October 1, 2016

Microbiome of tonsils in kidney disease, poisonous salamanders,  Kruger National Park, drought tolerance of plants, and human milk microbiota.

Pregnancy and birth

Distinct patterns in human milk microbiota and fatty acid profiles across specific geographic locations – Himanshu Kumar – Frontiers in Microbiology

ReviewSystematic Review of the Human Milk Microbiota – John L. Fitzstevens – Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Human respiratory microbiome

Comprehensive microbiome analysis of tonsillar crypts in IgA nephropathy – Hirofumi Watanabe – Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Human skin microbiome

Microbiota is a primary cause of pathogenesis of chronic wounds – R. Wolcott – Journal of Wound Care

Animal and in vitro models

Transient and Prolonged Response of Chicken Cecum Mucosa to Colonization with Different Gut Microbiota – Jiri Volf – PLOS ONE

Effect of flow and peristaltic mixing on bacterial growth in a gut-like channel – Jonas Cremer – PNAS

Animal microbiome

Cutaneous Bacterial Communities of a Poisonous Salamander: a Perspective from Life Stages, Body Parts and Environmental Conditions – Eugenia Sanchez – Microbial Ecology

Characterization of the Cutaneous Bacterial Communities of Two Giant Salamander Subspecies – Obed Hernández-Gómez – Microbial Ecology

Host-specific functional significance of Caenorhabditis gut commensals – Maureen Berg – Frontiers in Microbiology

Sexual variation of bacterial microbiota of Dendroctonus valens guts and frass in relation to verbenone production – Letian Xu – Journal of Insect Physiology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Comparative Metagenomics Reveal Phylum Level Temporal and Spatial Changes in Mycobiome of Belowground Parts of Crocus sativus – Sheetal Ambardar – PLOS ONE

Community composition and abundance of nitrifiers and total bacterial and archaeal populations in savanna soils on contrasting bedrock material in Kruger National Park, South Africa – Saskia Rughoeft – Frontiers in Microbiology

Microbial Mat Compositional and Functional Sensitivity to Environmental Disturbance – Eva C. Preisner – Frontiers in Microbiology

Plant Drought Tolerance Enhancement by Trehalose Production of Desiccation-Tolerant Microorganisms – Juan I. Vílchez – Frontiers in Microbiology

Associations between an Invasive Plant (Taeniatherum caput-medusae, Medusahead) and Soil Microbial Communities – Elise S. Gornish – PLOS ONE

Temporal dynamics of hot desert microbial communities reveal structural and functional responses to water input – Alacia Armstrong – Scientific Reports

Annual Removal of Aboveground Plant Biomass Alters Soil Microbial Responses to Warming – Kai Xue – mBio

Impact of Cropping Systems, Soil Inoculum, and Plant Species Identity on Soil Bacterial Community Structure – Suzanne L. Ishaq – Microbial Ecology

Extremophiles

Metagenomics of Thermophiles with a Focus on Discovery of Novel Thermozymes – María-Eugenia DeCastro – Frontiers in Microbiology

Food microbiology

Kimchi and Other Widely Consumed Traditional Fermented Foods of Korea: A Review – Jayanta Kumar Patra – Frontiers in Microbiology

Biofilms

Fungal Super Glue: The Biofilm Matrix and Its Composition, Assembly, and Functions – Kaitlin F. Mitchell – PLOS Pathogens

Microbes in the news

Dr. Rob Knight, co-founder of American Gut, Discusses the Microbiota and Microbiota testing – Dr Ruscio

Flesh-Eating Bacteria Like It Hot – Hannah Gavin – Discover Magazine

September 30, 2016

When does a probiotic stick around, microbial diversity in 12 French cheese varieties, effects of field conditions on fecal microbiota.

