes – Joana P. Fernandes – Science of the Total Environment

Biodegradation of the veterinary antibiotics enrofloxacin and ceftiofur and associated microbial community dynamics – Diogo A.M. Alexandrino – Science of the Total Environment

* Redox conditions and marine microbial community changes during the end-Ordovician mass extinction event – Justyna Smolarek – Global and Planetary Change

Use of plant growth promoting bacterial strains to improve Cytisus striatus and Lupinus luteus development for potential application in phytoremediation – María Balseiro-Romero – Science of the Total Environment

Response of microbial communities colonizing salt marsh plants rhizosphere to copper oxide nanoparticles contamination and its implications for phytoremediation processes -Joana P. Fernandes – Science of the Total Environment

Communication of Sedentary Plant-Parasitic Nematodes With Their Host Plants – T. Hewezi – Advances in Botanical Research

Book chapter: Application of Microbiology in Dryland Agriculture – Minakshi Grover – Innovations in Dryland Agriculture

Water and extremophile microbiome

Potential Activity of Subglacial Microbiota Transported to Anoxic River Delta Sediments – Karen A. Cameron – Microbial Ecology

Microbial community dynamics in Inferno Crater Lake, a thermally fluctuating geothermal spring – Laura Ward – The ISME Journal

* Determining virus-host interactions and glycerol metabolism profiles in geographically diverse solar salterns with metagenomics – Abraham G. Moller – PeerJ

Abundance of microorganisms and enzyme activity in the rapids-pool-benchland systems in natural Douliu River of China – Zhen Hong Wang – PeerJ Preprint

Distinct sensitivity of fungal freshwater guilds to water quality – Oliver Röhl – Mycological

Food microbiology

Bacterial microbiota of Kazakhstan cheese revealed by single molecule real time (SMRT) sequencing and its comparison with Belgian, Kalmykian and Italian artisanal cheeses – Jing Li – BMC Microbiology

A combined meta-barcoding and shotgun metagenomic analysis of spontaneous wine fermentation – Peter R Sternes – bioRxiv

Waste and pollution microbiology

Microbial community structure in a full-scale anaerobic treatment plant during start-up and first year of operation revealed by high-throughput 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing – Else Marie Fykse – Bioresource Technology

Bioinformatics

* MicroPattern: a web-based tool for microbe set enrichment analysis and disease similarity calculation based on a list of microbes – Wei Ma – Scientific Reports

Microbial ecology

Review: Where less may be more: how the rare biosphere pulls ecosystems strings – Alexandre Joussett – ISME Journal

Microbes in the news

Gut science is radically changing what we know of the human body – Pat Rich – University Affairs Canada

Renowned microbiology expert to visit West Florida. Claire Fraser will present, “The Human Gut Microbiome in Health and Disease” – SR Press Gazette

Microbiomes Move Standard Plate Count One Step Forward – Gregory Siragusa – Food Safety Tech

Researchers develop new compound to fight cytomegalovirus – EurekAlert

Eating red meat six times a week could increase chances of getting painful bowel disease – Daisy Dunne – Mirror

This looks intriguing: Microbiota and the masses: a love story – S. B. Divya – MacMillan

Microbes on the market

Gut microbiome profiling tests propelled by customer demand – Vijay Shankar – Nature Biotechnology

Bruker Announces Acquisition of CMO InVivo Biotech to Expand Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Pathology Consumables and Assay Business

Bik’s non-microbiology picks

UCSF Receives Historic Half-Billion-Dollar Donation – Lindsey Hoshaw – KQED

This is a tragic/comic read, but note that the original post contained some offending language, that was removed after protests on e.g. Twitter. The Rise and Fall of a Shrimp Biologist – David Scholnick – Scientific American

January 11, 2017

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Vaginal microbial  communities associated with HIV acquisition or protection, evolution and function of the appendix, microbes and bird evolution, soil microbes followed for 17 years, and bone microbiome and cause-of-death of an 18th century child.
Jobs

Faculty Position in Microbiome Research – National University of Singapore – Science Careers

Pregnancy and early life

The Role of Early Life Nutrition in the Establishment of Gastrointestinal Microbial Composition and Function – Erin C. Davis – Gut Microbes

Human vaginal microbiome

* Lactobacillus-Deficient Cervicovaginal Bacterial Communities Are Associated with Increased HIV Acquisition in Young South African Women – Christina Gosmann – Immunity

Diagnosis and microecological characteristics of aerobic vaginitis in outpatients based on preformed enzymes – Zhi-liang Wang – Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Human respiratory microbiome

Review: The microbiome in mechanically ventilated patients – Yin, Yudong – Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Human gut microbiome

* Morphological evolution of the mammalian cecum and cecal appendix – Heather F. Smith – Comptes Rendus Palevol

Exploring the Efficacy of Pooled Stools in Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Microbiota-Associated Chronic Diseases – Abbas Kazerouni – PLOS ONE

Review: Role of Vitamin D in the Hygiene Hypothesis: The Interplay between Vitamin D, Vitamin D Receptors, Gut Microbiota, and Immune Response – Allison Clark – Frontiers in Immunology

Review: Bacterial Signaling to the Nervous System via Toxins and Metabolites – Nicole J. Yang – Journal of Molecular Biology

