Category Archives: Human reproductive or urinary

May 26, 2018

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We have a big variety of topics covered in today’s posts, from built environment to bat microbiome to biolfilms!

Biofilms

Genomic identification of microbial species adhering to maxillofacial prostheses and susceptibility to different hygiene protocols – Juliana Barchelli, The Journal of Bioadhesion and Biofilm Research

Anti-biofilm effect of a butenolide/polymer coating and metatranscriptomic analyses – Wei Ding, The Journal of Bioadhesion and Biofilm Research

Microbial ecology

Keystone taxa as drivers of microbiome structure and functioning – Samiran Banerjee, Nature Reviews Microbiology

Diversity, Stability, and Reproducibility in Stochastically Assembled Microbial Ecosystems – Akshit Goya, Physical Review Letters

Pregnancy and early life

Iron supplementation has minor effects on gut microbiota composition in overweight and obese women in early pregnancy – Marloes Dekker Nitert, British Journal of Nutrition

Human respiratory microbiome

The concordance between upper and lower respiratory microbiota in children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia – Wenkui Dai, Emerging Microbes & Infections

The lung microbiome in children with HIV-bronchiectasis: a cross-sectional pilot study – Refiloe Masekela, BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Human skin microbiome

Does Lindioil (Indirubin) treatment affect the composition of Malassezia species on psoriatic skin? – Y. K. Lin, British Journal of Dermatology

Shift in skin microbiota of Western European women across aging – Romain Jugé, Journal of Applied Microbiology

Human vaginal microbiome

Understanding mucosal and microbial functionality of the female reproductive tract by metaproteomics: Implications for HIV transmission – Alicia R. Berard, American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Vaginal microbiome studies in pregnancy must also analyse host factors – S.S. Witkin, BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Vaginal microbiome in early pregnancy and subsequent risk of spontaneous preterm birth: a case‐control study – Negar Tabatabaei, BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Human gut microbiome

Structural Alteration of Gut Microbiota during the Amelioration of Human Type 2 Diabetes with Hyperlipidemia by Metformin and a Traditional Chinese Herbal Formula: a Multicenter, Randomized, Open Label Clinical Trial – Xiaolin Tong, mBio

The role of diet in the aetiopathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease – Hamed Khalili, Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Animal experiments

Ethanolamine enhances intestinal functions by altering gut microbiome and mucosal anti-stress capacity in weaned rats – Jian Zhou, British Journal of Nutrition

Helicobacter pylori-infected C57BL/6 mice with different gastrointestinal microbiota have contrasting gastric pathology, microbial and host immune responses – Zhongming Ge, Scientific Reports

Evaluation of the impact of glyphosate and its residues in feed on animal health – European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), EFSA Journal

Risks for animal health related to the presence of fumonisins, their modified forms and hidden forms in feed – EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM), EFSA Journal

Plateau hypoxia attenuates the metabolic activity of intestinal flora to enhance the bioavailability of nifedipine – Juanhong Zhang, Drug Delivery

Animal microbiome

Fecal Microbiota Composition Changes after a Body Weight Loss Diet in Beagle Dogs – A Salas, Journal of Animal Sciences

The fecal bacterial microbiota of bats; Slovenia – Modest Vengust, PLOS One

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Fertilization shapes a well-organized community of bacterial decomposers for accelerated paddy straw degradation – Yushan Zhan, Scientific Reports

Paddy-upland rotation for sustainable agriculture with regards to diverse soil microbial community – Ping-Fu Hou, Scientific Reports

Annual post‐market environmental monitoring report on the cultivation of genetically modified maize MON 810 in 2016 – European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), EFSA Journal

Conserved Responses in a War of Small Molecules between a Plant-Pathogenic Bacterium and Fungi – Joseph E. Spraker, mBio

Pseudomonads contribute to regulation of Pratylenchus penetrans (Nematoda) populations on apple – Tristan T. Watson, Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Water and extremophile microbiome

Taxon-specific aerosolization of bacteria and viruses in an experimental ocean-atmosphere mesocosm – Jennifer M. Michaud, Nature Communications

Combined genotyping, microbial diversity and metabolite profiling studies on farmed Mytilus spp. from Kiel Fjord – Caroline Utermann, Scientific Reports

Bathyarchaeota: globally distributed metabolic generalists in anoxic environments – Zhichao Zhou, FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Probiotics / prebiotics

Dietary fibers, prebiotics, and exopolysaccharides produced by lactic acid bacteria: potential health benefits with special regard to cholesterol-lowering effects – E. Korcz, Food and Function

