Category Archives: General Microbiome

April 27, 2018

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Have a good Friday! Today’s Digest include a set of interesting reviews about the Hologenome concept, Clostridium difficile, the relation between microbiota and tuberculosis and microbiota transplantation. This digest also contains interesting articles about the use of dietary studies to control diet in microbiota studies, microbiome in cancer, microbiome and depression in rats and microbiome in soil from the Atacama’s desert.

 

Human and General Microbiome

Bile Acids and the Gut Microbiome as Potential Targets for NAFLD Treatment – Lixin Zhu – Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Review: The role of fecal microbiota transplantation in inflammatory bowel disease – Irene D’Odorico – Journal of Digestive Diseases

Review: Put “gender glasses” on the effects of phenolic compounds on cardiovascular function and diseases – Ilaria Campesi – European Journal of Nutrition

Use of dietary indices to control for diet in human gut microbiota studies – Ruth C. E. Bowyer – Microbiome

Review: The hologenome concept of evolution after 10 years – Eugene Rosenberg – Microbiome

Pharmabiotic Manipulation of the Microbiota in Gastrointestinal Disorders: A Clinical Perspective – Fanny Giron – Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Microbiota potential for the treatment of sexual dysfunction – Hassan Tirandaz – Medical Hypotheses

Gut microbiome analysis identifies potential aetiological factors in acute gastroenteritis – Natalia Castaño-Rodríguez – Immunity and Infection

Skin microbiota and allergic symptoms associate with exposure to environmental microbes – Jenni Lehtimäki – PNAS

Gut microbiome of Moroccan colorectal cancer patients – Imane Allali – Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Systematic Review: Safety and efficacy of encapsulated fecal microbiota transplantation for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection: a systematic review – Umair Iqbal – European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Alterations in Enteric Virome Associate With Colorectal Cancer and Survival Outcomes – Geicho Nakatsu – Gastroenterology

High relative abundance of firmicutes and increased TNF-α levels correlate with obesity in children – Yaneth C Orbe-Orihuela – Salud Pública de México (Article in English)

Perspective: Why does the microbiome affect behaviour? – Katerina V.-A. Johnson – Nature Reviews Microbiology

Research Highlight: Exercise affects gut microbiota and bone – Claire Greenhill – Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Review: Clostridium difficile – From Colonization to Infection – Holger Schäffler – Frontiers in Microbiology

MiniReview: New Players in Immunity to Tuberculosis: The Host Microbiome, Lung Epithelium, and Innate Immune Cells – Nancy Gupta – Frontiers in Immunology

 

Animal Microbiome

A meta-barcoding approach to assess and compare the storage temperature-dependent bacterial diversity of gilt-head sea bream (Sparus aurata) originating from fish farms from two geographically distinct areas of Greece – Foteini F.Parlapani – International Journal of Food Microbiology

High-fat diet induces depression-like behaviour in mice associated with changes in microbiome, neuropeptide Y, and brain metabolome – Ahmed M. Hassan – Nutritional Neuroscience

Cascading effects on bacterial communities: cattle grazing causes a shift in the microbiome of a herbivorous caterpillar – Tali S. Berman – The ISME Journal

Microbiomes associated with bovine periodontitis and oral health – Ana C.Borsanelli – Veterinary Microbiology

Microbiota-accessible carbohydrates suppress Clostridium difficile infection in a murine model – Andrew J. Hryckowian – Nature Microbiology

High-Fat Diet Induces Dysbiosis of Gastric Microbiota Prior to Gut Microbiota in Association With Metabolic Disorders in Mice – Cong He – Frontiers in Microbiology

Differential Microbial Communities of Omnivorous and Herbivorous Cattle in Southern China – Susanna K.P.Lau – Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal

 

Plant/Soil Microbes

A microorganisms’ journey between plant generations – Nathan Vannier – Microbiome

MYB72-dependent coumarin exudation shapes root microbiome assembly to promote plant health – Ioannis A. Stringlis – PNAS

Bacterial potentials for uptake, solubilization and mineralization of extracellular phosphorus in agricultural soils are highly stable under different fertilization regimes – Martin Grafe – Environmental Microbiology Reports

 

Extremophiles

Microbiome analysis and bacterial isolation from Lejía Lake soil in Atacama Desert – Dinka Mandakovic – Extremophiles

 

Beneficial Microbes and Compounds

Current and future uses of probiotics – Georgia Tanner – JAAPA

Barley β-glucan improves metabolic condition via short-chain fatty acids produced by gut microbial fermentation in high fat diet fed mice – Junki Miyamoto – PLoS One

Systematic Review: Are probiotic treatments useful on fibromyalgia syndrome or chronic fatigue syndrome patients? A systematic review – P. Roman – Beneficial Microbes

Review: The application of in vitro human intestinal models on the screening and development of pre- and probiotics – V.T. Pham – Beneficial Microbes

 

Antimicrobial Resistance

Acquisition of multidrug-resistant organisms in the absence of antimicrobial exposure – E M C D’Agata – Clinical Infectious Diseases

 

Food Microbiome

Variation in the Microbiome, Trichothecenes, and Aflatoxins in Stored Wheat Grains in Wuhan, China – Qing-Song Yuan – Toxins

 

Methodologies

Review: Single-cell metagenomics: challenges and applications – Yuan Xu – Protein & Cell

 

April 26, 2017

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General microbiome

Baseline urine metabolic phenotype in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis and its association with outcome – Jaswinder Singh Maras – Hepatology communications

Checkpoint Checkmate: Microbiota Modulation of Cancer Immunotherapy – Eric C. Keen – Clinical chemistry

Metagenomics Analysis of Bacterial Population of Tympanosclerotic Plaques and Cholesteatomas – M. Tayyar Kalcioglu – Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery

Drinking alcohol is associated with variation in the human oral microbiome in a large study of American adults – Xiaozhou Fan – Microbiome

Pregnancy and early life

Preterm infants have distinct microbiomes not explained by mode of delivery, breastfeeding duration or antibiotic exposure – Cecilie Dahl – International Journal of Epidemiology

Gut microbial functional maturation and succession during human early life – Tomás Cerdó – Environmental microbiology

Human respiratory microbiome

Modelling upper respiratory tract diseases: getting grips on host-microbe interactions in chronic rhinosinusitis using in vitro technologies – Charlotte De Rudder Microbiome

Human skin microbiome

Skin microbiota and allergic symptoms associate with exposure to environmental microbes – Jenni Lehtimäki – PNAS

Human gut microbiome

Review :Dysbiosis in Functional Bowel Disorders – Paul Enck – Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Review: Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Immunonutrition: Novel Therapeutic Approaches Through Modulation of Diet and the Gut Microbiome – Larissa S Celiberto- Immunology

Comment : Richness and ecosystem development across faecal snapshots of the gut microbiota – Gwen Falony – Nature microbiology
Effects of gut microbiota manipulation on ex vivo lipolysis in human abdominal subcutaneous adipocytes – Johan W. E. Jocken – Adipocyte

Chronic kidney disease, uremic milieu, and its effects on gut bacterial microbiota dysbiosis – Lee D Chaves – American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology

Microbiota transplantation: concept, methodology and strategy for its modernization – Faming Zhang – Protein & Cell

The effects of sequencing platforms on phylogenetic resolution in 16 S rRNA gene profiling of human feces – Tae Woong Whon – Scientific Data

Gut Microbiota: From Microorganisms to Metabolic Organ Influencing Obesity – Richard W. Stephens – Obesity

Gut Microbes and Health: A Focus on the Mechanisms Linking Microbes, Obesity, and Related Disorders – Marialetizia Rastelli – Obesity

Review article: Impact of dietary gut microbial metabolites on the epigenome – Clarissa Gerhauser – Philosophical. Transactions of the Royal Society B

Animal experiments 

Gut Microbiota-Derived Tryptophan Metabolites Modulate Inflammatory Response in Hepatocytes and Macrophages – Cell Reports – Smitha Krishnan

Modulation of Active Gut Microbiota by Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG in a Diet Induced Obesity Murine Model – Yosep Ji – Frontiers in Microbiology

Lactobacilli Are Prominent Members of the Microbiota Involved in the Ruminal Digestion of Barley and Corn – Hee E. Yang