Animal experiments

Metabolite exchange between microbiome members produces compounds that influence Drosophila behavior – Caleb Fischer – eLIFE

Gut Microbiota Mediates Protection Against Enteropathy Induced by Indomethacin – Xue Xiao – Scientific Reports

Faecal parameters as biomarkers of the equine hindgut microbial ecosystem under dietary change – P. Grimm – Animal

Characterisation of Early-Life Fecal Microbiota in Susceptible and Healthy Pigs to Post-Weaning Diarrhoea – Samir Dou – PLOS ONE

Animal microbiome

Metagenomic analysis of microbial community of a parasitoid wasp Megaphragma amalphitanum – A.V. Nedoluzhko – Genomics Data

* Review: Ecoimmunology and microbial ecology: Contributions to avian behavior, physiology, and life history – Jessica K. Evans – Hormones and Behavior

Archaeology microbiome

* The Cause of Death of a Child in the 18th Century Solved by Bone Microbiome Typing Using Laser Microdissection and Next Generation Sequencing – Valeria D’Argenio – International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Phyllosphere Methylobacterium bacteria contain UVA-absorbing compounds – Shigenobu Yoshida – Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Major Crop Species Show Differential Balance between Root Morphological and Physiological Responses to Variable Phosphorus Supply – Yang Lyu – Frontiers in Plant Science

* Links between soil microbial communities and plant traits in a species-rich grassland under long-term climate change – Emma J. Sayer – Ecology and Evolution

Water and extremophile microbiome

Two microcrustaceans affect microbial and macroinvertebrate-driven litter breakdown – Sophie Chambord – Freshwater Biology

Biofilms Confer Resistance to Simulated Extra-terrestrial Geochemical Extremes – Adam H Stevens – bioRxiv Preprint

Bioinformatics, statistics, and metagenomics

From Genomes to Phenotypes: Traitar, the Microbial Trait Analyzer – Aaron Weimann – mSystems

Structural zeros in high-dimensional data with applications to microbiome studies – Abhishek Kaul – Biostatistics

More microbiology

Mutations in Cas9 Enhance the Rate of Acquisition of Viral Spacer Sequences during the CRISPR-Cas Immune Response – Robert Heler – Molecular Cell

Press: Researchers Learn to Enhance Bacteria’s Ability to Form Genetic Memories – SciCasts

Microbes in the news
Meet Canada’s ‘poop lady’: “I got to know people up there very well over the years, said Girard, 28. – EurekAlert

A new year for our journal club! – Fiona Whelan – Human Microbiome Journal Club

Oral bacteria linked to preterm labor in Hawaiʻi – Desiree Uyeda – University of Hawai’i News

Mayo’s microbiome study targets diabetes – Brett Boese – Post Bulletin

MicrobEYEome: Liver Cancer Patients Have a Signature Microbiome – GastroEndo News

Presentation: The role of the microbiome in Porcine Reproductive & Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) – Megan Niederwerder – YouTube

Based on the title this appears to be a good candidate for the “Overselling The Microbiome Award” by Jonathan Eisen: How Sexual Attraction Is Shaped by Gut Bacteria, Infectious Diseases, and Parasites – Kathleen McAuliffe – BigThink

Latest Dengue Update: Bacteria Strain That Stops Dengue Transmission In Mosquitoes Dies In Hot Environment – Minnow Blythe – Counsel Heal

Microbes on the market

Allergan (AGN) Enters Licensing Agreement with Assembly Biosciences (ASMB) to Obtain Worldwide Rights to GI Programs – StreetInsider

Ferring Partners with Intralytix to Develop Bacteriophage Treatments for Conditions Associated with the Microbiome and Drug-Resistant Bacteria – BusinessWire

La Roche-Posay Introduces Prebiotic Skincare Line – PR NewsWire

Indigo’s Preliminary Commercial Data Demonstrate Significant Yield Gains for Growers with Plant Microbiome Product – PR NewsWire

Bik’s non-microbiology picks

The Association of Hot Red Chili Pepper Consumption and Mortality: A Large Population-Based Cohort Study – Mustafa Chopan – PLOS ONE

January 10, 2017

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A culture-based study of 2000 nasal microbiomes, eye metabolites, cardiorespiratory fitness in breast cancer survivors, Akkermansia from a python, chickpea rhizosphere, tobacco wilt suppression, plant rhizosphere mass spectrometry, phyloSkeleton.

Human nasal microbiome

Epidemiological and ecological modelling reveal diversity in microbial population structures from a cross-sectional community swabbing study – Abigail L Coughtrie – bioRxiv

Human eye microbiome

LC-MS-Based Metabolic Fingerprinting of Aqueous Humor – Karolina Pietrowska – Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry

Human vaginal microbiome

MS thesis: Metagenomic characterization of the vaginal microbiome – Keshini Devakandan – University of British Columbia

Human gut microbiome

Gut microbiota composition associated with alterations in cardiorespiratory fitness and psychosocial outcomes among breast cancer survivors – Jesseca A. Paulsen – Supportive Care in Cancer

SYN-004 (ribaxamase), an oral β-lactamase designed to protect the gut microbiome from the deleterious effects of certain intravenously administered β-lactam antibiotics, degrades ceftriaxone excreted into the intestine in Phase 2a clinical studies – John F. Kokai-Kun – Antimicrobial Agents Chemotherapy