Events

Microbiome Drug Development Summit Europe – 24-26 January 2017, Paris, France

Human oral microbiome

Changes in the oral ecosystem induced by the use of 8% arginine toothpaste – Jessica E. Koopman – Archives of Oral Biology

Review: Role of oral microbiome on oral cancers, a review – Pourya Gholizadeh – Biomedicine & Pharmatherapy

Human skin microbiome

Novel volatiles of skin-borne bacteria inhibit the growth of Gram-positive bacteria and affect quorum-sensing controlled phenotypes of Gram-negative bacteria – Marie Chantal Lemfack – Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Human gut microbiome

Stable Engraftment of Bifidobacterium longum AH1206 in the Human Gut Depends on Individualized Features of the Resident Microbiome – María X. Maldonado-Gómez – Cell Host & Microbe

Press: A Probiotic That Actually Lasts. The bacteria in yogurts have largely failed to live up to their hyped health benefits, but there are other microbes that might – Ed Yong – The Atlantic

Animal microbiome

Consequences of coinfection with protective symbionts on the host phenotype and symbiont titres in the pea aphid system – Mélanie Leclair – Insect Science

CoralsBacterial community diversity of the deep-sea octocoral Paramuricea placomus – Christina A. Kellogg – PeerJ

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Effects of slope exposure on soil physico-chemical and microbiological properties along an altitudinal climosequence in the Italian Alps – Tommaso Bardelli – Science of the Total Environment

Food microbiology

Highlighting the microbial diversity of 12 French cheese varieties – Eric Dugat-Bony – International Journal of Food Microbiology

Microbial ecology and more microbiology

Macroecology for microbiology – Jay T Lennon – PeerJ Preprint

Review: Fungal Super Glue: The Biofilm Matrix and Its Composition, Assembly, and Functions – Kaitlin F. Mitchell – PLOS Pathogens

Techniques

Effects of field conditions on fecal microbiota – Vanessa L. Hale – Journal of Microbiological Methods

A cost-efficient and simple protocol to enrich prey DNA from extractions of predatory arthropods for large-scale gut content analysis by Illumina sequencing – Henrik Krehenwinkel – Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Microbes in the news

The cost of cheap drugs? Toxic Indian lake is ‘superbug hotspot’ – Zeba Siddiqui – Reuters

Effects of maternal stress on newborn health: An Interview with Dr. Connie Mulligan of the University of Florida – DNA Genotek

Gene-engineered gut bacteria successfully treat sick mice — and could treat humans someday – Leah Samuel – STAT News

Microbiology retreat showcases research – Anamika Veeramani – Yale Daily News

Science, publishing, and career

Working life: Doing science while black – Edward J. Smith – Science

September 24, 2016

Eye microbiome, malnutrition and rotavirus, edible insects, vineyard management, and drones.

Human eye / skin microbiome

Impact of Microbiota on Resistance to Ocular Pseudomonas aeruginosa-Induced Keratitis – Abirami Kugadas – PLOS Pathogens

Press (scroll to halfway the page to read this item): Lab chat: Eye bacteria and contact lenses  – Megan Thielking – STAT News

Human gut microbiome

Malnutrition Is Associated with Protection from Rotavirus Diarrhea: Evidence from a Longitudinal Birth Cohort Study in Bangladesh – Hans Verkerke – Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Animal models

Immunosuppression, peripheral inflammation and invasive infection from endogenous gut microbiota activate retinal microglia in mouse models – Victoria Maneu – Microbiology and Immunology

Animal microbiome

Phenological asynchrony between host plant and gypsy moth reduces insect gut microbiota and susceptibility to Bacillus thuringiensis – Vyacheslav V. Martemyanov – Ecology and Evolution

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Vineyard soil bacterial diversity and composition revealed by 16S rRNA genes: Differentiation by vineyard management – Kayla N. Burns – Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Fungal community composition in soils subjected to long-term chemical fertilization is most influenced by the type of organic matter – Ruibo Sun – Environmental Microbiology

Change in soil fungal community structure driven by a decline in ectomycorrhizal fungi following a mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) outbreak – Gregory J. Pec – New Phytologist

Water microbiome

Dense water plumes modulate richness and productivity of deep sea microbes – Gian Marco Luna – Environmental Microbiology

Food microbiology

The microbiota of marketed processed edible insects as revealed by high-throughput sequencing – Cristiana Garofalo – Food Microbiology

Metagenomics reveals flavour metabolic network of cereal vinegar microbiota – Linhuan Wu – Food Microbiology

Techniques

Detection of food and skin pathogen microbiota by means of an electronic nose based on metal oxide chemiresistors – Estefanía Núñez Carmona – Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical

A one-step matrix application method for MALDI mass spectrometry imaging of bacterial colony biofilms – Bin Li – Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Microbial ecology

The biogeography of kin discrimination across microbial neighbourhoods – Susanne A. Kraemer – Molecular Ecology