Pharmacomicrobiomics: exploiting the drug-microbiota interactions in anticancer therapies – Concetta Panebianco, Microbiome

Built environment

City-scale distribution and dispersal routes of mycobiome in residences – Xinzhao Tong, Microbiome

Unraveling bacterial fingerprints of city subways from microbiome 16S gene profiles – Alejandro R. Walker, Biology Direct

Bioinformatics

ASaiM: a Galaxy-based framework to analyze microbiota data – Bérénice Batut, GigaScience

Comprehensive benchmarking and ensemble approaches for metagenomic classifiers – Alexa B. R. McIntyre, Genome Biology

Techniques

The Present and Future of Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) and Whole Metagenome Sequencing (WMS) for Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistant Microorganisms and Antimicrobial Resistance Genes across the Food Chain – Elena A. Oniciuc, Genes

A microbial endocrinology-based simulated small intestinal medium for the evaluation of neurochemical production by gut microbiota – Daniel N Villageliú, FEMS Microbiology Ecology

May 23, 2018

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Today’s digest is packed full of awesome gut microbiome studies, a bunch of plant/soil studies, new features to QIIME and other bioinformatics, as well as a good serving of interesting pre-prints, editorials, and doctoral theses. Enjoy!

General microbiome

Microbial micropatches within microbial hotspots – Lisa M. Dann – PLOS ONE

Pregnancy and early life

The matter of the reproductive microbiome – Sam Schoenmakers – Obstetric Medicine

* Gestational diabetes is associated with change in the gut microbiota composition in third trimester of pregnancy and postpartum – Mie Korslund Wiinblad Crusell – Microbiome

The importance of appropriate initial bacterial colonization of the intestine in newborn, child, and adult health – W Allan Walker – Pediatric Research

Human oral microbiome

Oral health status in historic population: Macroscopic and metagenomic evidence – Claire Willmann – PLOS ONE

The Subgingival Microbiome of Periodontal Pockets With Different Probing Depths in Chronic and Aggressive Periodontitis: A Pilot Study – Meng Shi – Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Human gut microbiome

[Pre-print] Gut microbiota markers in obese adolescent and adult patients: age-dependent differential patterns – Federica Del Chierico – Frontiers in Microbiology

Clinical applications of gut microbiota in cancer biology – Sunny H. Wong – Seminars in Cancer Biology

* Microbiome-Mediated Effects of the Mediterranean Diet on Inflammation – Melisa A Bailey – Advances in Nutrition

** Characterizing the gut microbiome in trauma: significant changes in microbial diversity occur early after severe injury – Benjamin M Howard – Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open

* Hypoxia induces senescence of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells via altered gut microbiota – Junyue Xing – Nature Communications

Animal experiments

The bacterial and archaeal community structures and methanogenic potential of the cecal microbiota of goats fed with hay and high-grain diets – Wei Jin – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Effects of whole-grain rice and wheat on composition of gut microbiota and short-chain fatty acids in rats – Fei Han – Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry

Animal microbiome

Diet breadth and exploitation of exotic plants shift the core microbiome of Cephaloleia, a group of tropical herbivorous beetles – Chelsea L. Blankenchip – PeerJ

Altered gut microbiota associated with intestinal disease in grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) – Ngoc Tuan Tran – World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

The gut microbiome is associated with behavioural task in honey bees – J. C. Jones – Insectes Sociaux

The role of the gut microbiome in health and disease of adult honey bee workers – Kasie Raymann – Current Opinion in Insect Science

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Microbial communities in soil profile are more responsive to legacy effects of wheat-cover crop rotations than tillage systems – Anil Somenahally – Soil Biology and Biochemistry

New insights into the effects of support matrix on the removal of organic micro-pollutants and the microbial community in constructed wetlands – Liang Zhang – Environmental Pollution

[Doctoral thesis] Imprint of management on microbial communities in arable soil – Putz, Martina

Study of microbial diversity in plant–microbe interaction system with oil sludge contamination – Dhote, Monika – International Journal of Phytoremediation

Effect of different potassium levels on nitrogen metabolism, nitrogen bacteria and nitrogen archaea bacteria communities in rhizosphere of tobacco plant – WENG Zebin – Acta Tabacaria Sinica

Canola Root–Associated Microbiomes in the Canadian Prairies – Chih-Ying Lay – Frontiers in Microbiology