Animal experiments

Respiration of Microbiota-Derived 1,2-propanediol Drives Salmonella Expansion during Colitis – Franziska Faber – PLOS Pathogens

Animal microbiome

Complete Genome Sequence of Akkermansia glycaniphila Strain PytT, a Mucin-Degrading Specialist of the Reticulated Python Gut – Janneke P. Ouwerkerk – Genome Announcements

Symbiotic bacteria associated with a bobtail squid reproductive system are detectable in the environment, and stable in the host and in eggs throughout development – Allison H. Kerwin – Environmental Microbiology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Competition between rhizobia under different environmental conditions affects the nodulation of a legume – Zhao Jun Ji – Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Combined pre-seed treatment with microbial inoculants and Mo nanoparticles changes composition of root exudates and rhizosphere microbiome structure of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) plants – E. N. Shcherbakova – Symbiosis

Interactions of soil particulate organic matter chemistry and microbial community composition mediating carbon mineralization in karst soils – Wei Xiao – Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Metabolic profiling of root exudates from two ecotypes of Sedum alfredii treated with Pb based on GC-MS – Qing Luo – Scientific Reports

Effects of Wetland Vegetation on Soil Microbial Composition: A Case Study in Tumen River Basin, Northeast China– Qin Lei – Chin. Geogra. Sci

Microbial communities in pyrene amended soil–compost mixture and fertilized soil – Iris K. U. Adam – AMB Express

Competition assays and physiological experiments of soil and phyllosphere yeasts identify Candida subhashii as a novel antagonist of filamentous fungi – Maja Hilber-Bodmer – BMC Microbiology

Tobacco bacterial wilt suppression with biochar soil addition associates to improved soil physiochemical properties and increased rhizosphere bacteria abundance – Chengsheng Zhang – Applied Soil Ecology

Editorial: Microbial community ecology: Function over phylogeny – Sean M. Gibbons – Nature Ecology & Evolution

Review: Elucidating rhizosphere processes by mass spectrometry – A review – Ariana Rugova – Analytica Chimica Acta

Water and extremophile microbiome

Genomic repertoire of the Woeseiaceae/JTB255, cosmopolitan and abundant core members of microbial communities in marine sediments – Marc Mußmann – The ISME Journal

Food microbiology

Review: An Integrated View of the Effects of Wine Polyphenols and Their Relevant Metabolites on Gut and Host Health – Carolina Cueva – Molecules

Microbiological quality of Brazilian UHT milk: Identification and spoilage potential of spore-forming bacteria – Claudia L O Pinto – International Journal of Dairy Technology

Metabolomics for empirical delineation of the traditional Korean fermented foods and beverages – Digar Singh – Trends in Food Science & Technology

Source tracking of prokaryotic communities in fermented grain of Chinese strong-flavor liquor – Xueshan Wang – International Journal of Food Microbiology

Bioinformatics

phyloSkeleton: taxon selection, data retrieval and marker identification for phylogenomics – Lionel Guy – Bioinformatics

Microbes in the news

Hyperthermophiles and Cryophiles: The World’s Most Extreme Organisms – Priya Amin – Harvard Science Review

Bik’s non-microbiology picks

Responses of Human Neonates to Highly Diluted Odorants from Sweat – Helene M. Loos – Journal of Chemical Ecology

January 8, 2017

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Human mouth microbiome

Comparison of sputum microbiome of legionellosis-associated patients and other pneumonia patients: indications for polybacterial infections – Hila Mizrahi – Scientific Reports

Human reproductive tract microbiome

Investigation of the microbiota of the reproductive tract in women undergoing a total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oopherectomy – Shana M. Miles – Fertility and Sterility

Human skin microbiome

Review: Performing Skin Microbiome Research: A Method to the Madness – Heidi H. Kong – Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Human gut microbiome

Sleeve gastrectomy drives persistent shifts in the gut microbiome – Cyrus Jahansouz – Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Review: Gut microbiota in vascular disease: Therapeutic target? – Anbazhagan AN – Current Vascular Pharmacology

Review: Alcohol, microbiome, life style influence alcohol and non-alcoholic organ damage – Manuela G. Neuman – Experimental and Molecular Pathology

Reviews in Gastroenterology Clinics of North America
Diet and the Microbiome – Nida Murtaza
The Gut Microbiota in Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Donal Sheehan
The Microbiome-Gut-Brain Axis in Health and Disease – Timothy G. Dinan
Biology of the Microbiome : Interactions with the Host Immune Response – Sylwia Smolinska
Biology of the Microbiome 2: Metabolic Role – Jia V. Li

Animal experiments

Structural and functional alterations in the colonic microbiome of the rat in a model of stress induced irritable bowel syndrome – Nicolaas H Fourie – Gut Microbes

Animal microbiome

Greater Species Richness of Bacterial Skin Symbionts Better Suppresses the Amphibian Fungal Pathogen Batrachochytrium Dendrobatidis – Jonah Piovia-Scott – Microbial Ecology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Namib Desert edaphic bacterial, fungal and archaeal communities assemble through deterministic processes but are influenced by different abiotic parameters – Riegardt M. Johnson – Extremophiles

