Category Archives: Human reproductive or urinary

October 18, 2024

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Human microbiome

Alterations of the gut microbiome in HIV infection highlight human anelloviruses as potential predictors of immune recovery  – Boukadida et al  – Microbiome 

Vaginal lactobacilli produce anti-inflammatory β-carboline compounds – Glick et al – Cell Host & Microbe

An ancient ecospecies of Helicobacter pylori  – Tourrette et al – Nature

Review – Intestinal fungal-host interactions in promoting and maintaining health – Hill & Round – Cell Host & Microbe

Review – Gut microbiome and health: mechanistic insights – de Vos et al – Gut

Animal microbiome

Genomic and functional characterization of the Atlantic salmon gut microbiome in relation to nutrition and health – de Leon et al – Nature Microbiology

Stress triggers irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea through a spermidine-mediated decline in type I interferon – Zhang et al – Cell Metabolism

Built environment

Diverse and specialized metabolic capabilities of microbes in oligotrophic built environments  – Tong et al – Microbiome 

Plant microbiome

Multi-omics framework to reveal the molecular determinants of fermentation performance in wine yeast populations  – de Celis et al – Microbiome

Viruses

Using artificial intelligence to document the hidden RNA virosphere – Cell – Hou et al.

Rapid design of bacteriophage cocktails to suppress the burden and virulence of gut-resident carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae – Rotman et al – Cell Host & Microbe

Bioinformatics

SurvBal: Compositional microbiome balances for survival outcomes – Li et al – Bioinformatics

q2-metnet: QIIME2 package to analyze 16S rRNA data via high-quality metabolic reconstructions of the human gut microbiota – Balzerani et al – Bioinformatics 

Non-microbiome

News feature – Your diet can change your immune system — here’s how – Nature

October 10, 2024

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Pregnancy and early life

Maternal and infant microbiome and birth anthropometry – Padiyar et al. – iScience

Human oral microbiome

Tumor-colonized Streptococcus mutans metabolically reprograms tumor microenvironment and promotes oral squamous cell carcinoma – Zhou et al. – Microbiome

Human skin microbiome

Causal relationship between 150 skin microbiomes and prostate cancer: insights from bidirectional mendelian randomization and meta-analysis – Chen et al. – Frontiers in Immunology

Human respiratory microbiome

Microbiome and metabolome patterns after lung transplantation reflect underlying disease and chronic lung allograft dysfunction – Martin et al. – Microbiome

Human gut microbiome

Visceral adiposity in postmenopausal women is associated with a pro-inflammatory gut microbiome and immunogenic metabolic endotoxemia – Gaber et al. – Microbiome

[REVIEW]From gut to bone: deciphering the impact of gut microbiota on osteoporosis pathogenesis and management – Hao et al. – Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

[PREPRINT]Abundance measurements reveal the balance between lysis and lysogeny in the human gut microbiome – Lopez et al. – bioRxiv

[REVIEW]The role of gut microbiota in prostate inflammation and benign prostatic hyperplasia and its therapeutic implications – Chen et al. – Heliyon

Unveiling the gut microbiota blueprint of schizophrenia: a multilevel omics approach – Qi et al. – Frontiers in Psychiatry

Animal experiments (mouse/rat experiments, chickens/pigs on different diets)

[PREPRINT]Failure of colonization following gut microbiota transfer exacerbates DSS-induced colitis – Gustafson et al. – bioRxiv

Animal microbiome (for animals in the wild)

Gut microbiome in two high-altitude bird populations showed heterogeneity in sex and life stage – Sun et al. – FEMS Microbes

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Analysis of rhizosphere fungal diversity in lavender at different planting years based on high-throughput sequencing technology – Deng et al. – PLOS One

[PREPRINT]Soil microbiome perturbation impedes growth of Bouteloua curtipendula and increases relative abundance of soil microbial pathogens – Hobbs et al. – bioRxiv

Microbes in space

Adaptation to space conditions of novel bacterial species isolated from the International Space Station revealed by functional gene annotations and comparative genome analysis – Szydlowski et al. – Microbiome