More microbiology

Microbes can flyDrone Transport of Microbes in Blood and Sputum Laboratory Specimens – Timothy K. Amukele – Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Microbes in the news

New CDC Report Shows One Quarter of Contact Lens-related Eye Infections Due to Improper Use, Modifiable Factors – PR Web

Extremely rare US leprosy case found in California elementary school student – Andrew Dalton – STAT News

How Can Science Benefit from Microbes on the ISS? – Jessica F – Nature World News

New Research Indicates Alzheimer’s and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases Are Contagious – PR Newswire

Deadly Viruses and Bacteria Mistakenly Shipped 21 Times – R. Jeffrey Smith – The Daily Beast

Science, publishing, and career

Meet the world’s top peer reviewer: Jonas Ranstam – Ivan Oransky and Adam Marcus – STAT News

September 8, 2016

Geese in wintering areas, Hirschsprung’s disease, and extreme metagenomics.

Jobs and Events

Assistant Professor in Microbiome Research – University of Maryland Baltimore County

Virtual Conference: Microbiology & Immunology 2016 interactive online conference, latest Research on Microscopic Organisms and How They Impact the Human Body – September 7-8, 2016

EPA Webinar and Discussion: What Have We Learned about the Microbiomes of Indoor Environments? – Brent Stephens – September 22, 2016

SMi’s 6th annual Pharmaceutical Microbiology conference – January 18-19, London, UK

Human gut microbiome

screen-shot-2016-09-08-at-7-35-07-amCharacterization of Intestinal Microbiomes of Hirschsprung’s Disease Patients with or without Enterocolitis Using Illumina-MiSeq High-Throughput Sequencing – Yuqing Li – PLOS ONE

Preview: Harnessing Genes and Diet to Fine-Tune the Gut Microbial Fitness – Patrice D. Cani – Cell Metabolism

Animal microbiome

GeeseCharacterising the interspecific variations and convergence of gut microbiota in Anseriformes herbivores at wintering areas – Yuzhan Yang – Scientific Report

Water and extremophile microbiome

Extreme metagenomics using nanopore DNA sequencing: a field report from Svalbard, 78 N – Arwyn Edwards – bioRxiv

Bacterial community succession in a high altitude sub-arctic glacier foreland is a three-stage process – Sina Kazemi – Molecular Ecology

Communities that thrive in extreme conditions captured from a freshwater lake – Etienne Low-Décarie – Biology Letters

Review: Substratum-Associated Microbiota – Paula C. Furey – Water Environment Research

Food microbiology

Mungo bean sprout microbiome and changes associated with culture based enrichment protocols used in detection of Gram-negative foodborne pathogens – Heike Margot – Microbiome

Bioinformatics and metagenomes

De novo extraction of microbial strains from metagenomes reveals intra-species niche partitioning – Christopher Quince – bioRxiv

Microbes in the news

Captive Komodo Dragons Share Their Teeming Microbiome with Their Environment, Just Like Us – Naomi Shavin – Smithsonian Magazine

OSTP call to action on saving soil – Jonathan Eisen – MicroBEnet

IIT-Bombay team finds bacteria responsible for neonatal deaths – Priyanka Sahoo – The Indian Express

Scientists discover link between bacteria and supposedly non-infectious diseases – BBSRC

Life on Mars? Martian Meteorites, Martian Microbes – Julie Taylor – uBiome blog

New website (with a link to my blog, so it’s all good): The Microbiome, sponsored by Era7 Bioinformatics Inc.

Science integrity

Macchiarini scandal is a valuable lesson for the Karolinska Institute – Nature

September 7, 2016

Events

International Human Microbiome Consortium, November 9-11, 2016, Houston Texas.