Intestinal microbiome of broiler chickens after use of nanoparticles and metal salts – Еlena Yausheva – Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Distinct consequences of amoxicillin and ertapenem exposure in the porcine gut microbiome – Sheila Connelly – Anaerobe

Indole, a Signaling Molecule Produced by the Gut Microbiota, Negatively Impacts Emotional Behaviors in Rats – Mathilde Jaglin – Frontiers in Neuroscience

Animal microbiome 

Microbiome of Total Versus Live Bacteria in the Gut of Rex Rabbits – Xiangchao Fu – Frontiers in Microbiology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Inferring Roles in Defense from Metabolic Allocation of Rice Diterpenoids – Xuan Lu – The Plant Cell

Genotypic variation in Pinus radiata responses to nitrogen source are related to changes in the root microbiome – Marta Gallart – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Competition and habitat filtering jointly explain phylogenetic structure of soil bacterial communities across elevational gradient – Qian Zhang – Environmental Microbiology

Seagrass rhizosphere microenvironment alters plant‐associated microbial community composition – Kasper Elgetti Brodersen – Environmental Microbiology

Water and extremophile microbiome

Comparing Rock-inhabiting Microbial Communities in Different Rock Types from a High Arctic Polar Desert – Yong-Hoe Choe – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Microbial communities in bakken region produced water – Daniel Lipus – FEMS Microbiology Letters

Aerobic microbial taxa dominate deep subsurface cores from the Alberta oil sands – Christina M Ridley – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Metal contaminations impact archaeal community composition, abundance and function in remote alpine lakes – Sergi Compte‐Port – Environmental Microbiology

 Probiotics / prebiotics

Clinical and Microbiological Effect of a Multispecies Probiotic Supplementation in Celiac Patients With Persistent IBS-type Symptoms: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter Trial – Ruggiero Francavilla – Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Review: Are Probiotics Effective in Targeting Alcoholic Liver Diseases? – Meegun Hong – Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins

April 24, 2018

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Today, after a hiatus, we have a new and big digest. Have a good Tuesday!

Gut Or General Microbiome

Editorial: Metagenomics, culturomics, and the human gut microbiota – Sophie Amrane – Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy

Review: Disruptions in gut microbial-host co-metabolism and the development of metabolic disorders – Cynthia Rajani – Clinical Science

Metabolic retroconversion of trimethylamine N-oxide and the gut microbiota – Lesley Hoyles – Microbiome

Review: Factors influencing horizontal gene transfer in the intestine – Ximin Zeng – Animal Health Research Reviews

Commentary: Help, hope and hype: ethical considerations of human microbiome research and applications – Yonghui Ma – Protein & Cell

A System Biology Perspective on Environment-Host-Microbe Interactions – Lianmin Chen – Human Molecular Genetics

Comment on: effects of sleeve gastrectomy on the composition and diurnal oscillation of gut microbiota related to the metabolic improvements – Tammy L.Kindel – Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Dietary Interventions to Modulate the Gut Microbiome—How Far Away Are We From Precision Medicine – Francesca De Filippis – Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Targeting the gut microbiome to treat the osteoarthritis of obesity – Eric M. Schott – JCI Insight

Increased prevalence of pathogenic bacteria in the gut microbiota of infants at risk of developing celiac disease: the PROFICEL study – Marta Olivares –  Gut Microbes

Genome sequence and description of Gracilibacillus timonensis sp. nov. strain Marseille-P2481T , a moderate halophilic bacterium isolated from the human gut microflora – Awa Diop – Microbiology Open

Inflammasomes make the case for littermate-controlled experimental design in studying host-microbiota interactions – Michail Mamantopoulos – Gut Microbes

No Significant Association Between the Fecal Microbiome and the Presence of Irritable Bowel Syndrome-type Symptoms in Patients with Quiescent Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Oliver Shutkever –  Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Research Highlight: Microbiome promotes pancreatic cancer – Iain Dickson – Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Deciphering human gut microbiota-nutrient interactions: a role for biochemistry – Carina Chittim – Biochemistry

Letter: Defining the Impact of Host Genotypes on Microbiota Composition Requires Meticulous Control of Experimental Variables –  Andy Wullaert – Cell Immunity

Review: Engineered Human Gastrointestinal Cultures to Study the Microbiome and Infectious Diseases – Sarah E.Blutt – Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology

The Role of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor in the Function of Intestinal Barrier – Milica Vujicic- Scientific Reports

Perspective: Urbanization and the gut microbiota in health and inflammatory bowel disease – Tao Zuo – Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

A systems biology approach to predict and characterize human gut microbial metabolites in colorectal cancer – QuanQiu Wang – Scientific Reports

Review: The human gut microbiota: metabolism and perspective in obesity – Aline Corado Gomes – Gut Microbes

Association between the Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII) and urinary enterolignans and C-reactive protein from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey-2003-2008 – Nitin Shivappa – European Journal of Nutrition

Case Report: The Effect of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation on a Child with Tourette Syndrome – Huijun Zhao – Case Reports in Medicine

Current evidence linking diet to gut microbiota and brain development and function – Florencia Ceppa – International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Using standard microbiome reference groups to simplify beta-diversity analyses and facilitate independent validation – Marlena Maziarz – Bioinformatics

Review: Gut microbiota, metabolism and psychopathology: A critical review and novel perspectives – Robin N. Groen – Critical Reviews in Clinical Laboratory Sciences

The Role of Gut Microbiota in Obesity and Type 2 and Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: New Insights into “Old” Diseases – Igor Alexander Harsch – Medical Sciences

Biogeography and environmental conditions shape bacteriophage-bacteria networks across the human microbiome – Geoffrey D. Hannigan – PLoS Computational Biology

 

Respiratory Microbiome

Prenatal antibiotic exposure and childhood asthma: a population-based study – Keely Loewen – European Respiratory Journal

Impact of gut colonization with butyrate producing microbiota on respiratory viral infection following allo-HCT – Bastiaan W. Haak – Blood

Oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal decontamination with chlorhexidine gluconate in lung cancer surgery: a randomized clinical trial – Xavier Benoit D’Journo – Intensive Care Medicine

Impact of Long-Term Erythromycin Therapy on the Oropharyngeal Microbiome and Resistance Gene Reservoir in Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis – Jocelyn M. Choo – mSphere

Neonates colonized with pathogenic bacteria in the airways have a low-grade systemic inflammation – Nadia Rahman Fink – Allergy

Next-Generation Immune Repertoire Sequencing as a Clue to Elucidate the Landscape of Immune Modulation by Host–Gut Microbiome Interactions – Tatsuo Ichinohe – Frontiers in Immunology

 

Oral Microbiome

Metagenomic analysis of oral microbiome in young children aged 6‐8 y living in a rural isolated Chinese province – Yuan Xu – Oral Diseases

Microbiota and Metatranscriptome Changes Accompanying the Onset of Gingivitis – Emily M. Nowicki – mBio

Do we treat our patients or rather periodontal microbes with adjunctive antibiotics in periodontal therapy? A 16S rDNA microbial community analysis – Daniel Hagenfeld – PLoS One

The interplay between oral microbiome, lifestyle factors and genetic polymorphisms in the risk of oral squamous cell carcinoma – Jenn-Ren Hsiao – Carcinogenesis

Dynamic Alterations in Salivary Microbiota Related to Dental Caries and Age in Preschool Children With Deciduous Dentition: A 2-Year Follow-Up Study – Lei Xu – Frontiers in Physiology

 

Reproductive / Urinary tract Microbiome

How uterine microbiota might be responsible for a receptive, fertile endometrium – Marilen Benner – Human Reproduction Update

Culturing of female bladder bacteria reveals an interconnected urogenital microbiota – Krystal Thomas-White – Nature Communications

 

Fecal Microbiota Transplant

Editorial: Is fecal microbiota transplantation a temporary patch for treatment of Clostridium difficile infection or a new frontier of therapeutics? – Alexander Khoruts – Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Case Report: ANCA Vasculitis and Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis following a Fecal Microbiota Transplant – Adam Amlani – Case Reports in Rheumatology

Regional variability in fecal microbiota transplantation practices: a survey of the Southern Ontario Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Movement – Susy S. Hota – CMAJ Open

Commentary: Bacteriophage transfer during faecal microbiota transplantation in Clostridium difficile infection is associated with treatment outcome – Blessing O. Anonye – Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Fecal microbiota transplantation reverses antibiotic and chemotherapy-induced gut dysbiosis in mice – Quentin Le Bastard – Scientific Reports