Metabolomics

[PREPRINT]Metabolomics survey of uropathogenic bacteria in human urine – Chan et al. – bioRxiv

Bioinformatics/Resources

[PREPRINT]FungAMR: A comprehensive portrait of antimicrobial resistance mutations in fungi – Bedard et al. – bioRxiv

[PREPRINT]argNorm: Normalization of antibiotic resistance gene annotations to the Antibiotic Resistance Ontology (ARO) – Perovic et al. – QUT ePrints

[PREPRINT]BEREN: A bioinformatic tool for recovering Giant viruses, Polinton-like Viruses, and Virophages in metagenomic data – Minch & Moniruzzman – bioRxiv

[DATASET]Dataset of 16S rRNA gene sequences of 111 healthy and Newcastle disease infected caecal samples from multiple chicken breeds of Pakistan – Ameer et al. – Data in Brief

Techniques

High accuracy meets high throughput for near full-length 16S ribosomal RNA amplicon sequencing on the Nanopore platform – Lin et al. – PNAS Nexus

October 4, 2024

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Plastisphere microbiome

What harmful microbes are lurking in the world’s 7 billion tonnes of plastic waste? – Changchao Li – Nature

Respiratory microbiome

Integrating respiratory microbiome and host immune response through machine learning for respiratory tract infection diagnosis – Hongbin Chen – npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Vaginal microbiome

Characterization of vaginal microbiomes in clinician-collected bacterial vaginosis diagnosed samples – Hayden N Brochu – bioRxiv

Oral microbiome

The intensive physical activity causes changes in the composition of gut and oral microbiota – Szymon Urban – Scientific Reports
⚽ “Twenty professional football players and twelve amateurs were invited to the study groups.”

Giant extrachromosomal element “Inocle” potentially expands the adaptive capacity of the human oral microbiome – Yuya Kiguchi – bioRxiv

The association between mode of childbirth delivery and early childhood caries: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis – Li Xiang – PlosOne

Gut microbiome

What’s GABA got to do with it? A potential link between the microbiome, schizophrenia, and the endo-cannabinoid system – Ayala Glinert – Psychiatry Research

Changes in intestinal permeability and gut microbiota following diet-induced weight loss in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis and liver fibrosis – Dimitrios A. Koutoukidis – Gut Microbes

Integrating metagenomics with metabolomics for gut microbiota and metabolites profiling in acute pancreatitis – Yan Jia – Scientific Reports

Detailed Analysis of Prebiotic Fructo- and Galacto-Oligosaccharides in the Human Small Intestine – Mara P. H. van Trijp – Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Dietary fibers boost gut microbiota-produced B vitamin pool and alter host immune landscape – Erica T. Grant – Microbiome

Human milk microbiome

Maternal HIV infection and the milk microbiome – Nicole H. Tobin – Microbiome

Viruses and phages

Genomic surveillance as a scalable framework for precision phage therapy against antibiotic-resistant pathogens – Mihály Koncz – Cell

Animals

Differential interactions of Rickettsia species with tick microbiota in Rh. sanguineus and Rh. turanicus – Apolline Maitre – Scientific Reports 

Animal experiments

Disruption of the intestinal clock drives dysbiosis and impaired barrier function in colorectal cancer – Rachel C. Fellows – Science Advances

Photoperiod effects on corticosterone and seasonal clocks in cafeteria-induced obese fischer 344 rats are influenced by gut microbiota – Verónica Arreaza-Gil – Scientific Reports 

Plant, root, soil microbiome

Closing the gap: examining the impact of source habitat proximity on plant and soil microbial communities in post-mining spoil heap succession – Lenka Mészárošová – Frontiers in Microbiology

Bacterial Communities from the Antique Roman City of Carnuntum (Austria):16S r-RNA-Based Comparison of Soil Samples from Different Archaeological Horizons – Johann Michael Köhler – preprints

Microbiome–metabolite linkages drive greenhouse gas dynamics over a permafrost thaw gradient – Viviana Freire-Zapata – Nature Microbiology