Human gut microbiome

ReviewThe Role of the Microbiota in Shaping Infectious Immunity – Timothy W. Hand – Trends in Immunology

Animal microbiome

Effects of host genetics and environment on egg-associated microbiotas in brown trout (Salmo trutta) – Laetitia G. E. Wilkins – Molecular Ecology

Food microbiology

Multiplex 16S rRNA-derived geno-biochip for detection of 16 bacterial pathogens from contaminated foods – Hwa Hui Shin – Biotechnology Journal

More microbiology

Acute induction of anomalous and amyloidogenic blood clotting by molecular amplification of highly substoichiometric levels of bacterial lipopolysaccharide – Etheresia Pretorius – Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Extrapolated interpretation? Bacteria lurking in blood could be culprit in countless diseases – Debora MacKenzie – New Scientist

Microbes in the news

FDA Bans Antiseptics: One Small Step for Bacteria and Humankind – Anne Estes – Mostly Microbes

How bad for you is a boring diet? – Tim Spector – BBC

Flowers critical link to bacteria transmission in wild bees – Science Daily

Doughnut in a cage holds the key to bacteria’s survival – Science Daily

Fungi contribute to delayed healing of chronic wounds – EurekAlert

Microbe tenants help – and hinder – your immune system – Dyani Lewis – Cosmos Magazine

Microbes and money

Monsanto Collaborates with Second Genome to Use Microbiome Technology Platform to Accelerate Protein Discovery – Business Wire

BioMed X Announces the Start of New Research Team on Oral Biofilm Disruption through Continued Collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Innovation – PharmaVoice

BioMed X to collaborate with Johnson & Johnson on oral biofilm research – Drug Target Review

Science, publishing, and career

Why women leave academia and why universities should be worried – Curt Rice – The Guardian

 

 

August 29b, 2016

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Factors that shape early life microbiome, pet birds, robust ambient temperature storage of stool samples, antibacterial activity of wasabi.

Pregnancy and birth

Joint effects of pregnancy, sociocultural, and environmental factors on early life gut microbiome structure and diversity – Albert M. Levin – Scientific Reports

Human gut microbiome

Theoretical Review: The shift work and health research agenda: Considering changes in gut microbiota as a pathway linking shift work, sleep loss and circadian misalignment, and metabolic disease – Amy C. Reynolds – Sleep Medicine Reviews

Review: Mechanisms of inflammation-driven bacterial dysbiosis in the gut – M Y Zeng – Mucosal Immunology

Animal experiments

Review: Experimental Models to Study the Role of Microbes in Host-Parasite Interactions – Megan A. Hahn – Frontiers in Microbiology

Animal microbiome

Comprehensive Molecular Characterization of Bacterial Communities in Feces of Pet Birds Using 16S Marker Sequencing – Jose F. Garcia-Mazcorro – Microbial Ecology

Effects of environment, dietary regime and ageing on the dengue vector microbiota: evidence of a core microbiota throughout Aedes aegypti lifespan – Mariana Rocha David – Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Plants, roots, and soil microbiome

Visual Comparative Omics of Fungi for Plant Biomass Deconstruction – Shingo Miyauchi – Frontiers in Microbiology

Bacterial Abilities and Adaptation Toward the Rhizosphere Colonization – Lucas D. Lopes – Frontiers in Microbiology

Review: Advances in research on Epichloë endophytes in Chinese native grasses – Hui Song – Frontiers in Microbiology

Water microbiome

Phytoplankton-associated bacterial community composition and succession during toxic diatom bloom and non-bloom events – Marilou P. Sison-Mangus – Frontiers in Microbiology

Distinct distribution patterns of prokaryotes between sediment and water in the Yellow River estuary – Guangshan Wei – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Waste and pollution microbiome

Evaluating robustness of a diesel-degrading bacterial consortium isolated from contaminated soil – Mateusz Sydow – New Biotechnology

Metagenomic analysis of an ecological wastewater treatment plant’s microbial communities and their potential to metabolize pharmaceuticals – Ian N. Balcom – F1000 Research Preprint

Food microbiology

Review: Navigating Microbiological Food Safety in the Era of Whole-Genome Sequencing – J. Ronholm – Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Techniques

A robust ambient temperature collection and stabilization strategy: Enabling worldwide functional studies of the human microbiome – Ericka L. Anderson – Scientific Reports

Press: DNA Genotek’s OMNIgene®Ÿ GUT Kit is Proposed as Standardized Test for Worldwide Studies of the Human Microbiome – Globe NewsWire

More microbiology

Antibacterial activities of wasabi against Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Staphylococcus aureus – Zhongjing Lu – Frontiers in Microbiology

Resource Availability Modulates the Cooperative and Competitive Nature of a Microbial Cross-Feeding Mutualism – Tim A. Hoek – PLOS Biology

Microbes in the news

The women who discovered India’s first HIV cases – Geeta Pandey – BBC News

Captivity Makes Monkey Microbiomes More Human-Like – Ed Yong – The Atlantic

Interview with author of The Germ Files – Jason Tetro – Ben Libberton – Nature Microbiology Community

UGent researchers create bacteria that turns organic waste into plastic – Toon Lambrechts – Flanders Today

First DNA Sequencing in Space a Game Changer – NASA

UCSD alumna first to sequence DNA in space – Gary Robbins – San Diego Union Tribune

 

August 25, 2016

Microbiome of the Graduate Student Gut, allergic cats, tree phyllosphere, milk tanker trucks, and microbes of soda lakes.