Plant Community Richness Mediates Inhibitory Interactions and Resource Competition between Streptomyces and Fusarium Populations in the Rhizosphere – Adil Essarioui – Microbial Ecology

Changes in Soil Fungal Community Structure with Increasing Disturbance Frequency – Hyunjun Cho – Microbial Ecology

Water and extremophile microbiome

Effect of salinity on mercury methylating benthic microbes and their activities in Great Salt Lake, Utah – Eric S. Boyd – Science of the Total Environment

Waste and pollution microbiology

Low temperature MBBR nitrification: Microbiome analysis – Bradley Young – Water Research

Microbes in space

MELiSSA the minimal biosphere: Human life, waste and refuge in deep space – Jeremy Walker – Future

Metabolomics

Bacterial Signaling to the Nervous System via Toxins and Metabolites – Nicole J. Yang – Journal of Molecular Biology

Bioinformatics

An Informative Approach on Differential Abundance Analysis for Time-course Metagenomic Sequencing Data – Dan Luo – Bioinformatics

Microbial ecology

Cheating fosters species co-existence in well-mixed bacterial communities – Anne Leinweber – ISME Journal

Microbes in the news

Life after death: the science of human decomposition – Mo Costandi

Japan’s fantastic emerald green algae. These great balls of fuzz, look lovely, are zero maintenance and keep water clean – James Wong

Cavities Are Contagious: Kissing And 3 Other Ways Harmful Bacteria Spreads And Causes Tooth Decay – Lizette Borreli – Medical Daily

Same bacteria found in Indian River Lagoon killed 10 in Florida in 2016 | Map – Tyler Treadway – TC Palm

Wake up, wipe out: How oxygen can help take down antiobiotic-resistant bacteria – Cordis

Your child’s microbiome, and why its health matters – Jennifer Graham – The Washington Times

January 4, 2017

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Short-chain sugars and lactose intolerance, NEC and bile salts, gut microbiome in women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Brucella in frogs. And since this is a quiet time on the microbiome literature front,  I also included some other interesting microbes in the news.

Pregnancy and early life

* Fecal Bile Salts and the Development of Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Preterm Infants – Christian V. Hulzebos – PLOS ONE

Human respiratory microbiome

Effects of Propidium Monoazide (PMA) Treatment on Mycobiome and Bacteriome Analysis of Cystic Fibrosis Airways during Exacerbation – Linh Do Ngoc Nguyen – PLOS ONE

Human gut microbiome

* Impact of short-chain galactooligosaccharides on the gut microbiome of lactose-intolerant individuals – M. Andrea Azcarate-Peril – PNAS

* Alterations in Gut Microbiome Composition and Barrier Function Are Associated with Reproductive and Metabolic Defects in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS): A Pilot Study – Lisa Lindheim – PLOS ONE

Review: Modulation of alloimmune response by commensal gut microbiota and potential new avenues to influence the outcome of allogeneic transplantation by modification of the ‘gut culture’ – S. Kanangat – International Journal of Immunogenetics

Editorial: Gut Microbiota, Diet and Health. (We and our gut microbes) – Juan Carlos Espín – Molecular Nutrition & Food Research

Editorial: Hot Topics in 2017 – Gut Microbiota, Whole Grains and Health – Hans-Ulrich Humpf – Molecular Nutrition & Food Research

Microbiology of nearly sterile sites

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Microcolonies in Coronary Thrombi from Patients with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction – Gorm Mørk Hansen – PLOS ONE

Animal microbiome

* The Change of a Medically Important Genus: Worldwide Occurrence of Genetically Diverse Novel Brucella Species in Exotic Frogs – Holger C. Scholz – PLOS ONE

Synbiotics for Broiler Chickens—In Vitro Design and Evaluation of the Influence on Host and Selected Microbiota Populations following In Ovo Delivery – Aleksandra Dunislawska – PLOS ONE

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Frontiers for research on the ecology of plant-pathogenic bacteria: fundamentals for sustainability. Challenges in Bacterial Molecular Plant Pathology – Cindy E. Morris – Molecular Plant Pathology

Water and extremophile microbiome

Microbial Diversity and Cyanobacterial Production in Dziani Dzaha Crater Lake, a Unique Tropical Thalassohaline Environment – Christophe Leboulanger – PLOS ONE

Food microbiology

Crystal Ball: Exciting strain-level resolution studies of the food microbiome – Danilo Ercolini – Microbial Biotechnology

Viruses / phages / bioinformatics / metagenomics

Metavisitor, a Suite of Galaxy Tools for Simple and Rapid Detection and Discovery of Viruses in Deep Sequence Data – Guillaume Carissimo – PLOS ONE

Microbial Ecology

Effects of Spatial Localization on Microbial Consortia Growth – Michael Venters – PLOS ONE

More microbiology / Microbes in the news

RelA Mutant Enterococcus faecium with Multiantibiotic Tolerance Arising in an Immunocompromised Host– Erin S. Honsa – mBio

Inhibition of CRISPR-Cas9 with Bacteriophage Proteins – Benjamin J. Rauch – Cell

50 Years of Journal of Virology: Classic Spotlight, 1969 and 1970: Articles of Significant Interest Selected from the Journal of Virology Archives by the Editors – Journal of Virology