Phosphorus availability influences disease-suppressive soil microbiome through plant-microbe interactions – Yifan Cao – Microbiome

Plant diversity drives positive microbial associations in the rhizosphere enhancing carbon use efficiency in agricultural soils – Luiz A. Domeignoz-Horta – Nature Communications

Bacterial diversity of cantaloupes and soil from Arizona and California commercial fields at the point of harvest – Madison Goforth – Plos One

Drinking water microbiome

Making waves: From tap to gut- exploring the impact of drinking water on gut microbiota – Hanieh Shakeri Moghaddam – Water Research

Bioinformatics

Taxometer: Improving taxonomic classification of metagenomics contigs – Svetlana Kutuzova – Nature Communications

Jaeger: an accurate and fast deep-learning tool to detect bacteriophage sequences – Yasas Wijesekara – bioRxiv

Emergent ecological patterns and modelling of gut microbiomes in health and in disease – Jacopo Pasqualini – Plos Computational Biology

Technique

Comparative evaluation of soil DNA extraction kits for long read metagenomic sequencing – Harry T. Child – Access Microbiology

Microbial community interactions on a chip – Duane S. Juang – PNAS

September 19, 2024

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Pregnancy and early life

Networks of human milk microbiota are associated with host genomics, childhood asthma, and allergic sensitization – Fang et al. – Cell Host & Microbe

Affective symptoms in pregnancy are associated with the vaginal microbiome – Scheible et al. – Journal of Affective Disorders

Human oral microbiome

[PREPRINT]An extensive archaeological dental calculus dataset spanning 5000 years for ancient human oral microbiome research – Standeven et al. – bioRxiv

Human gut microbiome

[EDITORIAL]The global epidemic of early-onset cancer: Nature, nurture, or both? – Ogino & Ugai – Annals of Oncology

Akkermania muciniphila: a rising star in tumor immunology – Wang & Tang – Clinical and Translational Oncology

[REVIEW]Nutraceuticals and pharmacological to balance the transitional microbiome to extend immunity during COVID-19 and other viral infections – Kaushal –

Animal experiments (mouse/rat experiments, chickens/pigs on different diets)

The role of intestinal microbiota in physiologic and body compositional changes that accompany CLA-mediated weight loss in obese mice – Zhang et al. – Molecular Metabolism

Depletion of the paternal gut microbiome alters sperm small RNAs and impacts offspring physiology and behavior in mice – Masson et al. – Brain, Behaviour, and Immunity

Succession of rumen microbiota and metabolites across different reproductive periods in different sheep breeds and their impact on the growth and development of offspring lambs – Sha et al. – Microbiome

Animal microbiome (for animals in the wild)

[PREPRINT]Microbiome and climate: Skin microbial diversity and community functions of Polypedates megacephalus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) associated with bioclimate – Meegaskumbura et al. – bioRxiv

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Enrichment of novel entomopathogenic Pseudomonas species enhances willow resistance to leaf beetles – Wang et al. – Microbiome

Food microbiology

Making yogurt with the ant holobiont uncovers bacteria, acids, and enzymes for food fermentation – Sinotte et al. – bioRxiv

Phages and viruses

Birth of protein folds and functions in the virome – Nomburg et al. – Nature

Bioinformatics

[PREPRINT]An efficient pipeline for creating metagenomic-assembled genomes from ancient oral microbiomes – Standeven et al. – bioRxiv

September 13, 2024

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And, see you next week at the MVIF and African Microbiome Day events!