Pregnancy and birth

Review: Role of microbiota function during early life and children neurodevelopment – Tomás Cerdó – Trends in Food Science & Technology

General microbiome

Now published after preprint earlier this year and article in Cell: Revised Estimates for the Number of Human and Bacteria Cells in the Body – Ron Sender – PLOS Biology

Enemies and brothers in arms: Candida albicans and gram-positive bacteria – Toni M. Förster – Cellular Microbiology

Human respiratory microbiome

General antibiotic exposure is associated with increased risk of developing chronic rhinosinusitis – Alice Z. Maxfield – The Laryngoscope

Evidence and Role for Bacterial Mucin Degradation in Cystic Fibrosis Airway Disease – Jeffrey M. Flynn – PLOS Pathogens

Human gut microbiome

Master Thesis: Characterizing Microbiome Changes in the Graduate Student Gut – Justin Roy Lund – University of Oklahoma

Altered Fecal Microbiota Correlates with Liver Biochemistry in Nonobese Patients with Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease – Baohong Wang – Scientific Reports

Prosteatotic and Protective Components in a Unique Model of Fatty Liver: Gut Microbiota and Suppressed Complement System – Long Liu – Scientific Reports

Is there a role for stool metabolomics in cystic fibrosis? – Nadeem O Kaakoush – Pediatrics International

Animal microbiome

Allergic to humans? Characterization of the cutaneous mycobiota in healthy and allergic cats using next generation sequencing – Courtney Meason-Smith – Veterinary Dermatology

Fish: The influence of weight and gender on intestinal bacterial community of wild largemouth bronze gudgeon (Coreius guichenoti, 1874) – Xuemei Li – BMC Microbiology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Tree phyllosphere bacterial communities: exploring the magnitude of intra- and inter-individual variation among host species – Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe – PeerJ

Long-Term Recovery of Microbial Communities in the Boreal Bryosphere Following Fire Disturbance – Nick A. Cutler – Microbial Ecology

Autochthonous Microbiota in Arsenic-Bearing Technosols from Zemianske Kostoľany (Slovakia) and Its Potential for Bioleaching and Biovolatilization of Arsenic – Alexandra Šimonovičová – Water, Air, & Soil Pollution

Built environment microbiology

Fungi and Bacteria in Indoor Cultural Heritage Environments: Microbial-related Risks for Artworks and Human Health – Enza Di Carlo – Environment and Ecology Research

Fitness and recovery of bacterial communities and antibiotic resistance genes in urban wastewaters exposed to classical disinfection treatments – Andrea Di Cesare – Environmental Science & Technology

Bacterial diversity and antibiotic resistances of abundant aerobic culturable bacteria in input and output samples of fifteen German biogas plants – Thorsten Schauss – Journal of Applied Microbiology

Food microbiology

The Core and Seasonal Microbiota of Raw Bovine Milk in Tanker Trucks and the Impact of Transfer to a Milk Processing Facility – Mary E. Kable – mBio

Water and extremophile microbiome

Microbial community diversity and composition varies with habitat characteristics and biofilm function in macrophyte-rich streams – Peter S. Levi – Oikos

Evaluation of Alternative High-Throughput Sequencing Methodologies for the Monitoring of Marine Picoplanktonic Biodiversity Based on rRNA Gene Amplicons – Isabel Ferrera- Frontiers in Marine Science

Book Chapter: Bacteria, Archaea and Viruses of Soda Lakes – William D. Grant – Soda Lakes of East Africa

Bioinformatics and metagenomics

ResistoMap – online visualization of human gut microbiota antibiotic resistome – Konstantin Yarygin – bioRxiv

Techniques

Protocols.io: Virtual Communities for Protocol Development and Discussion – Leonid Teytelman – PLOS Biology

More microbiology

The Ecology and Evolution of Microbial Competition – Melanie Ghoul – Trends in Microbiology

Microbes in the news

How Designers and Scientists Are Using Bees to Map NYC’s Microbes – Liz Stinson – Wired

Graphic novel about World War I depicts gross realities of dysentery – Carolyn Webb – The Age Victoria

The newest food trend: fermentation – Ted Weesner – Boston Globe

 

 

August 12, 2016

On vacation, so here is a short and late Digest for you: Metabolomics of preterm birth, mouse gut bacteria collection, bacteria associated with mosses.