Research Highlight: Building a bacterial ribosome – Ashley York – Nature Reviews Microbiology

Sepsis and Hemocyte Loss in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) Infected with Serratia marcescens Strain Sicaria – Nancy L. Burritt – PLOS ONE

Switching of metabolic programs in response to light availability is an essential function of the cyanobacterial circadian clock – Anna M Puszynska – bioRxiv

Microbiomes Move Standard Plate Count One Step Forward – Gregory Siragusa – Food Safety Tech

Bisphenol-A Linked to Endocrine Disorders in Pets, Humans – CBS Local

Microbes on the market

Alimentary discoveries produce a gut reaction among investors – Companies aim to exploit one of the 21st century’s big advances – Clive Cookson – Financial Times

Marina Biotech Granted European Claims Covering Bacteria Mediated Gene Silencing – Market Wired

A Bright Future for Bacteria – Betsy Davis – Pharma Elsevier

Synthetic Biologics to Present at the Biotech Showcase™ 2017 Conference – PR Newswire

Bacteria Hysteria

The Bacteria We’ve Got to Beat: Nasty germs lurk on cell phones, doorknobs, ketchup bottles — here’s how to fight ’em this flu season – Carleen Wild – Lifezette

January 3, 2017

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Denture microbiome, insulin resistance and appendix microbiome in obesity, raw milk microbiome, subtropical forest soils, biofilms in drinking water systems, metabolomics of a Mediterranean diet, cell shape and biofilms.

Human oral microbiome

* The Denture-Associated Oral Microbiome in Health and Stomatitis – Baochen Shi – mSphere

Commentary: A novel strategy for diagnosing viral versus bacterial infection: implications for oral diseases – Nataly Kravchenko-Balasha – Oral Diseases

Human gut microbiome

*  Insulin resistance is associated with specific gut microbiota in appendix samples from
morbidly obese patients – Isabel Moreno-Indias – American Journal of Translational Research

Microbiology of nearly sterile sites

Improving molecular diagnosis of neonatal septicaemia: Comparative evaluation of different protocols for extraction of bacterial and fungal DNA from blood samples – Gargi Dangre-Mudey – International Journal of Current Research in Medical Sciences

Animal microbiome

* Impacts of Seasonal Housing and Teat Preparation on Raw Milk Microbiota: a High-Throughput Sequencing Study – Conor J. Doyle – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Biogeography and molecular diversity of coral symbionts in the genus Symbiodinium around the Arabian Peninsula – Maren Ziegler – Journal of Biogeography

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Colonization and community structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in maize roots at different depths in the soil profile respond differently to phosphorus inputs on a long-term experimental site – Chao Wang – Mycorrhiza

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community composition is altered by long-term litter removal but not litter addition in a lowland tropical forest – Merlin Sheldrake – New Phytologist

Modeling of mineral nutrient uptake of spruce tree roots as affected by the ion dynamics in the rhizosphere: Upscaling of model results to field plot scale – H. Nietfeld – Ecological Modelling

Competition between rhizobia under different environmental conditions affects the nodulation of a legume – Zhao Jun Ji – Systematic and Applied Microbiology

 

* Altered precipitation seasonality impacts the dominant fungal but rare bacterial taxa in subtropical forest soils – Qian Zhao – Biology and Fertility of Soils

Cultivable bacterial communities associated with roots of rose-scented geranium (Pelargonium graveolens) with the potential to contribute to plant growth – Thais Freitas da Silva – Applied Soil Ecology

Isolation of Soil and Endophytic Fungi from Rice (Oryza sativa L.) – Thianrat Leewijit – Journal of Agricultural Technology

Effects of Dry and Wet Sieving of Soil on Identification and Interpretation of Microbial Community Composition – A. Blaud – Advances in Agronomy

Book chapter: The Significance of Plant-Associated Microbial Rhizosphere for the Degradation of Xenobiotic Compounds – Durgesh Kumar Jaiswal – Plant Responses to Xenobiotics

Review: Plant Communication With Associated Microbiota in the Spermosphere, Rhizosphere and Phyllosphere – P. Lemanceau – Advances in Botanical Research

Review: Plant growth promoting Rhizobacteria: Biocontrol potential for pathogens – Roomina Mazhar – Pure Appl Biol

Water and extremophile microbiome

* Spatial and temporal analogies in microbial communities in natural drinking water biofilms – I. Douterelo – Science of The Total Environment

Metagenomic Analysis of Hot Springs in Central India Reveals Hydrocarbon Degrading Thermophiles and Pathways Essential for Survival in Extreme Environments – Rituja Saxena – Frontiers in Microbiology

Response of the microbial community to bioturbation by benthic macrofauna on intertidal flats – Hui Shen – Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Review: Biotechnological Applications of Marine Enzymes From Algae, Bacteria, Fungi, and Sponges – S. Parte – Advances in Food and Nutrition Research

Waste and pollution microbiology

Inhibitory effects of sodium azide on microbial growth in experimental resuspension of marine sediment – Cabrol Léa – Journal of Microbiological Methods

Effect of various chemical oxidation agents on soil microbial communities – Eva Kakosová – Chemical Engineering Journal

Shifts in microbial community structure and function in surface waters impacted by unconventional oil and gas wastewater revealed by metagenomics – N.L. Fahrenfeld – Science of the Total Environment