Human microbiome

Gut Microbiome

Transient colonizing microbes promote gut dysbiosis and functional impairment – Sunjae Lee – npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Cataloging metagenome-assembled genomes and microbial genes from the athlete gut microbiome – Laura Wosinska – Microbiome Research Reports

Gut microbiome and schizophrenia: insights from two-sample Mendelian randomization – Keer Zhou – Schizophrenia

Disease-associated microbiome signature species in the gut – Junhui Li – PNAS Nexus

Nasal microbiome

E-Cigarette Use, Cigarette Smoking, and Sex Are Associated With Nasal Microbiome Dysbiosis Get access Arrow – Elise Hickman – Nicotine & Tobacco Research

Urinary microbiome

Review: Synthesis of current pediatric urinary microbiome research – Layla M. Jeries – Frontiers in Pediatrics

Skin microbiome

The skin microbiome stratifies patients with cutaneous T cell lymphoma and determines event-free survival – Philipp Licht – npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Animal microbiome

Antibiotics damage the colonic mucus barrier in a microbiota-independent manner – Jasmin Sawaed – Science Advances

Host diet drives gut microbiome convergence between coral reef fishes and mammals – Samuel Degregori – Molecular Ecology

Functional insights into the effect of feralisation on the gut microbiota of cats worldwide – Ostaizka Aizpurua – bioRxiv

Animal experiments

Diet-microbiome interactions promote enteric nervous system resilience following spinal cord injury – Adam M. Hamilton – npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Ketogenic interventions restore cognition and modulate peripheral metabolic dysfunctions in Alzheimer’s disease mouse models – Paule E. H. M’Bra – bioRxiv

Plant microbiome

The influence of plant traits on soil microbial communities varies between arid and mesic grasslands – Eleonora Egidi – Plant and Soil

Enrichment of novel entomopathogenic Pseudomonas species enhances willow resistance to leaf beetles – Haitao Wang – Microbiome

Microbial colonisation rewires the composition and content of poplar root exudates, root and shoot metabolomes – F. Fracchia – Microbiome

Built environment

Predicting how varying moisture conditions impact the microbiome of dust collected from the International Space Station – Nicholas Nastasi – Microbiom

The predicted secreted proteome of activated sludge microorganisms indicates distinct nutrient niches – Kenneth Wasmund – Environmental Microbiology

Bioinformatics

Microbial network inference for longitudinal microbiome studies with LUPINE – Saritha Kodikara, Kim-Anh Le Cao – bioRxiv

September 12, 2024

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General microbiome

[REVIEW]Emerging roles of intratumor microbiota in cancer: tumorigenesis and management strategies – Shi, Li & Zhang – Journal of Translational Medicine

[REVIEW]Fungal effectors: past, present, and future – Li et al. – Current Opinion in Microbiology

[Voices]Microbes and metabolites in immunity – Elinav et al. – Immunity

Pregnancy and early life

Human milk variation is shaped by maternal genetics and impacts the infant gut microbiome – Johnson et al. – Cell Genomics

Human urinary tract microbiome

[REVIEW]Urinary tract infections: pathogenesis, host susceptibility and emerging therapeutics – Timm, Russell & Hultgren

Human gut microbiome

Dietary-timing-induced gut microbiota diurnal oscillations modulate inflammatory rhythms in rheumatoid arthritis – Ma et al. – Cell Metabolism

Animal microbiome

[PREPRINT]The holobiont’s extracellular microbiome modulates the adaptation of an intracellular endosymbiont – Imchen et al. – bioRxiv

[PREPRINT]Functional insights into the effect of feralisation on the gut microbiota of cats worldwide – Aizpurua et al. – bioRxiv

Microbial community profiling in intestinal tract of indigenous chickens from different villages – Mootane et al. – Scientific Reports

Vitamin B12 ameliorates gut epithelial injury via modulating the HIF-1 pathway and gut microbiota – Feng et al. – Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

[PREPRINT]Symbiont loss and gain, rather than co-diversification shapes honeybee gut microbiota diversity and function – Prasad et al. – bioRxiv

[PREPRINT]Effects of parental care on skin microbial community composition in poison frogs – Fischer et al. – bioRxiv

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Metabolome-driven microbiome assembly determining the health of ginger crop (Zingiber officinale L. Roscoe) against rhizome rot – Wang et al. – Microbiome

[REVIEW]Re-Envisioning the Plant Disease Triangle: Full Integration of the Host Microbiota and a Focal Pivot to Health Outcomes – Leveau – Annual Review of Phytopathology