Pregnancy and birth

Use of metabolomics for the identification and validation of clinical biomarkers for preterm birth: Preterm SAMBA – Jose G. Cecatti – BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Animal microbiome

The Mouse Intestinal Bacterial Collection (miBC) provides host-specific insight into cultured diversity and functional potential of the gut microbiota – Ilias Lagkouvardos – Nature Microbiology

First public collection of bacteria from the intestine of mice. Mouse gut bacteria find a new home – Science Daily

Environment shapes the fecal microbiome of invasive carp species – Jessica J. Eichmiller – Microbiome

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Comparative analysis of bacteria associated with different mosses by 16S rRNA and 16S rDNA sequencing – Yang Tian – Journal of Basic Microbiology

Water microbiome

A metabolomics guided exploration of marine natural product chemical space – Dimitrios J. Floros – Metabolomics

Bioreactor microbiome

Unraveling the microbiome of a thermophilic biogas plant by metagenome and metatranscriptome analysis complemented by characterization of bacterial and archaeal isolates – Irena Maus – Biotechnology for Biofuels

Food microbiology

Vegemite Beer: yeast extract spreads as nutrient supplements to promote fermentation – Edward D. Kerr – PeerJ

Microbial Ecology and other

Compartmentalization in PVC super-phylum: evolution and impact – Sandrine Pinos – Biology Direct

Conflicts over host manipulation between different parasites and pathogens: Investigating the ecological and medical consequences – Nina Hafer – BioEssays

Microbes in the news

Soil Has a Microbiome, too. The unique mix of microbes in soil has a profound effect on which plants thrive and which ones die – Carrie Arnold – Smithsonian

Gut bacteria have own circadian clock – MedicalXpress

Not your momma’s microbe lab: a new genetic engineering machine takes microbial design to the masses – Casey Gilman – Philly.com

How brushing your teeth could prevent cancer: Twice daily scrub reduces bacteria linked to bowel tumours – Colin Fernandez – Daily Mail

Picture of the day: Metal-oxidizing bacteria from a gold mine – Science 360

Attendee Shares Experience from DDW® 2016 Active Learning Session on the Gut Microbiome – Gasto.org

Science, publishing, and career

The manterruption is real. Why Women Talk Less Than Men at Work – Alicia Adamczyk – Time / Money Magazine

SatireFirst Draft of Peer-Review Rebuttal Just Says “Fuck Off” – The Allium

 

 

July 18, 2016

Gut bacteria in the lung in case of sepsis or ARDS, metagenomics along a depth gradient, and microbes in peanut processing plants.

Pregnancy and birth

Screening of vulvovaginal infections during pregnancy in resource constrained settings: Implications on preterm delivery – Chaitanya Tellapragada – Journal of Infection and Public Health

Human respiratory microbiome/ Animal experiments

Enrichment of the lung microbiome with gut bacteria in sepsis and the acute respiratory distress syndrome – Robert P. Dickson

Human gut microbiome

Impact of Cranberries on Gut Microbiota and Cardiometabolic Health: Proceedings of the Cranberry Health Research Conference 2015 – Jeffrey B Blumberg – Advances in Nutrition

Review: On the pathogenesis of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: the role of microbiota – Elena Gianchecchi – Immunologic Research

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi induced changes in rhizosphere, essential oil and mineral nutrients uptake in dill/common bean intercropping system – W. Weisany – Annals of Applied Biology

Water and extremophile microbiome

Comparative metagenomics unveils functions and genome features of microbialite-associated communities along a depth gradient – Aurélien Saghaï – Environmental Microbiology

Comparative Analysis of Microbial Communities in Iron-Dominated Flocculent Mats in Deep Sea Hydrothermal Environments – Hiroko Makita – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Food production microbiology