 

Animal Microbiome and Animal Experiments

Evaluation of a therapy for Idiopathic Chronic Enterocolitis in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) and linked microbial community correlates – Joshua M. Taylor​​ – PeerJ

Comparative analyses of the gut microbiota among three different wild geese species in the genus Anser – Wen Wang – Journal of Basic Microbiology

Exposure to concentrated ambient PM2.5 alters the composition of gut microbiota in a murine model – Wanjun Wang – Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Imidacloprid decreases honey bee survival but does not affect the gut microbiome – Kasie Raymann – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Letter: Bile Acids and the Microbiome in the Cow: Lack of Deoxycholic Acid Hydroxylation – Alan F. Hofmann – Lipids

Akkermansia muciniphila can reduce the damage of gluco/lipotoxicity, oxidative stress, and inflammation and normalize intestine microbiota in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats – Ling Zhang – Pathogens and Disease

The impact of genome variation and diet on the metabolic phenotype and microbiome composition of Drosophila melanogaster – Lisa Jehrke –  Scientific Reports

Fecal microbial composition associated with variation in feed efficiency in pigs depends on diet and sex – Lisanne M G Verschuren – Journal of Animal Science

Discovery of a mcr-1-bearing plasmid in commensal colistin-resistant Escherichia coli from healthy broilers in Faisalabad, Pakistan – Jiali Lv – Virulence

Pre-colonization with the commensal fungus Candida albicans reduces murine susceptibility to Clostridium difficile infection – Laura Markey – Gut Microbes

PCBs-high-fat diet interactions as mediators of gut microbiota dysbiosis and abdominal fat accumulation in female mice – Yulang Chi – Environmental Pollution

Metagenome and Culture-Based Methods Reveal Candidate Bacterial Mutualists in the Southern House Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) – Aparna Telang – Journal of Medical Entomology

Polysaccharide of Hericium erinaceus attenuates colitis in C57BL/6 mice via regulation of oxidative stress, inflammation-related signaling pathways and modulating the composition of the gut microbiota – Yilin Ren – The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Potent SGLT1/2 Dual Inhibition Improves Glycemic Control Without Marked Gastrointestinal Adaptation or Colonic Microbiota Changes in Rodents – Fuyong Du – Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Similarity of the dog and human gut microbiomes in gene content and response to diet – Luis Pedro Coelho – Microbiome

Direct and Indirect Effects of Penguin Feces on Microbiomes in Antarctic Ornithogenic Soils – Yudong Guo – Frontiers in Microbiology

Stem Cell Transcription Factor FoxO Controls Microbiome Resilience in Hydra – Benedikt M. Mortzfeld – Frontiers in Microbiology

The effects of baicalein on cortical pro-inflammatory cytokines and the intestinal microbiome in senescence accelerated mouse prone 8 – Li Gao – ACS Chemical Neuroscience

Biases from different DNA extraction methods in intestine microbiome research based on 16S rDNA sequencing: a case in the koi carp, Cyprinus carpio var. Koi – Zhuoran Han – Microbiology Open

 

Built Environments

A comparison of methods used to unveil the genetic and metabolic pool in the built environment – Cinta Gomez-Silvan – Microbiome

Metabolism and Biodegradation of Spacecraft Cleaning Reagents by Strains of Spacecraft-Associated Acinetobacter – Mogul Rakesh – Astrobiology

 

Pathogen Research

The Critical Role of Zinc in a New Murine Model of Enterotoxigenic  E. coli 1 (ETEC) Diarrhea – DT Bolick  – Infection and Immunity

Review: Effects of antibiotic resistance (AR) and microbiota shifts on Campylobacter jejuni-mediated diseases – Phillip T. Brooks – Animal Health Research Reviews

A quality improvement initiative to reduce necrotizing enterocolitis across hospital systems – Amy T. Nathan – Journal of Perinatology

Quantitative Simulations Predict Treatment Strategies Against Fungal Infections in Virtual Neutropenic Patients – Sandra Timme – Frontiers in Immunology

Review: Helicobacter pylori the Latent Human Pathogen or an Ancestral Commensal Organism – Jackie Li – Frontiers in Microbiology

Heterogeneous ceramide distributions alter spatially resolved growth of Staphylococcus aureus on human stratum corneum – Joseph M. Cleary – Journal of the Royal Society Interface

 

Viruses

Viral Diversity of House Mice in New York City – Simon H. Williams – mBio

Subclinical cytomegalovirus infection associates with altered host immunity, gut microbiota and vaccine responses – Clarissa Santos Rocha – Journal of Virology

 

Antimicrobial Research

Antimicrobial resistance: from basic science to translational innovation – Jun Lin –  Animal Health Research Reviews

 

Plant/Environment Microbiome

Drought delays development of the sorghum root microbiome and enriches for monoderm bacteria – Ling Xu – PNAS

Assessment of toxic impact of metals on proline, antioxidant enzymes, and biological characteristics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa inoculated Cicer arietinum grown in chromium and nickel-stressed sandy clay loam soils – Saima Saif – Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

The first Taxus rhizosphere microbiome revealed by shotgun metagenomic sequencing – Da‐Cheng Hao – Journal of Basic Microbiology

Exposure to nanoplastics disturbs the gut microbiome in the soil oligochaete Enchytraeus crypticus – Bo-Kai Zhu – Environmental Pollution

Comparative Microbiome Analysis of a Fusarium Wilt Suppressive Soil and a Fusarium Wilt Conducive Soil From the Châteaurenard Region – Katarzyna Siegel-Hertz – Frontiers in Microbiology

 

Food Microbes

Towards better microbial safety of fresh produce: Chlorophyllin-based photosensitization for microbial control of foodborne pathogens on cherry tomatoes – Egle Paskeviciute – Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Metaproteomics of Microbiota in Naturally Fermented Soybean Paste, Da‐jiang – Ping Zhang – Journal of Food Science

 

Drugs, Beneficial Microbes and Compounds

Age-Related Changes in the Natural Killer Cell Response to Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Are Not Influenced by a Synbiotic: a Randomised Controlled Trial – Agnieszka Przemska-Kosicka – Frontiers in Immunology

4G-β-D-galactosylsucrose as a prebiotics may improve underweight in inpatients with schizophrenia – Takahiko Nagamine – Nihon Shokuhin Men’eki Gakkai

An approach on the potential use of probiotics in the treatment of skin conditions: acne and atopic dermatitis – Vitória H. M. Mottin – International Journal of Dermatology

Effects of Prebiotic Fiber Xylooligosaccharide in Adenine induced Nephropathy in Mice – Jieping Yang – Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Anti-inflammatory effect of multistrain probiotic formulation (L. rhamnosus, B. lactis, and B. longum) – Marzia Sichetti – Nutrition

A combination of Lactobacillus mali APS1 and dieting improved the efficacy of obesity treatment via manipulating gut microbiome in mice – Yung-Tsung Chen – Scientific Reports

The Potential Effect of Chinese Herbal Formula Hongqijiangzhi Fang in Improving NAFLD: Focusing on NLRP3 Inflammasome and Gut Microbiota – Shu Liang – Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Cationic amphiphilic bolaamphiphile-based delivery of antisense oligonucleotides provides a potentially microbiome sparing treatment for C. difficile – Arun K. Sharma – The Journal of Antibiotics

A probiotic modulates the microbiome and immunity in multiple sclerosis – Stephanie K. Tankou – Annals of Neurology

Comprehensive comparison of polysaccharides from Ganoderma lucidum and G. sinense: chemical, antitumor, immunomodulating and gut-microbiota modulatory properties – Li-Feng Li – Scientific Reports

Anti-diabetic mechanism of dietary polysaccharides based on their gastrointestinal functions – Jie-Lun Hu – Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

The Effects of Synbiotic Supplementation on Body Mass Index, Metabolic and Inflammatory Biomarkers, and Appetite in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome: A Triple-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial – Samira Rabiei – Journal of Dietary Supplements

 

Bioinformatics and Methods

MEGAN-LR: new algorithms allow accurate binning and easy interactive exploration of metagenomic long reads and contigs – Daniel H. Huson – Biology Direct

KDiamend: a package for detecting key drivers in a molecular ecological network of disease – Mengxuan Lyu – BMC Systems Biology

ViDiT-CACTUS: an inexpensive and versatile library preparation and sequence analysis method for virus discovery and other microbiology applications – Joost Theo Petra Verhoeven – Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Phylogenomic Analysis of β-Lactamase in Archaea and Bacteria Enables the Identification of Putative New Members – Vivek Keshri – Genome Biology and Evolution

 

April 19, 2018

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Today we have a few day’s worth of microbiome science to chew on… some interesting skin microbiome studies, bioinformatics publications, and our typical servings of gut /plant-root-soil/animal/water-extremophiles/general microbiome studies.  Dig in!