Changes in the microbial community during bioremediation of gasoline-contaminated soil – Aline Jaime Leal – Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Performance and microbial communities of completely autotrophic denitrification in a bioelectrochemically-assisted constructed wetland system for nitrate removal – Dan Xu – Bioresource Technology

Screening selectively harnessed environmental microbial communities for biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in moving bed biofilm reactors – Marc A. Demeter – Bioresource Technology

Review: Resource recovery from wastewater by biological technologies: opportunities, challenges and prospects – Daniel Puyol – Frontiers in Microbiology

Fungi

A Review of the Ubiquity of Ascomycetes Filamentous Fungi in Relation to Their Economic and Medical Importance – Mary Augustina Egbuta – Advances in Microbiology

Phages

Editorial: Filamentous Bacteriophage in Bio/Nano/Technology, Bacterial Pathogenesis and Ecology – Jasna Rakonjac – Frontiers in Microbiology

Metabolomics

* Adherence to a Mediterranean diet influences the fecal metabolic profile of microbial-derived phenolics in a Spanish cohort of middle-age and older people – Isabel Gutiérrez-Díaz – Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

MASTR-MS: a web-based collaborative laboratory information management system (LIMS) for metabolomics – Adam Hunter – Metabolomics

More microbiology

* Cell morphology drives spatial patterning in microbial communities – William P. J. Smith – PNAS

Microbes in the news

A Gut Makeover for the New Year – Roni Caryn Rabin – The New York Times

Keys plan field trial for bacteria-infected mosquitoes – Associated Press

Salmonella bacteria threatens Mudumalai: cattle and elephants died – Times of India

How your gut’s circadian rhythm affects your whole body – Richard G. “Bugs” Stevens – The Conversation

Eat Dirt… It’s Good For You (So Are Worms) – Tanya Mead – The Alternative Daily

December 30, 2016

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Vancomycin treatment preceding fecal transplantation, a diet for IBD, dieting and gut microbiome diversity, halotolerant extremophiles for recycling pollutants, mass spectrometry on medical swabs.

Human vaginal microbiome

Genital injury signatures and microbiome alterations associated with depot medroxyprogesterone acetate usage and intravaginal drying practices – Kenzie D. Birse – The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Human gut microbiome

Oral Vancomycin Followed by Fecal Transplantation Versus Tapering Oral Vancomycin Treatment for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection: An Open-Label, Randomized Controlled Trial – Susy S. Hota – Clinical Infectious Diseases

Fecal Fixation: Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Clostridium difficile Infection – Stuart Johnson – Clinical Infectious Diseases

SCD diet: Clinical and Fecal Microbial Changes With Diet Therapy in Active Inflammatory Bowel Disease – David L. Suskind – Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Press: Changes With Diet Therapy in Active Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Science Daily

Review: From bugs to brains: The microbiome in neurological health – Kyla A. McKay – Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders

Animal experiments

Prior Dietary Practices and Connections to a Human Gut Microbial Metacommunity Alter Responses to Diet Interventions – Nicholas W. Griffin – Cell Host & Microbe

Press: Your Crappy American Diet Might Leave Your Gut Bacteria Stunted – Ryan F. Mandelbaum – Gizmodo
Your microbiota’s previous dining experiences may make new diets less effective – EurekAlert

Intestinal Serotonin Transporter Inhibition by Toll-Like Receptor 2 Activation. A Feedback Modulation – Eva Latorre – PLOS ONE

Press: Gut microorganisms affect our physiology – EurekAlert

Alterations in the gut microbiota can elicit hypertension in rats – Sareema Adnan – Physiological Genomics

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Impact of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria on root colonization potential and life cycle of Rhizophagus irregularis following co-entrapment into alginate beads -P. Loján – Journal of Applied Microbiology

Review: Soil Bacteria Alter Plant Physiology to Mitigate Salinity Stress Effects in Glycophytes – Ramalingam Radhakrishnan – Frontiers in Plant Science

Presentation abstract: Soil microbial community structures and activities in relation to nitrogen cycling in two contrasting soils in Malawi – community responses to added carbon – Akane Chiba – International Nitrogen Initiative

Waste and pollution microbiology

Pyrosequencing reveals microbial community dynamics in integrated simultaneous desulfurization and denitrification process at different influent nitrate concentrations
– Chuan Chen – Chemosphere

Microbiological water quality in the medical device industry in Italy – Emilio D’Ugo – Microchemical Journal

Halotolerant extremophile bacteria from the Great Salt Lake for recycling pollutants in microbial fuel cells – Matteo Grattieri – Journal of Power Sciences

Functionality of microbial communities in constructed wetlands used for pesticide remediation: Influence of system design and sampling strategy – Tao Lv – Water Research

Metagenomic Characteristics of Bacterial Response to Petroleum Hydrocarbon Contamination in Diverse Environments as Revealed by Functional Taxonomic Strategies – Arghya Mukherjee – bioRxiv

Food microbiology

Saccharomyces uvarum is Responsible for the Traditional Fermentation of Apple CHICHA in Patagonia – ME Rodríguez – FEMS Yeast Research

Metabolomics

Medical swab analysis using desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (DESI-MS) – a non-invasive approach for mucosal diagnostics – Pamela Pruski – Analytical Chemistry