Leaf-associated bacterial microbiota of coffee and its correlation with manganese and calcium levels on leaves – Leandro Pio de Sousa – Genetics and Molecular Biology

[Review] Organic Amendments, Beneficial Microbes, and Soil Microbiota: Toward a Unified Framework for Disease Suppression – Giuliano Bonanomi – Annual Review of Phytopathology

[Pre-print] Metagenomic sequencing provides insights into the location of microbial detoxification in the gut of a small mammalian herbivore – Kevin D. Kohl – bioRxiv

[Pre-print] Archaeal, bacterial, and eukaryal microbial community structure of sediment and seawater in a coastal region near Puerto Nuevo, Baja California – Sabah Ul-Hasan – bioRxiv

Water and extremophile microbiome 

Deterministic mechanisms define the long-term anaerobic digestion microbiome and its functionality regardless of the initial microbial community – M.Peces – Water Research

Built environment

[Editorial] Microbiome Yarns: microbiome of the built environment, paranormal microbiology, and the power of single cell genomics – Kenneth Timmis – microbial biotechnology

New Techniques for the Generation and Analysis of Tailored Microbial Systems on Surfaces – Ariel L. Furst – Biochemistry

* [Pre-print] Strain­level overlap between infant and hospital fungal microbiomes revealed through de novo assembly of eukaryotic genomes from metagenomes – Matthew R. Olm – bioRxiv

Probiotics / prebiotics

The effects of probiotics supplementation on metabolic health in pregnant women: An evidence based meta-analysis – Jia Zheng – PLOS ONE

Bioinformatics

[Pre-print / doctoral thesis] Recovering 2,032 Baltic Sea microbial genomes by optimized metagenomic binning – Alneberg, Johannes – DiVA

** Optimizing taxonomic classification of marker-gene amplicon sequences with QIIME 2’s q2-feature-classifier plugin – Nicholas A. Bokulich – Microbiome

Techniques

Functional Genomics Approaches to Studying Symbioses between Legumes and Nitrogen-Fixing Rhizobia – Martina Lardi – High-Throughput

VSITA, an Improved Approach of Target Amplification in the Identification of Viral Pathogens – Yi Zhang – Europe PMC

Making and Sequencing Heavily Multiplexed, High-Throughput 16S Ribosomal RNA Gene Amplicon Libraries Using a Flexible, Two-Stage PCR Protocol – Ankur Naqib – Gene Expression Analysis

Ed’s non-microbiology picks 

The Environmental Protection Agency in the Early Trump Administration: Prelude to Regulatory Capture

Perspectives on the Great Amazon Reef: Extension, Biodiversity, and Threats

Fasting boosts stem cells’ regenerative capacity

Eggs not linked to cardiovascular risk, despite conflicting advice

Noninvasive spinal stimulation method enables paralyzed people to regain use of hands, study finds

Cannabidiol significantly reduces seizures in patients with severe form of epilepsy

May 21, 2018

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A long update to make up for the past few days, with extra emphasis on Plant/root/soil studies and water studies!

General microbiome

Why do microbes exhibit weak biogeographic patterns? – Kyle M. Meyer, ISME

Understanding and designing the strategies for the microbe-mediated remediation of environmental contaminants using omics approaches – Muneer A. Malla, Frontiers in Microbiology

Two-year microbial adaptation during hydrogen-mediated biogas upgrading process in a serial reactor configuration – L. Treu, Bioresource Technology

Microbial ecology

Grazer-induced transcriptomic and metabolomic response of the chain-forming diatom Skeletonema marinoi – Alberto Amato, ISME

Cooperation, competition and antibiotic resistance in bacterial colonies – Isabel Frost, ISME

Genome-resolved metagenomics identifies genetic mobility, metabolic interactions, and unexpected diversity in perchlorate-reducing communities – Tyler P. Barnum, ISME

Diversity and Hidden Host Specificity of Chytrids infecting Colonial Volvocacean Algae – Silke Van den Wyngaert, Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Human bone microbiome

Understanding the microbiome of diabetic foot osteomyelitis: insights from molecular and microscopic approaches – Khalid Johani, Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Human oral microbiome

Bacterial-derived exopolysaccharides enhance antifungal drug tolerance in a cross-kingdom oral biofilm – Dongyeop Kim, ISME

Human vaginal microbiome

Metabolomics as a clinical testing method for the diagnosis of vaginal dysbiosis – Emiley Watson, American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Human gut microbiome