Events and jobs

Manager, QC Microbiology – Celgene – Phoenix, AZ

Pathology and Microbiology & IPID Graduate Student Research Seminar – UNMC

General microbiome

Cost-benefit analysis of introducing next-generation sequencing (metagenomic) pathogen testing in the setting of pyrexia of unknown origin – Jia Hui Chai – PLOS ONE

* [pre-print] Phylogenetically novel uncultured microbial cells dominate Earth microbiomes – Karen G. Lloyd – bioRxiv

Hologenomics: Systems-Level Host Biology – Kevin R. Theis – mSystems

Antibiotics as Instigators of Microbial Dysbiosis: Implications for Asthma and Allergy – Tomasz P. Wypych – Trends in Immunology

[perspective] Function and functional redundancy in microbial systems – Stilianos Louca – Nature Ecology & Evolution

Human oral microbiome

Comparison of the oral microbiome in mouthwash and whole saliva samples – Xiaozhou Fan – PLOS ONE

Oral Dysbiotic Communities and Their Implications in Systemic Diseases – Preethi Sudhakara – Dentistry Journal

Human skin microbiome

[pre-print] Umbilical Microbiome and Laparoscopic Surgery: A Descriptive Clinical Study – Aiolfi Alberto – Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques

The skin microbiome of wound scars and unaffected skin in patients with moderate to severe burns in the subacute phase – Su‐Hsun Liu – Wound Repair and Regeneration

Human gut microbiome

Microbiome-Mediated Bile Acid Modification: Role in Intestinal Drug Absorption and Metabolism – Elaine F. Enright – Pharmacological Research

Non-microbicidal small molecule inhibition of polysaccharide metabolism in human gut microbes: a potential therapeutic avenue – Anthony D. Santilli – ACS Chemical Biology

The Use of Antimicrobials as Adjuvant Therapy for the Treatment of Obesity and Insulin Resistance: Effects and Associated Mechanisms – Sandra Aparecida dos Reis – Diabetes / Metabolism Research and Reviews

* Human Gut Microbiota Predicts Susceptibility to Vibrio cholerae Infection – Firas S Midani – The Journal of Infectious Disease

Interactions of Dihydromyricetin, a Flavonoid from Vine Tea (Ampelopsis grossedentata) with Gut Microbiota – Li Fan – Journal of Food Science

Characteristics of the gut microbiota in adult patients with type 1 and 2 diabetes based on the analysis of a fragment of 16S rRNA gene using next-generation sequencing – Dominika Salamon – Polish Archives of Internal Medicine

The Intestinal Microbiota in Colorectal Cancer -Herbert Tilg – Cancer Cell

The Endotoxemia Marker Lipopolysaccharide‐Binding Protein is Reduced in Overweight‐Obese Subjects Consuming Pomegranate Extract by Modulating the Gut Microbiota: A Randomized Clinical Trial – Antonio González‐Sarrías – Molecular Nutrition

Hepatocellular Carcinoma is Associated with Gut Microbiota Profile and Inflammation in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease – Francesca Romana Ponziani – Hepatology

Antibiotic‐Associated Disruption of Microbiota Composition and Function in Cirrhosis is Restored by Fecal Transplant – Jasmohan S Bajaj – Hepatology

Does the gastrointestinal microbiome contribute to the “obesity paradox” in melanoma survival? – E A Langan – British Journal of Dermatology

Animal experiments

Obese Mice Losing Weight Due to trans-10,cis-12 Conjugated Linoleic Acid Supplementation or Food Restriction Harbor Distinct Gut Microbiota – Laura J den Hartigh – JN The Journal of Nutrition

Tuna oil alleviate D-galactose induced aging in mice accompanied by modulating gut microbiota and brain protein expression – Dijun Zhang – Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Dietary Mannan Oligosaccharides Modulate Gut Microbiota, Increase Fecal Bile Acid Excretion, and Decrease Plasma Cholesterol and Atherosclerosis Development – Lisa R. Hoving – Molecular Nutrition

[Review] The Role of the Gut Microbiota in the Metabolism of Polyphenols as Characterized by Gnotobiotic Mice – Pasinetti, Giulio Mari – Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease

Animal microbiome 

Shared larval rearing environment, sex, female size and genetic diversity shape Ae. albopictus bacterial microbiota – Guillaume Minard – PLOS ONE

Metatranscriptome analysis of the microbial fermentation of dietary milk proteins in the murine gut – Floor Hugenholtz – PLOS ONE

Water system is a controlling variable modulating bacterial diversity of gastrointestinal tract and performance in rainbow trout – Omolola C. Betiku – PLOS ONE

* Bacterial communities associated with honeybee food stores are correlated with land use – Philip Donkersley – Ecology and Evolution

Evaluating the microbiome of two sampling locations in the nasal cavity of cattle with bovine respiratory disease complex (BRDC) – Tara G McDaneld – Journal of Animal Science

Controlling ticks and tick-borne diseases…looking forward – José de la Fuente – Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

The inside tract: The appendicular, cecal, and colonic microbiome of captive aye‐ayes – Lydia K. Greene – American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Water system is a controlling variable modulating bacterial diversity of gastrointestinal tract and performance in rainbow trout – Omolola C. Betiku – PLOS ONE

Comparative Analysis of the Microbiota Between Sheep Rumen and Rabbit Cecum Provides New Insight Into Their Differential Methane Production – Lan Mi – Frontiers in Microbiology

Tracing of the fecal microbiota of commercial pigs at five growth stages from birth to shipment – Geon Goo Han – Nature Scientific Reports

Development of the tonsillar microbiome in pigs from newborn through weaning – Luis Carlos Pena Cortes – BMC Microbiology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Antimicrobial peptide expression in a wild tobacco plant reveals the limits of host-microbe-manipulations in the field – Arne Weinhold – eLife

Identification of Major Rhizobacterial Taxa Affected by a Glyphosate-Tolerant Soybean Line via Shotgun Metagenomic Approach – Gui-Hua Lu – Genes

Culture‐independent analysis of hydrocarbonoclastic bacterial communities in environmental samples during oil‐bioremediation – Narjes Dashti – MicrobiologyOpen

Embracing Community Ecology in Plant Microbiome Research – Francisco Dini-Andreote – Trends in Plant Science

Cultivated bacterial diversity associated with the carnivorous plant Utricularia breviscapa (Lentibulariaceae) from floodplains in Brazil – Felipe Rezende Lima – Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Soil microbial communities and glyphosate decay in soils with different herbicide application history – Keren Hernández Guijarro – Science of the Total Environment

Shining a light on the dark world of plant root-microbe interactions – Philip Poole – PNAS

Water and extremophile microbiome 

Microbial diversity and biomarker analysis of modern freshwater microbialites from Laguna Bacalar, Mexico – D. B. Johnson – gebiology

Effect of salinity on diazotrophic activity and microbial composition of phototrophic communities from Bitter-1 soda lake (Kulunda Steppe, Russia) – Zorigto Namsarae – Extremophiles

The ecology and diversity of microbial eukaryotes in geothermal springs – Angela M. Oliverio – The ISME Journal

Built environment

Deposition of Bacteria and Bacterial Spores by Bathroom Hot Air Hand Dryers – Luz del Carmen Huesca-Espitia – American Society for Microbiology

Food microbiology

Bacterial Communities in Serpa Cheese by Culture Dependent Techniques, 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing and High-throughput Sequencing Analysis – Maria Teresa P. Gonçalves – Journal of Food Science

Revealing the microbiota of marketed edible insects through PCR-DGGE, metagenomic sequencing and real-time PCR – Andrea Osimani – International Journal of Food Microbiology