Coping with inevitable accidents in metabolism – Antoine Danchin – Microbial Biotechnology

Techniques

Examining the potential use and long-term stability of guaiac faecal occult blood test cards for microbial DNA 16S rRNA sequencing – Morag Taylor – Journal of Clinical Pathology

Microbes in the news

Short podcast: Academic Minute – Diversifying Your Microbiome. Jack Gilbert details how the sharing of bacteria from person to person could make us healthier in the long run. – Inside Higher Ed

Ancient ‘Eternal Life’ bacteria leaves Russian scientist ‘Illness-Free’ – Harry Walker – Express

Bacteria evolution offers insights into human protein interactions – Brooks Hays – UPI

High school students discover new phages: Genomics research gives youth a leg up on education – Tonya S. Grace – Kentucky New Era

Fermentation expert Sandor Katz on why we shouldn’t fear bacteria – Andrew Sun – SCMP

Novel diet therapy helps children with crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis reach remission – Science Daily

Prebiotics for your skin: The La Roche-Posay Toleriane Double Repair Moisturizer Could Be the Secret to Better Skin – Sarah Kinonen – Allure

December 28, 2016

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Human gut microbiome

Tissue-Associated Bacterial Alterations in Rectal Carcinoma Patients Revealed by 16S rRNA Community Profiling – Andrew M. Thomas – Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Gastrointestinal neuromuscular apparatus: An underestimated target of gut microbiota – Michele Pier Luca Guarino – World Journal of Gastroenterology

Immune Response of Healthy Adults to the Ingested Probiotic Lactobacillus casei Shirota
– L. S. Harbige – Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Review: Host-Microbiome Interaction and Cancer: Potential Application in Precision Medicine – Alejandra V. Contreras – Frontiers in Physiology

Review: IL-17: overview and role in oral immunity and microbiome – L Abusleme – Oral Diseases

Animal experiments

Bacillus sp. QSI-1 Modulate Quorum Sensing Signals Reduce Aeromonas hydrophila Level and Alter Gut Microbial Community Structure in Fish – Shuxin Zhou – Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Use of Asian selected agricultural byproducts to modulate rumen microbes and fermentation – Yasuo Kobayashi – Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Correlation of Gut Microbiota Composition with Resistance to Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis in Rats – Suzana Stanisavljević – Frontiers in Microbiology

Comparative Analysis of the Rats’ Gut Microbiota Composition in Animals with Different Ginsenosides Metabolizing Activity – Wei-Wei Dong – Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry

Animal microbiome

Potential for Nitrogen Fixation in the Fungus-Growing Termite Symbiosis – Panagiotis Sapountzis – Frontiers in Microbiology

Impact and Influence of the Natural Vibrio-Squid Symbiosis in Understanding Bacterial–Animal Interactions – Mark J. Mandel and Anne K. Dunn – Frontiers in Microbiology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

The Relationship between pH and Bacterial Communities in a Single Karst Ecosystem and Its Implication for Soil Acidification – Yuan Yun – Frontiers in Microbiology

Parasites and competitors suppress bacterial pathogen synergistically due to evolutionary trade-offs – Xiaofang Wang – Evolution

Review: The Plant as Metaorganism and Research on Next-Generation Systemic Pesticides – Prospects and Challenges – Zisis Vryzas – Frontiers in Microbiology

Extremophile microbiome

Cryo-protective effect of an ice-binding protein derived from Antarctic bacteria – Marco Mangiagalli – The FEBS Journal

Outdoor and indoor microbiome

Bacterial characterization in ambient submicron particles during severe haze episodes at Ji’nan, China – Caihong Xu – Science of The Total Environment

An emerging paradox: Toward a better understanding of the potential benefits and adversity of microbe exposures in the indoor environment – J. Mensah-Attipoe – Indoor Air

Waste and pollution microbiome

Effect of the chemical composition of filter media on the microbial community in wastewater biofilms at different temperatures – Iffat Naz – RSC Advances

Phages and viruses

Inferring phage–bacteria infection networks from time-series data – Luis F. Jover – Royal Society Open Science

Microbes in the news

How hospitals, nursing homes keep lethal ‘superbug’ outbreaks secret – Deborah J. Nelson, David Rohde, Benjamin Lesser and Ryan McNeill – Reuters

Causes Of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Gum Disease Bacteria Triggers Joint Inflammation, Latest Research Suggests – Lizette Borreli – Medical Daily

Genome Sequencing Sheds Light On Shigella Outbreaks In California – Saranya Palanisamy – Tech Times

Now, dental implants that kill bacteria and anchor to bone – The Tribune India

Antibiotic resistance just became more complex – EurekAlert

How Germs, Dirt and Hookworms Can Boost Your Health – Ruben Castaneda – US News

December 27, 2016

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Cockatiel microbiome, a hibernating frog, Baltic Sea, a book about starter cultures, microbial divisions of labor.