Design and rationale of the INSYTE study: A randomised, placebo controlled study to test the efficacy of a synbiotic on liver fat, disease biomarkers and intestinal microbiota in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease – Eleonora Scorletti, Contemporary Clinical Trials

Gastrointestinal Disorders Associated with Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases – Stella Hartono, Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology

Impact on the quality of life of an episode of Clostridium difficileinfection in a hospital setting – A. Duburcq, Journal of Epidemiology and Public Health

Animal experiments

Inhalational exposure to particulate matter air pollution alters the composition of the gut microbiome – Ece A. Mutlu, Environmental Pollution

Effects of long-term intake of a yogurt fermented with Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp.bulgaricus 2038 and Streptococcus thermophilus1131 on mice – Yuki Usui, International Immunology

Dietary mung bean protein reduces high-fat diet-induced weight gain by modulating host bile acid metabolism in a gut microbiota-dependent manner – Akiho Nakatani, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Dietary nitrate modulates gut microbiota profile and prevents the activation of mucosal inflammatory pathways induced by broad-spectrum antibiotics – Bárbara S. Rocha, Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Animal microbiome

Coral bleaching from a single cell perspective – Daniel Aagren Nielsen, ISME

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Lack of thinning effects over inter-annual changes in soil fungal community and diversity in a Mediterranean pine forest – Carles Castaño, Forest Ecology and Management

Response of soil microbial communities to agroecological versus conventional systems of extensive agriculture – Diego N. Chavarria, Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

Intraspecific variation in indirect plant–soil feedbacks influences a wetland plant invasion – Warwick J. Allen, Ecology

Native bacteria promote plant growth under drought stress condition without impacting the rhizomicrobiome – Elisabeth Armada, FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Plant roots redesign the rhizosphere to alter the three‐dimensional physical architecture and water dynamics – Sheikh M. F. Rabbi, New Phytologist

The Invasive Brazilian Pepper Tree (Schinus terebinthifolius) Is Colonized by a Root Microbiome Enriched With Alphaproteobacteria and Unclassified Spartobacteria – Karim Dawkins, Frontiers in Microbiology

Dynamics of Aspen Roots Colonization by Pseudomonads Reveals Strain-Specific and Mycorrhizal-Specific Patterns of Biofilm Formation – Marie-Francoise Noirot-Gros, Frontiers in Microbiology

The Emergence of Endophytic Microbes and Their Biological Promise – Gary Strobel, Journal of Fungi

Changes in soil nitrogen dynamics caused by prescribed fires in dense gorse lands in SW Pyrenees – Leire Múgica, Science of The Total Environment

Response of soil microbial communities to agroecological versus conventional systems of extensive agriculture – Diego N. Chavarria, Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

Application of biosolids drives the diversity of antibiotic resistance genes in soil and lettuce at harvest – Lu Yang, Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Mycorrhizal Status In Endemic Pipewort: Eriocaulon eurypeplon Körn (Fam: Eriocaulaceae) – Vishal R. Kamble, IOSR Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences

Model formulation of microbial CO2production and efficiency can significantly influence short and long term soil C projections – Ford Ballantyne IV & Sharon A. Billings, ISME

Effect of endophytic fungus Piriformospora indica on yield and some physiological traits of millet (Panicum miliaceum) under water stress – Goudarz Ahmadvand, Crop and Pasture Science

Composition and functional genes analysis of bacterial communities from urban parks of Shanghai, China and their role in ecosystem functionality – Xin Wang, Landscape and Urban Planning

Plant, fungal, bacterial, and nitrogen interactions in the litter layer of a native Patagonian forest – Lucía Vivanco​, PeerJ

Root-exuded coumarin shapes the root microbiome – Derek S. Lundberg, PNAS

Deforestation decreases spatial turnover and alters the network interactions in soil bacterial communities – Jing Tian, Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Distinct nitrogen provisioning from organic amendments in soil as influenced by farming system and water regime – Martina Lori, Frontiers in Microbiology

Biodiversity of urban soils for sustainable cities – C. Guilland, Environmental Chemistry Letters

Predator–prey mass ratio drives microbial activity under dry conditions in Sphagnum peatlands – Monika K. Reczuga, Ecology and Evolution

Organic and Biofertilization on Crop Production in Semiarid Regions – Ayman M. Helmy, The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry

Prevalence of Botrytis cinerea at different phenological stages of table grapes grown in the northern region of South Africa – Patricia C. Carmichael, Scientia Horticulturae