Bioinformatics

Computer-guided design of optimal microbial consortia for immune system modulation – Richard R Stein – eLife

[uncorrected proof] Using pseudoalignment and base quality to accurately quantify microbial community composition – Mark Reppell – PLOS Computational Biology

Fast Metagenomic Binning via Hashing and Bayesian Clustering – Popic Victoria – Journal of Computational Biology

* Nonpareil 3: Fast Estimation of Metagenomic Coverage and Sequence Diversity – Luis M. Rodriguez-R – mSystems

Algorithms and strategies in short‐read shotgun metagenomic reconstruction of plant communities – Robert S. Harbert – Applications in Plant Science

Microbes in the news

Scientists Accidentally Make Plastic-Eating Bacteria Even More Efficient

New York City Mice: Here Are The Bacteria And Viruses That They Carry

Fecal microbiota transplant improves brain function in hepatic encephalopathy

Microbes on the market

Seres Therapeutics (MCRB) Presents New Preclinical Data Supporting the Development of Microbiome Therapeutics for Immuno-Oncology at AACR

Science, publishing, and career

Personal microbiome analysis improves student engagement and interest in Immunology, Molecular Biology, and Genomics undergraduate courses – K. Scott Weber – PLOS ONE

Ed’s non-microbiology picks

News articles below have actual study links inside.

Since 2016, Half of All Coral in the Great Barrier Reef Has Died

Marijuana’s effects on young brains diminish 72 hours after use, research says

Cannabinoids are easier on the brain than booze, study finds

Stem cell treatment drastically reduces drinking in alcoholic rats

The Ecology Of Disadvantage: Obesity Is Not Randomly Distributed Across The U.S., According To New Study

How your next meal could help fight depression, stress

Study: People with less political knowledge think they know a lot about politics

April 17, 2018

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Today’s Digest is brief, but not without highlights. Brazilian and MIT scientists created artificial antimicrobial peptides using computer algorithms, ecologists model intransitive competition, and we urgently need to tackle flesh-eating bacteria. In addition, do check out several new issues’ table of contents now, if you have access.

General microbiology

** In silico optimization of a guava antimicrobial peptide enables combinatorial exploration for peptide design – William F. Porto et al. – Nature Communications

Press: Artificial antimicrobial peptides could help overcome drug-resistant bacteria – Anne Trafton – MIT News

Memories Are Made of This: Bacteria Remember Who Their Enemies Are with CRISPRs – Marcia Stone – BioScience

Human gut microbiome

Review: Drug‐induced enterocolitis: Prevention and management in primary care – Ignazio Grattagliano et al. – Journal of Digestive Diseases

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology – Issue Information – TOC

Animal experiments

Gnotobiotic and Conventional Mouse Systems to Support Microbiota Based Studies – Richard Lavin et al. – Current Protocols in Immunology

Food Microbiology

Journal of Food Science – Issue Information – TOC

Plant, root and soil microbiome

Commentary: Taking the step: from Evo‐Devo to plant–microbe interaction evolution with the liverwort Marchantia – Mélanie Rich and Pierre‐Marc Delaux – New Phytologist

** Intransitive competition is common across five major taxonomic groups and is driven by productivity, competitive rank and functional traits – Santiago Soliveres et al. – Journal of Ecology

Preprint: Phylogenomics reveals dynamic evolution of fungal nitric oxide reductases and their relationship to secondary metabolism – Steven A Higgins et al. – bioRxiv

Phages and viruses

Preprint: Biology and taxonomy of crAss-like bacteriophages, the most abundant virus in the human gut – Emma Guerin et al. – bioRxiv

Preprint: Modelling phage-bacteria interactions driving predation and horizontal gene transfer – Jorge Moura de Sousa et al. – bioRxiv

Microbes in the news

Could Microbiota Predict Response to Anti-TNF Agents in Spondyloarthritis? – Kelly Davio – The Center for Biosimilars

You cannot escape poop bacteria – Sara Chodosh – Popular Science

Scientists Want to Replace Pesticides With Bacteria – Elizabeth G Dunn – Bloomberg Businessweek

Spikes of graphene can kill bacteria on implants – Science Daily

** Flesh-eating bacteria cases on the rise and we need an urgent response – Daniel O’Brien – The Conversation

Bacteria and feces found in fake cosmetics similar to popular makeup brands – Miriam Hernandez – ABC13

BESSY II sheds light on how the internal compass is constructed in magnetotactic bacteria – Science Daily

Connection Between Gut Bacteria And Autoimmunity Strengthens – Julianna LeMieux – American Council on Science and Health

In pictures: The bacteria living on your hands right now – Gaya Chandramohan – Channel NewsAsia

April 13, 2018

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Today’s digest is short and sweet, but includes exciting science that explores how a vegan diet modulates the gut microbiome and new techniques for detection of DNA SNIPs.

General Microbiome

Effect of nisin on microbiome-brain-gut axis neurochemicals by Escherichia coli-induced diarrhea in mice.Jia Z. Microbial Pathogenesis

Food for Gut: Microbiota Fuels Immune Reconstitution after BMT.Simms-Waldrip TR. Cell Host and Microbe

 

Oral/Gut Microbiome

Small Intestine Microbiota Regulate Host Digestive and Absorptive Adaptive Responses to Dietary Lipids.Martinez-Guryn K. Cell Host and Microbe

Impact of a vegan diet on the human salivary microbiota. Hansen TH. Scientific Reports

 

Plant, Soils, and Water Microbiome

Bacterial communities of four adjacent fresh lakes at different trophic status. Ji B. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Insights to plant-microbe interactions provide opportunities to improve resistance breeding against root diseases in grain legumes.Wille L. Plant, Cell and Environment

Nitrogen enrichment suppresses other environmental drivers and homogenizes salt marsh leaf microbiome.Daleo P. Ecology

Different Recovery Processes of Soil Ammonia Oxidizers from Flooding Disturbance.Ye F. Microbial Ecology

d-Amino Acids Are Exuded by Arabidopsis thaliana Roots to the Rhizosphere.Hener C, Hummel S. International Journal of Molecular Sciences

 

Animal Microbiome and Experiments

Characterization of the ruminal fermentation and microbiome in lambs supplemented with hydrolysable and condensed tannins.Salami SA. FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Metagenomic discovery of novel enzymes and biosurfactants in a slaughterhouse biofilm microbial community.Thies S. Scientific Reports

Pasture Feeding Changes the Bovine Rumen and Milk Metabolome.O’Callaghan TF. Metabolites

Microbial metabolites, short-chain fatty acids, restrain tissue bacterial load, chronic inflammation, and associated cancer in the colon of mice.Kim M. European Journal of Immunology

Molecular diversity of the faecal microbiota of Toy Poodles in Japan.Omatsu T. Journal of Veterinary Medicine

Techniques

SIPSim: A Modeling Toolkit to Predict Accuracy and Aid Design of DNA-SIP Experiments.Youngblut ND. Frontiers in Microbiology

April 11, 2018

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In today’s digest, check among many interesting articles: the evolution within human microbiome by T.D. Lieberman,  unique microbial biodiversity residing in hadal trenches by L.M. Peoples, changes in community composition in coastal water following exposure to oil and oil dispersant by S.H. Doyle. While in news — a story about “microbial hitchhikers” in restroom hand dryers.