Water and extremophile microbiome (sea, rivers, lakes, glaciers, permafrost, high-salt)

Global marine microbial diversity and its potential in bioprospecting – Chen et al. – Nature

Bioinformatics

Stable biomarker discovery in multi-omics data via canonical correlation analysis – Pusa & Rousu – PLOS One

Techniques

Highly accurate and sensitive absolute quantification of bacterial strains in human fecal samples – Li et al. – Microbiome

September 4, 2024

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Good morning (or afternoon, or evening, wherever you are in the world reading this,) Microbiome Digesters! Today’s post features a piece from Nature highlighting the ethical dilemmas and evolving approaches in Indigenous microbiome research. Indigenous peoples have historically faced exploitation through extraction of their lands, biological samples, and genetic data without proper consent. Researchers are re-evaluating their methods, shifting towards more respectful and collaborative practices that involve Indigenous communities in designing studies and ensuring they benefit from the findings. Check out the piece by Sam Jones for Nature to learn more.

An ethical way forward for Indigenous microbiome research – Sam Jones – Nature Outlook: The human microbiome

Human gut microbiome

Interplay between particle size and microbial ecology in the gut microbiome – Jeffrey Letourneau et al – ISME Journal

Unexplored microbial diversity from 2,500 food metagenomes and links with the human microbiome – Niccolò Carlino – Cell

A streamlined culturomics case study for the human gut microbiota research – Hyunjoon Park et al – Scientific Reports

Gut microbiota patterns associated with duration of diarrhea in children under five years of age in Ethiopia – Getnet Tesfaw et al – Nature Communications

Association of maternal gut microbial metabolites with gestational diabetes mellitus: evidence from an original case-control study, meta-analysis, and Mendelian randomization – Mengxin Yao et al – European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

The Microleaks study: 16S community profile and metagenomic shotgun sequencing signatures associated with anastomotic leak – Emily C. Hoedt et al – NPJ Gut & Liver

Targeted isolation of Methanobrevibacter strains from fecal samples expands the cultivated human archaeome – Stefanie Duller et al – Nature Communications

Characterization of gut microbiota in the Uyghur osteopenia population – Kunchen Teng et al – Scientific Reports

Spaceflight alters host-gut microbiota interactions – E. Gonzalez et al – NPJ Biofilms & Microbiomes

Other human microbiome

Bacterial association with metals enables in vivo monitoring of urogenital microbiota using magnetic resonance imaging – Sarah C. Donnelly et al – Communications Biology

Urine metabolomic profiles of autism and autistic traits – A twin study – Abishek Arora et al – PLOS One

Animal microbiome

Massive expansion of the pig gut virome based on global metagenomic mining – Jiandui Mi et al – NPJ Biofilms & Microbiomes

Marine sponge microbe provides insights into evolution and virulence of the tubercle bacillus – Sacha J. Pidot et al – PLOS Pathogens

Exploring the interactions between Nosema ceranae infection and the honey bee gut microbiome – Edmund Lau et al – Scientific Reports

Metagenomic characterisation of canine skin reveals a core healthy skin microbiome – Michaella J. Whittle et al – Scientific Reports

CHIKV infection drives shifts in the gastrointestinal microbiome and metabolites in rhesus monkeys – Hongyu Chen et al – BMC Microbiome

Effects of dietary restriction and one-carbon metabolite supplementation during the first 63 days of gestation on the maternal gut, vaginal, and blood microbiota in cattle – Sarah M. Luecke et al – BMC Animal Microbiome

Aloe arborescens supplementation in drying-off dairy cows: influence on rumen, rectum and milk microbiomes – Paola Cremonesi et al – BMC Animal Microbiome

Comparative genomics identifies key adaptive traits of sponge-associated microbial symbionts – Paul A. O’Brien et al – Environmental Microbiology

Plant, root & soil microbiome

Deciphering the role of rhizosphere microbiota in modulating disease resistance in cabbage varieties – Xingxing Ping et al – BMC Microbiome