Microbiological contamination in peanut confectionery processing plants – Joyce de Almeida Carminati – Journal of Applied Microbiology

Microbes in the news

First virus-hunter in space will test DNA-decoding device – STATnews

Microbe of the month: Nanopusillus acidilobi, an archaeon found in Yellowstone National Park – Jennifer Tsang – The Microbial Menagerie

Sewage in the Saluda deserves more attention, politicians, river advocates say – Sammy Fretwell – The State

Science, publishing, and career

The 7 biggest problems facing science, according to 270 scientists – Julia Belluz – Vox

5 health and medicine issues to watch for at the GOP convention – David Nather – STATnews

 

July 14, 2016

Gut microbes and diabetes risk, llama sausages, urban greenness, and the sea turtle microbiome.

Pregnancy and birth

The Infant Gut Bacterial Microbiota and Risk of Pediatric Asthma and Allergic Diseases – Christine Cole Johnson – Translational Research

Human gut microbiome

Human gut microbes impact host serum metabolome and insulin sensitivity – Helle Krogh Pedersen – Nature

Press: Gut bacteria imbalance increases diabetes risk – EurekAlert
Gut bacteria imbalance increases diabetes risk – BioMed Central blog

Effects of Gut Microbiota Manipulation by Antibiotics on Host Metabolism in Obese Humans: A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial – Dorien Reijnders – Cell Metabolism

The Gut Microbiota from Lean and Obese Subjects Contribute Differently to the Fermentation of Arabinogalactan and Inulin – Marisol Aguirre – PLOS ONE

Review: The esophageal microbiota in health and disease – Vincenzo Di Pilato – Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Review: Colon microbiota fermentation of dietary prebiotics towards short-chain fatty acids and their roles as anti-inflammatory and antitumour agents: A review – Javier Fernández – Journal of Functional Foods

Animal and other experiments

Microbial Mat Functional and Compositional Sensitivity to Environmental Disturbance
Eva Christine Preisner – bioRxiv

Gut microbiota directs PPARγ-driven reprogramming of the liver circadian clock by nutritional challenge – Mari Murakami – EMBO Reports

Preview: Microbially Produced Acetate: A “Missing Link” in Understanding Obesity? – Chad M. Trent – Cell Metabolism

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid chronic risk assessment for soil biota – Georg von Mérey – Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Zonal Soil Type Determines Soil Microbial Responses to Maize Cropping and Fertilization – Mengxin Zhao – mSystems

Built environment microbiome

Urban greenness influences airborne bacterial community composition – Gwynne Mhuireach – Science of The Total Environment

Research Watch: Dirty environment for adult life: the bad, the good, the unknown – Jun Sun – Genes & Diseases

Food microbiology

Microbial ecology involved in the ripening of naturally fermented llama meat sausages. A focus on lactobacilli diversity – Fontana Cecilia – International Journal of Food Microbiology

Metabolomics

Free eBook: Metabolomics – A Key Technology for Microbiome Research – Kirk Beebe – Metabolon

Techniques

Evaluation of VITEK matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization–time of flight mass spectrometry for identification of anaerobes – Zheng Xiao – Microbiology and Immunology

Fungal identification biases in microbiome projects – Leho Tedersoo – Environmental Microbiology Reports

Rapid and Selective Detection of Pathogenic Bacteria in Bloodstream Infection with Aptamer-based Recognition – Haijing Shen – Applied Materials and Interfaces

Microbes in the news

Project to study sea turtle microbiomes in captivity and in the wild – Holly Ganz – MicroBEnet

Gonorrhea may soon become resistant to all antibiotics and untreatable – Helen Branswell – STAT news

Bacteriophage Therapy Grows as Alternative to Antibiotics – Michael McGrady – Heartland

Getting to the guts: Studying the gut microbiome to manage pain – Shay Stowell – Missouri State University

Career

Men cite themselves more than women do. The apparent trend has been on the rise over the past two decades – Dalmeet Singh Chawla – Nature

Bik’s non-microbiology Picks

A Gathering of Giants. A photographer slips into the ocean to swim among hundreds of sperm whales – witnessing a rarely seen social spectacle – Tony Wu – Biographic

The people who don’t get ‘Eleanor Rigby’. Happy music and sad sounds are not universal. – Nature