Water and extremophile microbiome

Genomic evidence for intraspecific hybridization in a clonal and extremely halotolerant yeast – Cene Gostinčar, BMC Genomics

Interactive effects of multiple stressors revealed by sequencing total (DNA) and active (RNA) components of experimental sediment microbial communities – Simone C. Birrer, Science of The Total Environment

Physicochemical drivers of microbial community structure in sediments of Lake Hazen, Nunavut, Canada – Matti O. Ruuskanen, Frontiers in Microbiology

Strains of the toxic and bloom-forming Nodularia spumigena (cyanobacteria) can degrade methylphosphonate and release methane – Jonna E. Teikari, ISME

Seasonal resource conditions favor a summertime increase in North Pacific diatom–diazotroph associations – Christopher L. Follett, ISME

Predator and prey biodiversity relationship and its consequences on marine ecosystem functioning—interplay between nanoflagellates and bacterioplankton – Jinny Wu Yang, ISME

Light and temperature control the seasonal distribution of thaumarchaeota in the South Atlantic bight – Qian Liu, ISME

Distributions of phytoplankton carbohydrate, protein and lipid in the world oceans from satellite ocean colour – Shovonlal Roy, ISME

Relationship between dissolved organic matter quality and microbial community composition across polar glacial environments – H J Smith, FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Sediment depth-dependent spatial variations of bacterial communities in mud deposits of the eastern China marginal seas – Yanlu Qiao, Frontiers in Microbiology

Food microbiology

Origin and varietal based proteomic and peptidomic fingerprinting of Theobroma cacao in non-fermented and fermented cocoa beans – Neha Kumari, Food Research International

Metagenomic and metatranscriptomic analysis of the microbial community in Swiss-type Maasdam cheese during ripening – Ilhan Cem Duru, International Journal of Food Microbiology

Combined effect of cold atmospheric plasma, intrinsic and extrinsic factors on the microbial behavior in/on (food) model systems during storage – C. Smet, Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies

Polyphenols from selected dietary spices and medicinal herbs differentially affect common food-borne pathogenic bacteria and lactic acid bacteria – Chak-Lun Chan, Food Control

Probiotics

Enhanced viability of probiotics (Pediococcus pentosaceusLi05) by encapsulation in microgels doped with inorganic nanoparticles – Mingfei Yao, Food Hydrocolloids

Dysbiosis of microbiome and probiotic treatment in a genetic model of autism spectrum disorders – Tabouy Laure, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Bioinformatics

dbCAN2: a meta server for automated carbohydrate-active enzyme annotation – Han Zhang, Nucleic Acids Research

A Multi-Omics Database for Parasitic Nematodes and Trematodes – John Martin, Eukaryotic Genomic Databases

MetaboAnalyst 4.0: towards more transparent and integrative metabolomics analysis – Jasmine Chong, Nucleic Acids Research

AAI-profiler: fast proteome-wide exploratory analysis reveals taxonomic identity, misclassification and contamination – Alan J Medlar, Nucleic Acids Research

Techniques

Mutant phenotypes for thousands of bacterial genes of unknown function – Morgan N. Price, Nature

Methods for Generating Microbial Cocultures that Grow in the Absence of Fixed Carbon or Nitrogen – Matthew J. Smith, Synthetic Biology

Development of a 16S rRNA-targeted fluorescence in situ hybridization probe for quantification of the ammonia-oxidizer Nitrosotalea devanaterra and its relatives – C.X. Restrepo-Ortiz, Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Creation of a fibre categories database to quantify different dietary fibres – Stacey Fuller, Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

May 17, 2018

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Genome engineering tools for non-model prokaryotes, microgravity and space radiation’s effects on microbes, an analysis of science podcasts.

General microbiome

Taking the technical microbiome into the next decade – Jo De Vrieze – Environmental Microbiology

Pre-print: Links between environment, diet, and the hunter-gatherer microbiome – Gabriela K Fragiadakis – bioRxiv

Human vaginal microbiome

The effect of vaginal microbial communities on colonization by Staphylococcus aureus with the gene for toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 (TSST-1): a case–control study – Jacob D Pierson – FEMS Pathogens and Disease

Human urinary microbiome

Lactobacillus and Urine Microbiome in Association with Urinary Tract Infections and Bacterial Vaginosis – Jun-Mo Kim – Urogenital Tract Infection

Human gut microbiome

Combination Antibiotics Improves Disease Activity and Alters Microbial Communities In Children with Ulcerative Colitis – Kattayoun Kordy – Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Animal experiments