Oak seedling microbiome assembly under climate warming and drought – Daniel Hoefle et al – BMC Environmental Microbiome

The ancestral environment of teosinte populations shapes their root microbiome – Christopher J. Barnes et al – BMC Environmental Microbiome

Water & marine microbiome

Prokaryotic-virus-encoded auxiliary metabolic genes throughout the global oceans – Funing Tian et al – BMC Microbiome

Global distribution, diversity, and ecological niche of Picozoa, a widespread and enigmatic marine protist lineage – BMC Microbiome

Microbial core communities in activated sludge plants are strongly affected by immigration and geography – Sofie Zacho Vertergaard et al – BMC Environmental Microbiome

The eukaryome of modern microbialites reveals distinct colonization across aquatic ecosystems – Anthony M. Bonacolta et al – NPJ Biofilms & Microbiomes

Methods & techniques

[PREPRINT] Domestic freezer storage: a solution for preserving stool microbiota integrity for at-home collection – Paula Momo Cabrera et al – bioRxiv

COVID-19 prevention behaviors and dietary habits among undergraduate students: A health belief model approach – Doreen Liou – PLOS One

A catalog of small proteins from the global microbiome – Yiqian Duan et al – Nature Communications

August 28, 2024

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Human gut microbiome

[REVIEW] Feeding gut microbes to nourish the brain: unravelling the diet–microbiota–gut–brain axis – Elizabeth Schneider et al – Nature Metabolism

Elucidating human gut microbiota interactions that robustly inhibit diverse Clostridioides difficile strains across different nutrient landscapes – Jordy Evan Sulaiman et al – Nature Communications

Fecal microbiota transplantation influences microbiota without connection to symptom relief in irritable bowel syndrome patients – Anna K. Hartikainen et al – NPJ Biofilms & Microbiomes

Impact of probiotics on gut microbiome of extremely preterm or extremely low birthweight infants – Lauren C. Beck et al – Nature Pediatric Research

Effect of Helicobacter pylori on sleeve gastrectomy and gastric microbiome differences in patients with obesity and diabetes – Yong Suk Park et al – International Journal of Obesity

Mining human microbiomes reveals an untapped source of peptide antibiotics – Marcelo D.T. Torres et al – Cell

Both pathogen and host dynamically adapt pH responses along the intestinal tract during enteric bacterial infection – Sarah E. Woodward et al – PLOS Biology

Examination of sex-specific interactions between gut microbiota and host metabolism after 12-week combined polyphenol supplementation in individuals with overweight or obesity – Kelly M. Jardon et al – Gut Microbes

Human vaginal microbiome

The potential of residual clinical Group B Streptococcus swabs for assessing the vaginorectal microbiome in late pregnancy – Laura K. Boelsen et al – Scientific Reports

Animal models

Sex-dependent effects of a high fat diet on metabolic disorders, intestinal barrier function and gut microbiota in mouse – Candice Lefebvre et al – Scientific Reports

Animal microbiome

16S rRNA metabarcoding for the identification of tick-borne bacteria in ticks in the Republic of Korea – Badriah Alkathiri et al – Scientific Reports

The bacterial microbiome and resistome of house dust mites in Irish homes – Amal Aljohani et al – Scientific Reports

Social environment influences microbiota and potentially pathogenic bacterial communities on the skin of developing birds – Ester Martínez-Renau – BMC Animal Microbiome

16S amplicon-based microbiome biomapping of a commercial broiler hatchery – Michael J. Rothrock Jr. et al – BMC Animal Microbiome

Phages & viruses

[REVIEW] Renewed insights into Ackermannviridae phage biology and applications – Anders Nørgaard Sørensen & Lone Brøndsted – NPJ Viruses

Adaptation strategies of giant viruses to low-temperature marine ecosystems – Marianne Buscaglia et al – ISME Journal

Targeted viromes and total metagenomes capture distinct components of bee gut phage communities – Dino Lorenzo Sbardellati et al – BMC Microbiome