General microbiome

Seven Billion Microcosms: Evolution within Human Microbiomes – Tami D. Lieberman – mSystems

Using Cultivated Microbial Communities To Dissect Microbiome Assembly: Challenges, Limitations, and the Path Ahead – Benjamin E. Wolfe – mSystems

Understanding Microbiome Stability in a Changing World – Ashley Shade – mSystems

Horizontal gene transfer of Chlamydia: Novel insights from tree reconciliation –  Hyaekang Kim – PLOS One

New insight into the early stages of biofilm formation – Catherine R. Armbruster  – PNAS

Multicopy plasmids allow bacteria to escape from fitness trade-offs during evolutionary innovation – Jeronimo Rodriguez-Beltran – Nature Ecology & Evolution

Considering the Lives of Microbes in Microbial Communities – Elizabeth A. Shank – mSystems

Oral microbiome

Inflammatory Bacteriome and Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma – M. Perera – Journal of Dental Research

Human gut microbiome

The cardiovascular macrophage: a missing link between gut microbiota and cardiovascular diseases? – X. Chen – European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Can Diet Influence Our Health by Altering Intestinal Microbiota – Derived Fecal Metabolites? – Qiang Lyu – mSystems

Toward Personalized Control of Human Gut Bacterial Communities – Lawrence A. David – mSystems

Role of the Gut Microbiome in Vertebrate Evolution – Thomas J. Sharpton – mSystems

Dietary nutrition and gut microflora: A promising target for treating diseases – Ying Nie – Trends in Food Science & Technology

Reduction in hepatic secondary bile acids caused by short-term antibiotic-induced dysbiosis decreases mouse serum glucose and triglyceride levels – Takuya Kuno – Scientific Reports

A snapshot of gut microbiota of an adult urban population from Western region of India – Disha Tandon – PLOS One

Animal experiments 

Mice harboring pathobiont-free microbiota do not develop intestinal inflammation that normally results from an innate immune deficiency – Benoit Chassaing – PLOS One

Animal microbiome 

The cultivable autochthonous microbiota of the critically endangered Northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita) – Joachim Spergser – PLOS One

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Maize Phyllosphere Microbial Community Niche Development Across Stages of Host Leaf Growth – Heather C. Manching –  F1000 Research

Exploring the Potentiality of Novel Rhizospheric Bacterial Strains against the Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae – Narayanappa Amruta –  The Plant Pathology Journal

The sensitivity of soil enzymes, microorganisms and spring wheat to soil contamination with carfentrazone-ethyl – Monika Tomkiel – Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B

Water and extremophile microbiome 

Trophic-functional patterns of biofilm-dwelling ciliates at different water depths in coastal waters of the Yellow Sea, northern China – Mamun Abdullah Al – European Journal of Protistology

Vertically distinct microbial communities in the Mariana and Kermadec trenches – Logan M. Peoples – PLOS One

The redox-sensing protein Rex modulates ethanol production in Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum – Tianyong Zheng – PLOS One

Subgroup characteristics of marine methane-oxidizing ANME-2 archaea and their syntrophic partners revealed by integrated multimodal analytical microscopy – Shawn E. McGlynn – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Addressing Confounding Factors in Algal Phosphorus Limitation Experiments – Whitney S. Beck -bioRxiv

Effect of Siderophore on Iron Availability in a Diatom and a Dinoflagellate Species: Contrasting Response in Associated Bacteria – Nicolas Sanchez – Frontiers in Marine Science

Robust Mercury Methylation across Diverse Methanogenic Archaea – Cynthia C. Gilmour – mBio

Two Distinct Aerobic Methionine Salvage Pathways Generate Volatile Methanethiol in Rhodopseudomonas palustris – Anthony R. Miller – mBio

Trichodesmium physiological ecology and phosphate reduction in the western Tropical South Pacific – Kyle R. Frischkorn – Biogeosciences

Energy Gradients Structure Microbial Communities Across Sediment Horizons in Deep Marine Sediments of the South China Sea – Michael F. Graw- Frontiers in Microbiology

Rapid Formation of Microbe-Oil Aggregates and Changes in Community Composition in Coastal Surface Water Following Exposure to Oil and the Dispersant Corexit – Shawn M. Doyle – Frontiers in Microbiology

Understanding Diatom Cell Wall Silicification—Moving Forward – Mark Hildebrand – Frontiers in Marine Science

The hunt for the most-wanted chemolithoautotrophic spookmicrobes – Michiel H in ‘t Zandt – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Biotechnology

Electron transport chains in organohalide-respiring bacteria and bioremediation implications – Shanquan Wang – Biotechnology Advances

Food microbiology

Listeria monocytogenes strains show large variations in competitive growth in mixed culture biofilms and suspensions with bacteria from food processing environments – Even Heir – International Journal of Food Microbiology

Review: Titanium dioxide (TiO2) photocatalysis technology for nonthermal inactivation of microorganisms in foods – Zhiwei Zhu – Trends in Food Science & Technology

The complexity of wine: clarifying the role of microorganisms – Sophie Tempère – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Probiotics / prebiotics

The effect of Lactobacillus acidophilus and Lactobacillus casei on the in vitro bioaccessibility of flaxseed lignans (Linum usitatissimum L.) – O. Muñoz – Food & Function

The “Golden Age” of Probiotics: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized and Observational Studies in Preterm Infants – Dermyshi E. – Neonatology

Phages and viruses

Screening of FDA-approved Drugs and Identification of Novel Lassa Virus Entry Inhibitors – Peilin Wang – bioRxiv

Reducing inherent biases introduced during DNA viral metagenome analyses of municipal wastewater – Nichole E. Brinkman – PLOS One

Sequence, genome organization, annotation and proteomics of the thermophilic, 47.7-kb Geobacillus stearothermophilus bacteriophage TP-84 and its classification in the new Tp84virus genus – Piotr M. Skowron – PLOS One

Bioinformatics

GMPR: A robust normalization method for zero-inflated count data with application to microbiome sequencing data – Li Chen – PeerJ

Techniques

Use of genomics to design a diagnostic assay to discriminate between Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae – Matthew A. Croxen –  Microbial Genomics

Paraffin Embedding and Thin Sectioning of Microbial Colony Biofilms for Microscopic Analysis – William C. Cornell – Journal of Visualized Experiments (Jove)

Microbes in the news 

Bugs, microbes and death can inform the living

Gut bacteria keeps bears healthily obese

Restroom Hand Dryers Are Blowing Bacteria Everywhere

Survival strategy: How one enzyme helps bacteria recover from exposure to antibiotics

Oil-eating bacteria could clean up the next spill

 

April 10, 2018

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After a brief hiatus, your Digest is back! After screening several hundred papers, progress seems to concentrate on a selected fields, including human gut microbiome and plant/soil microbiome. The WHO advocates for a global atlas of zoonotic viruses, a PDF link to a book volume full of application of microbiome engineering in agriculture, environmental protection and industry, and 16s rDNA primers can cross-react with mitochondrial sequences in eukaryotic cells. Last but not least, what can we all do to help young scientists, including ourselves, cope with immense pressure and distress?

General microbiology

Role of Partially Saturated Canthaxanthin and Ergosterol in the Survival of Aspergillus carbonarius Mutant at Extreme Acidic Condition – A. Kumar et al. – Microbiology

Coupled iron-microbial catalysis for CO2 hydrogenation with multispecies microbial communities – Elise Blanchet et al. – Chemical Engineering Journal

An integrated membrane bioreactor system with iron-dosing and side-stream co-fermentation for enhanced nutrient removal and recovery: System performance and microbial community analysis – Ruo-hong Li et al. – Bioresource Technology

The Microbiome and Population Health: Considerations to Enhance Study Design and Data Analysis in Observational and Interventional Epidemiology – Ryan T Demmer – American Journal of Epidemiology

Robust, linear correlations between growth rates and β-lactam–mediated lysis rates – Anna J. Lee et al. – PNAS USA

Human oral microbiome

Apical periodontitis: preliminary assessment of microbiota by 16S rRNA high throughput amplicon target sequencing – Federico Mussano and Ilario Ferrocino et al. – BMC Oral Health

Human gut microbiome

A feasibility study: association between gut microbiota enterotype and antibody response to seasonal trivalent influenza vaccine in adults – Nick Shortt and Hazel Poyntz et al. – Clinical & Translational Immunology

Gut-dependent microbial translocation induces inflammation and cardiovascular events after ST-elevation myocardial infarction – Xin Zhou, Jing Li and Junli Guo et al. – Microbiome

Book chapter: Influence of the Gut Microbiome on Immune Development During Early Life – Shankar S. Iyer and Richard S. Blumberg – Physiology of the Gastrointestinal Tract (Sixth Edition)

Book chapter: Gut Barrier: Innate Immunity – Gerco den Hartog et al. – Physiology of the Gastrointestinal Tract (Sixth Edition)

Review: Molecular Pathophysiology of Epithelial Barrier Dysfunction in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases – Jessica Y. Lee et al. – Proteomes

Impact of tart cherries polyphenols on the human gut microbiota and phenolic metabolites in vitro and in vivo – Alba C. Mayta-Apaza et al. – The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Characterization of the duodenal bacterial microbiota in patients with pancreatic head cancer vs. healthy controls – Qi-Xiang Mei et al. – Pancreatology