Human oral/respiratory microbiome

Mycobiome in the Lower Respiratory Tract – a Clinical Perspective – Robert Krause – Frontiers in Microbiology

Review: A Review of Analytical Techniques and Their Application in Disease Diagnosis in Breathomics and Salivaomics Research – David J. Beale – Int J Mol Sci

Human gut microbiome

Impact of Amoxicillin/Clavulanate and Autologous Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) on the Fecal Microbiome and Resistome – Christopher Bulow – Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Review: The Development of Our Organ of Other Kinds—The Gut Microbiota – Shirong Liu – Frontiers in Microbiology

Review: Food Additives and Contaminants: Effects on Human Gut Microbiota—A Review – Paula Roca-Saavedra – Preprints

Animal experiments

Generation of Germ-Free Ciona intestinalis for Studies of Gut-Microbe Interactions – Brittany A. Leigh – Frontiers in Microbiology

Review: Emerging Sponge Models of Animal-Microbe Symbioses – Lucia Pita – Frontiers in Microbiology

Animal microbiome

Exploring the methanogen and bacterial communities of rumen environments: solid adherent, fluid and epimural – Thijs De Mulder – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Diversity of the Bacterial Microbiota of Anopheles Mosquitoes from Binh Phuoc Province, Vietnam – Chung T. Ngo – Frontiers in Microbiology

Evaluating the Contribution of Gut Microbiota to the Variation of Porcine Fatness with the Cecum and Fecal Samples – Maozhang He – Frontiers in Microbiology

* Exploring the cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus) fecal microbiome, bacterial inhabitants of a worldwide pet – Luis David Alcaraz – PeerJ

* Functional analysis for gut microbes of the brown tree frog (Polypedates megacephalus) in artificial hibernation – Francis Cheng-Hsuan Weng – BMC Genomics

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Long-term effects of aided phytostabilization on microbial communities of metal-contaminated mine soil– Olatz Garaiyurrebaso – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Dynamics in the Strawberry Rhizosphere Microbiome in Response to Biochar and Botrytis cinerea Leaf Infection – Caroline De Tender – Frontiers in Microbiology

Expanding the Repertoire of Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing Metallo-ß-Lactamases by Functional Metagenomic Analysis of Soil Microbiota – Dereje D. Gudeta – Frontiers in Microbiology

High Diversity of Planctomycetes in Soils of Two Lichen-Dominated Sub-Arctic Ecosystems of Northwestern Siberia – Anastasia A. Ivanova – Frontiers in Microbiology

Editorial: Microbiota of Grapes: Positive and Negative Role on Wine Quality – Giuseppe Spano – Frontiers in Microbiology

Aspect has a greater impact on alpine soil bacterial community structure than elevation – Jieyun Wu – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Water and extremophile microbiome

* Local Environmental Conditions Shape Generalist But Not Specialist Components of Microbial Metacommunities in the Baltic Sea – Markus V. Lindh – Frontiers in Microbiology

A High-Level Fungal Diversity in the Intertidal Sediment of Chinese Seas Presents the Spatial Variation of Community Composition – Wei Li – Frontiers in Microbiology

Viral induced microbial mortality in Arctic hypersaline spring sediments – Jesse Colangelo-Lillis – Frontiers in Microbiology

Stable and Variable Parts of Microbial Community in Siberian Deep Subsurface Thermal Aquifer System Revealed in a Long-Term Monitoring Study – Yulia A. Frank – Frontiers in Microbiology

Marine Subsurface Microbial Community Shifts Across a Hydrothermal Gradient in Okinawa Trough Sediments – Leah D. Brandt – Archaea

Waste and pollution microbiology

Temporal dynamics of microbial communities in microcosms in response to pollutants – Shuo Jiao – Molecular Ecology

Cultural heritage microbiology

Sloth: Survey of the state of conservation of the Mylodon listai (Xenarthra-Mylodontidae) skin fragment from the Pleistocene of Argentina kept at the Museum of La Plata (Argentina) – Daniela Silvana Nitiu – Ge-conservación

Food microbiology

* Book: Starter Cultures in Food Production – Barbara Speranza

Biofilm microbiome

Molecular methods resolve the bacterial composition of natural marine biofilms on galvanically coupled stainless steel cathodes – Athenia L. Oldham – Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology

Metagenomics and bioinformatics

Characterization of Uncultured Genome Fragment from Soil Metagenomic Library Exposed Rare Mismatch of Internal Tetranucleotide Frequency – Yunpeng Liu – Frontiers in Microbiology

RiboTagger: fast and unbiased 16S/18S profiling using whole community shotgun metagenomic or metatranscriptome surveys – Chao Xie – BMC Bioinformatics

More microbiology

Review: Chronic infections with viruses or parasites: breaking bad to make good – Andrew Godkin – Immunology

Biocontrol of Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteria and bacterial phytopathogens by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus – Damian McNeely – Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Fitness Impact of Obligate Intranuclear Bacterial Symbionts Depends on Host Growth Phase – Chiara Bella – Frontiers in Microbiology

* Review: Understanding Microbial Divisions of Labor – Zheren Zhang – Frontiers in Microbiology

Microbes in the news

How Does a Fatty Acid Protect Pathogenic Bacteria Against Antibiotics? – Nicola M. Parry – Contagion Live

How Microcosms help us understand ecology – James MacDonald – JSTOR Daily

Takuji Yamada – Early cancer intervention with gut bacteria – Tokyo Tech Researchers

How Probiotics Could Help Prevent Atopic Dermatitis – Kenneth Bender – Specialty Pharmacy Times