Plant, root & soil microbiome

Soil health is associated with higher primary productivity across Europe – Ferran Romero et al – Nature Ecology & Evolution

Pathogen-driven Pseudomonas reshaped the phyllosphere microbiome in combination with Pseudostellaria heterophylla foliar disease resistance via the release of volatile organic compounds – Qing-Song Yuan et al – BMC Environmental Microbiome

Water & extremophile microbiome

Impact of temperature and water source on drinking water microbiome during distribution in a pilot-scale study – Fien Waegenaar et al – NPJ Clean Water

Metagenomics analysis of sewage for surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in South Africa – Anthony M. Smith et al – PLOS One

Nitrite-oxidizing bacteria adapted to low oxygen conditions dominate nitrite oxidation in marine oxygen minimum zones – Samantha G Fortin et al – ISME Journal

Niche separation in bacterial communities and activities in porewater, loosely attached, and firmly attached fractions in permeable surface sediments – Chyrene Moncada et al – ISME Journal

Microbial assemblages and associated biogeochemical processes in Lake Bonney, a permanently ice-covered lake in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica – Hanbyul Lee et al – BMC Environmental Microbiome

Tools & methods

Intestinal organ chips for disease modelling and personalized medicine – Alican Özkan et al – Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

MICROPHERRET: MICRObial PHEnotypic tRait ClassifieR using Machine lEarning Techniques – Edoardo Bizzotto et al – BMC Environmental Microbiome

refMLST: reference-based multilocus sequence typing enables universal bacterial typing – Mondher Khdhiri et al – BMC Bioinformatics

Smccnet 2.0: a comprehensive tool for multi-omics network inference with shiny visualization – Weixian Liu et al – BMC Bioinformatics

August 8, 2024

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Human respiratory, skin, and gut microbiome

Nurturing futures through the maternal microbiome – Roberta Pala & Katherine Kenny – Sociology of Health & Illness

The skin microbiota of preterm infants and impact of diaper change frequency – Noelle E. Younge et al – PLOS One

Vitamin A carotenoids, but not retinoids, mediate the impact of a healthy diet on gut microbial diversity – Ana M. Valdes et al – BMC Medicine

Gut microbial composition is altered in sarcopenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical studies – Xiaohong Mai et al – PLOS One

Associations of upper respiratory mucosa microbiota with Rheumatoid arthritis, autoantibodies, and disease activity – Young Bin Joo et al – PLOS One

Effect of β-lactam antibiotics on the gut microbiota of term neonates – Hongdan Gu et al – BMC Annals of Clinical Microbiology & Antimicrobials

Clinical efficacy of a multilamellar cream on skin physiology and microbiome in an epidermal stress model: A controlled double-blinded study – Joachim W Fluhr et al – Int. Journal of Cosmetic Science

Animal experiments

Mouse adaptation of human inflammatory bowel diseases microbiota enhances colonization efficiency and alters microbiome aggressiveness depending on the recipient colonic inflammatory environment – Simon M. Gray et al – BMC Microbiome

Animal microbiome

Gut microbiota composition of the isopod Ligia in South Korea exposed to expanded polystyrene pollution – Young-Mi Lee et al – PLOS One

Effects of a supplemented diet containing 7 probiotic strains (Honeybeeotic) on honeybee physiology and immune response: analysis of hemolymph cytology, phenoloxidase activity, and gut microbiome – Patrizia Robino et al – BMC Biological Research

Survey of antimicrobial and probiotic use practices in wildlife rehabilitation in the United States – Elizabeth A. Miller et al – PLOS One

The impact of management on the fecal microbiome of endangered greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in a zoo-based conservation program – Emma Vaasjo et al – Conservation Physiology

Water & extremophile microbiome

Microdiversity in marine pelagic ammonia-oxidizing archaeal populations in a Mediterranean long-read metagenome – Pablo Suárez-Moo et al – Environmental Microbiology

Production of structurally diverse sphingolipids by anaerobic marine bacteria in the euxinic Black Sea water column – Su Ding et al – ISME Journal