Human multi-site microbiome

Microbiota potential for the treatment of sexual dysfunction – Hassan Tirandaz et al. – Medical Hypotheses

Animal experiments

Nile tilapia: Effects of Lactogen 13, a New Probiotic Preparation, on Gut Microbiota and Endocrine Signals Controlling Growth and Appetite of Oreochromis niloticus Juveniles – Gioacchini Giorgia et al. – Microbial Ecology

Effects of shenling baizhu powder herbal formula on intestinal microbiota in high-fat diet-induced NAFLD rats – Yupei Zhang et al. – Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy

Gut Microbiota Promotes Tumor Growth in Mice by Modulating Immune Response – Vrishketan Sethi et al. – Gastroenterology

The effects of feeding monensin on rumen microbial communities and methanogenesis in bred heifers fed in a drylot – E.A. Melchior et al. – Livestock Science

Identification, characterization and selection of autochthonous lactic acid bacteria as probiotic for feedlot cattle – Natalia C. Maldonado et al. – Livestock Science

Glyphosate based- herbicide exposure affects gut microbiota, anxiety and depression-like behaviors in mice – Yassine Aitbali et al. – Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Animal microbiome

Characterization of the bacterial community in different parts of the gut of sea cucumber (Apostichopus Japonicus) and its variation during gut regeneration – Luo Wang et al. – Aquaculture Research

Review: The adherence and colonization of microorganisms in fish gastrointestinal tract – Xuemei Li et al. – Reviews in Aquaculture

Effect of Saccharomyces boulardii and Bacillus subtilis B10 on gut microbiota modulation in broiler – Chubin Qin and Li Gong et al. – Animal Nutrition

Metabolomics Study of Immune Responses of New Zealand Greenshell™ Mussels (Perna canaliculus) Infected with Pathogenic Vibrio sp. – Thao V. Nguyen et al. – Marine Biotechnology

Review: Use of antibiotics in broiler production: Global impacts and alternatives – Youcef Mehdi et al. – Animal Nutrition

Food Microbiome

PDF: High-Throughput rRNA Gene Sequencing Reveals High and Complex Bacterial Diversity Associated with Brazilian Coffee Bean Fermentation – Dão Pedro de Carvalho Neto et al. – Food Technology and Biotechnology

The impact of vegan production on the kimchi microbiome – Michelle Zabat et al. – Food Microbiology

Plant, root and soil microbiome

Soil abiotic variables are more important than Salicaceae phylogeny or habitat specialization in determining soil microbial community structure – Sonya Erlandson et al. – Molecular Ecology

RNA-based analyses reveal fungal communities structured by a senescence gradient in the moss Dicranum scoparium and the presence of putative multi-trophic fungi – Ko‐Hsuan Chen et al. – New Phytologist

Microbial diversity changes with rhizosphere and hydrocarbons in contrasting soils – Muhammad Atikul Islam Khan et al. – Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Effects of redox potential on soil Cadmium solubility: Insight into microbial community – Delong Meng et al. – Journal of Environmental Sciences

Long-term phosphorus application to a maize monoculture influences the soil microbial community and its feedback effects on maize seedling biomass – Ming Lang et al. – Applied Soil Ecology

Book chapter: Differential Responses of Plants to Biotic Stress and the Role of Metabolites – Maham Saddique et al. – Plant Metabolites and Regulation Under Environmental Stress

Role of Phenolic Acids from the Rhizosphere Soils of Panax notoginseng as a Double-Edge Sword in the Occurrence of Root-Rot Disease – Ya-Meng Zhao et al. – Molecules

Forum: From Petri Dishes to Model Ecosystems – Oskar Siemianowski et al. – Trends in Plant Science

An Insight into Catechins Metabolic Pathways of Camellia sinensis Based on Genome and Transcriptome Analysis – Wenzhao Wang et al. – Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Seasonal characterization of sugarcane vinasse: Assessing environmental impacts from fertirrigation and the bioenergy recovery potential through biodigestion – Lucas Tadeu Fuess et al. – Science of The Total Environment

Soil microbial biomass: A key soil driver in management of ecosystem functioning – Jay Shankar Singh and Vijay Kumar Gupta – Science of The Total Environment

Phosphorus fertilising potential of fly ash and effects on soil microbiota and crop – Deborah Schönegger et al. – Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Response of the soil microbial community to different fertilizer inputs in a wheat-maize rotation on a calcareous soil – Shuikuan Bei et al. – Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

Water and extremophile microbiome

Bacterial Diversity and Functional Activity of Microbial Communities in Hot Springs of the Baikal Rift Zone – E. V. Lavrentyeva et al. – Microbiology

Microbial Community Composition and Rates of the Methane Cycle Microbial Processes in the Upper Sediments of the Yamal Sector of the Southwestern Kara Sea – A. S. Savvichev et al. – Microbiology

Nematode-associated microbial taxa do not correlate with host phylogeny, geographic region or feeding morphology in marine sediment habitats – Taruna Schuelke et al. – Molecular Ecology

Discriminating activated sludge flocs from biofilm microbial communities in a novel pilot-scale reciprocation MBR using high-throughput 16S rRNA gene sequencing – Ryan De Sotto et al. – Journal of Environmental Management

PDF: Divergent assemblage patterns of abundant and rare microbial sub-communities in response to inorganic carbon stresses in a simultaneous anammox and denitrification (SAD) system – Duntao Shu et al. – Bioresource Technology

Antibiotic resistance in wastewater treatment plants: Tackling the black box – Célia M. Manaia et al. – Environment International

Phages and viruses

** Building a global atlas of zoonotic viruses – Dennis Carroll et al. – Bulletin of WHO

Phages infecting Faecalibacterium prausnitzii belong to novel viral genera that help to decipher intestinal viromes – Jeffrey K. Cornuault et al. – Microbiome

Dual Insect specific virus infection limits Arbovirus replication in Aedes mosquito cells – Michaela J. Schultz et al. – Virology

Technology

** Taxon Disappearance from Microbiome Analysis Reinforces the Value of Mock Communities as a Standard in Every Sequencing Run – Yi-Chun Yeh et al. – mSystems

Hemolymph Microbiomes of Three Aquatic Invertebrates as Revealed by a New Cell Extraction Method – Xinxu Zhang et al. – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Clinical impact of rapid bacterial identification by MALDI-TOF MS combined with the bêta-LACTA™ test on early antibiotic adaptation by an antimicrobial stewardship team in bloodstream infections – A. Mizrahi et al. – Infectious Diseases

Genetic engineering of bee gut microbiome bacteria with a toolkit for modular assembly of broad-host-range plasmids – Sean P. Leonard et al. – ACS Synthetic Biology

** Cross-Reactivity of Prokaryotic 16S rDNA-Specific Primers to Eukaryotic DNA: Mistaken Microbial Community Profiling in Environmental Samples – Shailendra Yadav et al. – Current Microbiology

Detection of Pathogenic Microorganisms by Microfluidics Based Analytical Methods – Dongxue Zhang et al. – Analytical Chemistry

** Book chapter PDF: Microbial, Plant, Environmental and Industrial Technologies – Debmalya Barh and Vasco Azevedo – Microbial Omics: Applications in Biotechnology

Metabolome- and genome-scale model analyses for engineering of Aureobasidium pullulans to enhance polymalic acid and malic acid production from sugarcane molasses – Jun Feng and Jing Yang et al. – Biotechnology for Biofuels

eDNA-based bioassessment of coastal sediments impacted by an oil spill – Yuwei Xie et al. – Environmental Pollution

Using natural biomass microorganisms for drinking water denitrification – Darleila Damasceno Costa et al. – Journal of Environmental Management

Bioinformatics

Cluster and Multiple Correspondence Analyses in Rheumatology: Paths to Uncovering Relationships in a Sea of Data – Lu Han et al. – Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

Microbes in the news

Faecal transplantation: do not try this at home – Talha Khan Burki – The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Non-microbiology picks

** Editorial: Time to talk about why so many postgrads have poor mental health – Nature

Editorial: Using Preprints for Journal Clubs – Arturo Casadevall and Neil Gow – mBio

 

April 3, 2018

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Human Microbiome

Non-Ischemic Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction Is Associated With Altered Intestinal Microbiota – Themistoklis Katsimichas – Circulation Journal