Postnatal colonization with human “infant-type” Bifidobacterium species alters behavior of adult gnotobiotic mice – Berkley Luk – PLOS ONE

A gene catalogue of the Sprague-Dawley rat gut metagenome – Hudan Pan – Gigascience

Animal microbiome

Changes in intestinal microbiota of Bufo gargarizans and its association with body weight during metamorphosis – Lihong Chai – Archives of Microbiology

Metagenomic analysis of Varroa-free Australian honey bees (Apis mellifera) shows a diverse Picornavirales virome – John M K Roberts – Journal of General Virology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Strong associations between plant genotypes and bacterial communities in a natural salt marsh – Gregory P Zogg – Ecology and Evolution

What Is the Role of Archaea in Plants? New Insights from the Vegetation of Alpine Bogs – Julian Taffner – mSphere

Rhizosphere hydrophobicity limits root water uptake after drying and subsequent rewetting – Mohsen Zarebanadkouki – Plant and Soil

Crop rotational diversity increases disease suppressive capacity of soil microbiomes – Ariane L Peralta – Ecosphere

Water and extremophile microbiome

A thiotrophic microbial community in an acidic brine lake in Northern Chile – Lorena Escudero – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Codon usage bias reveals genomic adaptations to environmental conditions in an acidophilic consortium – Andrew Hart – PLOS ONE

Microbes in space

Review: Effect of microgravity & space radiation on microbes – Giuliana Senatore – Future Microbiology

Food microbiology

Bacterial community analysis in three types of the fermented seafood, jeotgal, produced in South Korea – Eun-Ji Song – Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry

Metabolomics

Transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses reveal that bacteria promote plant defense during infection of soybean cyst nematode in soybean – Wenshu Kang – BMC Plant Biology

Techniques

Review: Building a genome engineering toolbox in non‐model prokaryotic microbes – Emily Freed – Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Pre-print: Effective soil extraction method for cultivating previously uncultured soil bacteria – Tuan Manh Nguyen – bioRxiv

More microbes

Disentangling complex parasite interactions: Protection against cerebral malaria by one helminth species is jeopardized by co-infection with another – Jessica L Abbate – PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Pre-print: Nanotube-mediated cross-feeding couples the metabolism of interacting bacterial cells – Shraddha Shitut – bioRxiv

Science, career, and publishing

Pre-print: Science podcasts: analysis of global production and output from 2004 to 2018 – Lewis E MacKenzie – bioRxiv

May 16, 2018

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Today we have a interesting set of reviews. In addtion: research about virome in infants, microbiome changes in Alzheimer’s disease and changes in neonate and maternal microbiome under gestational diabetes. We have also the report of the Oral Microbiome Bank of China and some papers about invertebrate microbiome.  

 

Human/General Microbiome

Review: Microbiome-Immune Interactions and Liver Disease – James H. Tabibian –  Clinical Liver Disease

Review: Microbial Metabolism in the Mammalian Gut: Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Implications – Anne Hall – Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Review: Starch Tolerance and the Short Bowel – Jan de Laffolie – Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Review: Microbial Fermentation of Starch: Its Impact on the Range of Acceptable Carbohydrate Intake – Satish C. Kalhan – Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Review: Pathways and mechanisms linking dietary components to cardiometabolic disease: thinking beyond calories – K. L. Stanhope – Obesity Reviews

Review: On the potential role of intestinal microbial community in hepatocarcinogenesis in chronic hepatitis B – Ashraf Mohamadkhani – Cancer Medicine

Review: The gut microbiota and the brain-gut-kidney axis in hypertension and chronic kidney disease – Tao Yang – Nature Reviews Nephrology

Review: Epithelial Barrier Dysfunctions in Atopic Dermatitis: A Skin-Gut-Lung Model Linking Microbiome Alteration and Immune Dysregulation – T.H. Zhu – British Journal of Dermatology

Review: Association between Fusobacterium nucleatum and colorectal cancer: Progress and future directions – Sheng Zhang – Journal of Cancer

Viromes of one year old infants reveal the impact of birth mode on microbiome diversity – Angela McCann​ – PeerJ

Dysbiosis of maternal and neonatal microbiota associated with gestational diabetes mellitus – Jinfeng Wang – Gut

Analysis of Gut Microbiome and Diet Modification in Patients with Crohn’s Disease – Sumathi Sankaran Walters – SOJ Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Gut Microbiome is Altered in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease – Zhuang, Zhen-Qian – Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease

The Oral Microbiome Bank of China – Peng Xian – International Journal of Oral Science

 

Animal Microbiome

Microbiota modification by probiotic supplementation reduces colitis associated colon cancer in mice – Maria Carolina S Mendes – World Journal of Gastroenterology

A cytokine network involving IL-36γ, IL-23, and IL-22 promotes antimicrobial defense and recovery from intestinal barrier damage – Vu L. Ngo – PNAS

Biodegradation of polyethylene and plastic mixtures in mealworms (larvae of Tenebrio molitor) and effects on the gut microbiome – Anja Malawi Brandon – Environmental Science and Technology

Supplementation with organic acids showing different effects on growth performance, gut morphology and microbiota of weaned pigs fed with highly or less digestible diets – S. Li – Journal of Animal Science

Metagenomics Analysis of Gut Microbiota in a High Fat Diet-Induced Obesity Mouse Model Fed with (-)-Epigallocatechin 3-O-(3-O-Methyl) Gallate (EGCG3”Me) – Xin Zhang – Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Low bacterial community diversity in two introduced aphid pests revealed with 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing – Francisca Zepeda-Paulo​ – PeerJ

Uncovering the hidden players in Lepidoptera biology: the heritable microbial endosymbionts – Anne Duplouy – PeerJ

The influence of diet and environment on the gut microbial community of field crickets – Soon Hwee Ng – Ecology and Evolution

Changes in intestinal microbiota across an altitudinal gradient in the lizard Phrynocephalus vlangalii – Wenya Zhang – Ecology and Evolution

 

Food Microbiome

The changes of dominant lactic acid bacteria and their metabolites during corn stover ensiling – Zhenshang Xu – Journal of Applied Microbiology

Characterization of the Microbiota in Air- or Vacuum-Packed Crisp Grass Carp ( Ctenopharyngodon idella C. et V.) Fillets by 16S rRNA PCR-Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis and High-Throughput Sequencing – Ziqiang Pan – Journal of Food Protection

Succession of bacterial microbiota in tilapia fillets at 4 °C and in situ investigation of spoilers – Shan Duan – World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

 

Bioinformatics/Genomics

Preprint: Measures of reproducibility in sampling and laboratory processing methods in high-throughput microbiome analysis – Patricia Vera-Wolf (and featuring our Microbiome Digest founder, Elisabeth Bik) – BioRxiv

Benchmarking taxonomic assignments based on 16S rRNA gene profiling of the microbiota from commonly sampled environments – Alexandre Almeida – GigaScience

Uncovering the drivers of host-associated microbiota with joint species distribution modeling – Johannes R. Björk – Molecular Ecology

 

Beneficial Microbes and Compounds

Review: Vitamin D in inflammatory bowel disease: more than just a supplement – John Gubatan – Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Review: Bleach for Atopic Dermatitis – Melody Maarouf – Dermatitis

Simultaneous Amelioratation of Colitis and Liver Injury in Mice by Bifidobacterium longum LC67 and Lactobacillus plantarum LC27 – Se-Eun Jang – Scientific Reports

 

Pathogens

Cross-specificity of protective human antibodies against Klebsiella pneumoniae LPS O-antigen – Tim Rollenske – Nature Immunology

 

Environmental Microbiome (including Built environments)

Responses of stream microbes to multiple anthropogenic stressors in a mesocosm study – Julia K.Nuy – Science of The Total Environment

Fine grained compositional analysis of Port Everglades Inlet microbiome using high throughput DNA sequencing – Lauren O’Connell​​ – PeerJ

 

Antimicrobial Resistance

Emerging Infectious Diseases, Antimicrobial Resistance and Millennium Development Goals: Resolving the Challenges through One Health – G. V. Asokan – Central Asian Journal of Global Health

 

Other

Discovery and characterization of a prevalent human gut bacterial enzyme sufficient for the inactivation of a family of plant toxins – Nitzan Koppel – eLife

The Interaction of Anti-diabetic α-Glucosidase Inhibitors and Gut Bacteria α-Glucosidase – Kemin Tan – Protein Science

 

May 9, 2018

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Have a good Wednesday! Today, we have an interesting set of papers about the effect of different compounds on microbiota, as well the effect of some probiotics. We have also a paper about the use binding of  immunoglobulin A by gut microbiota commensals as a potential mechanism for stabilization; we have also papers about virome from urinary and female reproductive tracts, a study a multi-site study of maternal microbiota.

