Vaginal Microbiome
Modeling Healthy and Dysbiotic Vaginal Microenvironments in a Human Vagina-on-a-Chip – Aakanksha Gulati et al – JoVE Bioengineering
Cancer microbiome
Multi-omics analysis elucidates the relationship between intratumor microbiome and host immune heterogeneity in breast cancer – Jia Li et al – Microbiology Spectrum
Human gut microbiome
Protein combined with certain dietary fibers increases butyrate production in gut microbiota fermentation – Rachel Jackson et al – Food & Function
A human milk oligosaccharide prevents intestinal inflammation in adulthood via modulating gut microbial metabolism – Kasey M. Schalich et al – mBio
Taxonomic and metabolic development of the human gut microbiome across life stages: a worldwide metagenomic investigation – Leonardo Mancabelli et al – mSystems
Cadaver microbiome
Decomposer communities are universal in death – Michael S. Strickland – Nature Microbiology
Animal microbiome
The coral microbiome in sickness, in health and in a changing world – Christian R. Voolstra et al – Nature Reviews Microbiology
The effects of hydrolyzed protein on macronutrient digestibility, fecal metabolites and microbiota, oxidative stress and inflammatory biomarkers, and skin and coat quality in adult dogs – Clare Hsu et al – Journal of Animal Science
Host starvation and in hospite degradation of algal symbionts shape the heat stress response of the Cassiopea-Symbiodiniaceae symbiosis – Gaëlle Toullec et al – BMC Microbiome
An engineered bacterial symbiont allows noninvasive biosensing of the honey bee gut environment – Audam Chhun et al – PLOS Biology
From phyllosphere to insect cuticles: silkworms gather antifungal bacteria from mulberry leaves to battle fungal parasite attacks – Pengfei Zhao et al – BMC Microbiome
Phages and viruses
Discovery and characterization of novel DNA viruses in Apis mellifera: expanding the honey bee virome through metagenomic analysis – Dominika Kadlečková et al – mSystems
Taxonomic difference in marine bloom-forming phytoplanktonic species affects the dynamics of both bloom-responding prokaryotes and prokaryotic viruses – Hiroaki Takebe et al – mSystems
Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Microbiome sequencing revealed the abundance of uncultured bacteria in the Phatthalung sago palm-growing soil – Pumin Nutaratat et al – PLOS ONE
The rhizosphere microbiome reduces the uptake of arsenic and tungsten by Blechnum orientale by increasing nutrient cycling in historical tungsten mining area soils – Xiaolong Lan et al – Science of the Total Environment
Non-Microbiology/Science Communication
[PREPRINT] Sci-comm “behind the scenes”: Gendered narratives of scientific outreach activities in the life sciences – Perry G. Beasley-Hall et al – bioRxiv
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