The impact of antibiotics on the Intestinal microbiota needs to be re-defined in order to optimize the antibiotic usage – Bryan Coburn – Clinical Microbiology and Infection

The direct and indirect association of cervical microbiota with the risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia – Chaoting Zhang – Cancer Medicine

Review: The use of probiotics in different phases of diverticular disease – Veronica Ojetti – Reviews on Recent Clinical Trials

Fecal microbiota transplantation and its potential therapeutic uses in gastrointestinal disorders – Ryan D. Heath – Northern clinics of Istanbul

Dysbiosis of the salivary microbiota in pediatric-onset primary sclerosing cholangitis and its potential as a biomarker – Kentaro Iwasawa – Scientific Reports

Microbiota Composition May Predict Anti-Tnf Alpha Response in Spondyloarthritis Patients: an Exploratory Study – Thomas Bazin – Scientific Reports

Research Highlight: Obesity: ANGPTL4 — the link binding obesity and glucose intolerance – Alan Morris – Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Influence of intrauterine administration of Lactobacillus buchneri on reproductive performance and pro-inflammatory endometrial mRNA expression of cows with subclinical endometritis – S. Peter – Scientific Reports

Review: Overview of Current Concepts in Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia and Gastric Cancer – David S. Jencks – Gastroenterology & Hepatology

 

Animal Microbiome

Psychoneuroimmunology and immunopsychiatry of zebrafish – Murilo S.de Abreu – Psychoneuroendocrinology

Regulation of growth, intestinal microbiota, non-specific immune response and disease resistance of sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus (Selenka) in biofloc systems – Jinghua Chen – Fish & Shellfish Immunology

Loss of microRNA-21 Influences the Gut Microbiota Causing Reduced Susceptibility in a Murine Model of Colitis – Daniel G W Johnston – Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis

Influence of Long-Term Feeding Antibiotics on the Gut Health of Zebrafish – Zhou Li – Zebrafish

Effects of Intestinal Microbiota on Brain Development in Humanized Gnotobiotic Mice – Jing Lu – Scientific Reports

Long-term Western diet fed apolipoprotein E-deficient rats exhibit only modest early atherosclerotic characteristics – Ida Rune – Scientific Reports

 

Methods

Guided Protocol for Fecal Microbial Characterization by 16S rRNA-Amplicon Sequencing – Ayelet Di Segni – Journal Of Visualized Experiments (It includes a video)

 

Food Microbes

Tetracycline resistance in lactobacilli isolated from Serbian traditional raw milk cheeses – Tijana Ledina – Journal of Food Science and Technology

 

Pathogens

Case Report: Successful Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in a Patient with Severe Complicated Clostridium difficile Infection after Liver Transplantation – Schneider K.M. – Case Reports in Gastroenterology

Review: Significance of Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. gallolyticus Association With Colorectal Cancer – Ewa Pasquereau-Kotula – Frontiers in Microbiology

Review: Helicobacter pylori the Latent Human Pathogen or an Ancestral Commensal Organism – Jackie Li –  Frontiers in Microbiology

Fungi-Induced Upper and Lower Respiratory Tract Allergic Diseases: One Entity – Aleksandra Barac – Frontiers in Microbiology

Genetic and Virulent Difference Between Pigmented and Non-pigmented Staphylococcus aureus – Jing Zhang – Frontiers in Microbiology

 

Environmental Microbes

Exploring Biogeochemistry and Microbial Diversity of Extant Microbialites in Mexico and Cuba – Patricia M. Valdespino-Castillo – Frontiers in Microbiology

Direct and Indirect Effects of Penguin Feces on Microbiomes in Antarctic Ornithogenic Soils – Yudong Guo – Frontiers in Microbiology

 

Other

Combination of peracetic acid and ultrasound reduces Salmonella Typhimurium on fresh lettuce (Lactuca sativa L. var. crispa) – Luiza Oliveira Silveira – Journal of Food Science and Technology

Recent advances in the physiopathology of IgA nephropathy – Renato C. Monteiro – Néphrologie & Thérapeutique

 

April 2, 2018

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Have a good monday! Today, in Microbiome Digest: interesting papers about Clostridium difficile, the use of Fecal Microbiota Transplant, studies in mice model, effect of Lactobacillus on Candida, antibiotic-resistant bacteria in sewerage biofilms, and more!

 

Human/General Microbiome

Diet, gut microbiota composition and feeding behavior – Jiyoung S. Kim – Physiology & Behavior

Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Inflammatory Bowel Disease- a Primer for the Internists – Gaurav Syal – The American Journal of Medicine

Oral microbiota maturation during the first 7 years of life in relation to allergy development – Majda Dzidic – Allergy

The tangled web of interactions between host, pathogen and microbiota in C. difficile infection – Anna Maria Seekatz – Gastroenterology

Analysis of Treatment Outcomes for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infections and Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in a Pediatric Hospital – Aileen Aldrich – The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Role of microbiota in the autism spectrum disorders – Daniela Campion – Minerva Gastroenterologica e Dietologica

From Network Analysis to Functional Metabolic Modeling of the Human Gut Microbiota – Eugen Bauer – mSystems

Developing a Bacteroides System for Function-Based Screening of DNA from the Human Gut Microbiome – Kathy N. Lam – mSystems

Is a Single Fecal Microbiota Transplant a Promising Treatment for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection? – Susy S Hota – Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid microbiota dysbiosis in infants with protracted bacterial bronchitis – Yanmin Bao – Journal of Thoracic Disease

Mother’s Milk: A Purposeful Contribution to the Development of the Infant Microbiota and Immunity – Kirsty Le Doare –  Frontiers in Immunology

Contributory Role of Gut Microbiota and Their Metabolites Toward Cardiovascular Complications in Chronic Kidney Disease – Daniel Y. Li – Seminars in Nephrology

Differential bacterial capture and transport preferences facilitate co-growth on dietary xylan in the human gut – Maria Louise Leth – Nature Microbiology

 

Animal Microbiome / Animal Experiments

Two new gene clusters involved in the degradation of plant cell wall from the fecal microbiota of Tunisian dromedary – Rihab Ameri – PLoS One

Honey Bee Antiviral Immune Barriers as Affected by Multiple Stress Factors: A Novel Paradigm to Interpret Colony Health Decline and Collapse – Francesco Nazzi – Viruses

Influence of Intestinal Microbiota Transplantation and NleH Expression on Citrobacter rodentium Colonization of Mice – Gaochan Wang – Pathogens

Shifts in the Gut Metabolome and Clostridium difficile Transcriptome throughout Colonization and Infection in a Mouse Model – Joshua R. Fletcher – mSystems

Akkermansia muciniphila is permissive to arthritis in the K/BxN mouse model of arthritis – Matthew L Stoll – Genes & Immunity

The Gut Microbiota Regulates Endocrine Vitamin D Metabolism through Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 – Stephanie A. Bora – Frontiers in Immunology

High diversity and variability in the bacterial microbiota of the coffee berry borer (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), with emphasis on Wolbachia – Yobana A Mariño – Journal of Applied Microbiology

Exercise prevents high fat diet-induced bone loss, marrow adiposity and dysbiosis in male mice – Laura R. McCabe – Bone

Protein- and RNA-Enhanced Fermentation by Gut Microbiota of the Earthworm Lumbricus terrestris – Lydia Zeibich – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Canonical Wnt Signaling in CD11c+ APCs Regulates Microbiota-Induced Inflammation and Immune Cell Homeostasis in the Colon – Daniel Swafford – The Journal of Immunology

 

Beneficial Microbes

Culture Supernatants of Lactobacillus gasseri and L. crispatus Inhibit Candida albicans Biofilm Formation and Adhesion to HeLa Cells – Yuko Matsuda – Mycopathologia

 

Environmental and Water Microbiome

Prevalence of antibiotic resistant coliform bacteria, Enterococcus spp. and Staphylococcus spp. in wastewater sewerage biofilm – Kristína Lépesová – Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance

Occurrence of virulence-associated genes among Staphylococcus saprophyticus isolated from different sources – Weslley de Paiva-Santos – Microbial Pathogenesis

 

Other

Digest: Life history evolution in Darwin’s dream ponds – Foteini Spagopoulou – Evolution

Research Highlight: To grow, or not to grow – Ursula Hofer – Nature Reviews Microbiology