Plant, root & soil microbiome

Characterization of fungal microbiome structure in leaf litter compost through metagenomic profiling for harnessing the bio-organic fertilizer potential – Sophayo Mahongnao et al – 3Biotech

Plant species influences the composition of root system microbiome and its antibiotic resistance profile in a constructed wetland receiving primary treated wastewater – Valentina Riva et al – Frontiers in Microbiology

DNA stable isotope probing reveals the impact of trophic interactions on bioaugmentation of soils with different pollution histories – Esteban E. Nieto et al – BMC Microbiome

Seed endophytes and rhizosphere microbiome of Imperata cylindrica, a pioneer plant of abandoned mine lands – Wenqin Mao et al – Frontiers in Microbiology

Temperature-dependent trophic associations modulate soil bacterial communities along latitudinal gradients – Xing Huang et al – ISME Journal.

Microbial ecology

[PREPRINT] Models of microbiome evolution incorporating host resource provisioning – Yao Xiao et al – bioRxiv

Beneficial microbes & compounds

Combining Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis and human milk oligosaccharides synergistically increases short chain fatty acid production ex vivo – Florac De Bruyn et al – Nature Communications Biology

June 12, 2024

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Human gut microbiome

Persistence and Sexual Dimorphism of Gut Dysbiosis and Pathobiome after Sepsis and Trauma – Jennifer A. Munley – Annals of Surgery

[REVIEW] COVID-19 influenced gut dysbiosis, post-acute sequelae, immune regulation, and therapeutic regimens – Sterlin T. Raj – Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Novel probiotic preparation with in vivo gluten-degrading activity and potential modulatory effects on the gut microbiota – Olga Nikoloudaki – Microbiology Spectrum

Adaptation to tolerate high doses of arabinoxylan is associated with fecal levels of Bifidobacterium longum – Edward C. Deehan – Gut Microbes

Vaginal microbiome

Co-evolution of vaginal microbiome and cervical cancer – Menglu Hu – BMC Journal of Translational Medicine

Animal experiments

Establishment of a novel obesity mouse model: the induction of intestinal microbiota dysbiosis – Qiuju Li – Scientific Reports

Bacteroides uniformis CECT 7771 requires adaptive immunity to improve glucose tolerance but not to prevent body weight gain in diet-induced obese mice – Marina Romaní-Pérez – BMC MIcrobiome

Animal microbiome

Oral microbiome sequencing revealed the enrichment of Fusobacterium sp., Porphyromonas sp., Campylobacter sp., and Neisseria sp. on the oral malignant fibroma surface of giant panda – Xiaowan Wang – Frontiers in Microbiology

Effect of microplastics pollution on the gut microbiome of anecic and endogeic earthworms – Christina Papazlatani – FEMS Microbiology Letters

Evolutionary history of tyrosine-supplementing endosymbionts in pollen-feeding beetles – Jürgen C Wierz – ISME Journal

Compendium of 5810 genomes of sheep and goat gut microbiomes provides new insights into the glycan and mucin utilization – Ke Zhang – BMC MIcrobiome

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Fungal biomass and ectomycorrhizal community assessment of phosphorus responsive Pinus taeda plantations – Jacob Hackman – Frontiers in Fungal Biology

Soil conditioner improves soil properties, regulates microbial communities, and increases yield and quality of Uncaria rhynchophylla – Qian Liu – Scientific Reports

Genetic control of rhizosphere microbiome of the cotton plants under field conditions – Feng Wei – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Genomic insights into redox-driven microbial processes for carbon decomposition in thawing Arctic soils and permafrost – Yaoming Li – mSphere

Sewage Sludge Promotes the Accumulation of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Tomato Xylem – Wen-Jing Li – Environmental Science and Technology

Water and extremophile microbiome

Plastic and terrestrial organic matter degradation by the humic lake microbiome continues throughout the seasons – Jussi S. Vesamäki – Environmental Microbiology Reports

Coral microbiomes are structured by environmental gradients in deep waters – Samuel A. Vohsen – BMC Environmental Microbiome