Gut and General Microbiome

Introduction: The host-associated microbiome: Pattern, process and function – Laura Wegener Parfrey – Molecular Ecology (Special Issue: The host-associated microbiome: Pattern, process and function)

Gut microbiota utilize immunoglobulin A for mucosal colonization – G. P. Donaldson – Science

Low Maternal Microbiota Sharing across Gut, Breast Milk and Vagina, as Revealed by 16S rRNA Gene and Reduced Metagenomic Sequencing – Ekaterina Avershina – Genes

Editorial: Bacteria in the ageing gut: Did the taming of fire promote a long human lifespan? – Antoine Danchin – Environmental Microbiology

Commentary: Insights into the role of gut microbiota in obesity: pathogenesis, mechanisms, and therapeutic perspectives – Lijuan Sun – Protein & Cell

Review: Gut microbiota derived metabolites in cardiovascular health and disease – Zeneng Wang – Protein & Cell

Treating Clostridium difficile infections: Should fecal microbiota transplantation be reclassified from investigational drug to human tissue? – Mark Stuntz – Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications

Effects of intestinal colonization by Clostridium difficile and Staphylococcus aureus on microbiota diversity in healthy individuals in China – Danfeng Dong – BMC Infectious Diseases

BaiCD gene cluster abundance is negatively correlated with Clostridium difficile infection – Philipp Solbach – PLoS ONE

Microbiome Responses to an Uncontrolled Short-Term Diet Intervention in the Frame of the Citizen Science Project – Natalia S. Klimenko – Nutrients

Respiratory Tract Microbiome

Relation between lower respiratory tract microbiota and type of immune response against tuberculosis – Maede Nakhaee – Microbial Pathogenesis

Microbiome characteristics of induced sputum compared to bronchial fluid and upper airway samples – Shi‐qi An – Pediatric Pulmonology

The association between inflammation, the microbiome and urethane-induced pulmonary adenocarcinoma – Zenghua Deng – Oncology Letters

Urinary/Reproductive Tract Microbiome

Urinary Virome Perturbations in Kidney Transplantation – Tara K. Sigdel – Frontiers in Medicine

The Vaginal Eukaryotic DNA Virome and Preterm Birth – Kristine M. Wylie – American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Beneficial Microbes and Compounds

Walnut Consumption Alters the Gastrointestinal Microbiota, Microbially Derived Secondary Bile Acids, and Health Markers in Healthy Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial – Hannah D Holscher – The Journal of Nutrition

The effect of vitamin D on intestinal inflammation and faecal microbiota in patients with ulcerative colitis – Mayur Garg – Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis

Exopolysaccharide from Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum 35624™ modulates murine allergic airway responses – E. Schiavi – Beneficial Microbes

Modulatory effect of three probiotic strains on infants’ gut microbial composition and immunological parameters on a placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomised study – J. De Andrés – Beneficial Microbes

Review: Role of Lactobacillus reuteri in Human Health and Diseases – Qinghui Mu – Frontiers in Microbiology

Intake of phytic acid and myo-inositol lowers hepatic lipogenic gene expression and modulates gut microbiota in rats fed a high-sucrose diet – Yukako Okazaki – Biomedical Reports

Animal Microbiome

Feminizing Wolbachia influence microbiota composition in the terrestrial isopod Armadillidium vulgare – Jessica Dittmer – Scientific Reports

Gut microbiomes of wild great apes fluctuate seasonally in response to diet – Allison L. Hicks – Nature Communications

Endophytic Fungi in Species of Artemisia – Andreea Cosoveanu – Journal of Fungi

Tributyltin exposure induces gut microbiome dysbiosis with increased body weight gain and dyslipidemia in mice – Hao Guo – Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Food Microbiome

Unravelling the contribution of lactic acid bacteria and acetic acid bacteria to cocoa fermentation using inoculated organisms – Van Thi Thuy Ho – International Journal of Food Microbiology

Validation of standard method EN ISO 22964:2017 – Microbiology of the food chain – Horizontal method for the detection of Cronobacter spp – Amparo de Benito – International Journal of Food Microbiology

Plant and Soil Microbiome

Mycobiome analysis of asymptomatic and symptomatic Norway spruce trees naturally infected by the conifer pathogens Heterobasidion spp. – Andriy Kovalchuk – Environmental Microbiology Reports

Perspective: Core microbiomes for sustainable agroecosystems – Hirokazu Toju – Nature Plants

Meetings: Holobiont: a conceptual framework to explore the eco-evolutionary and functional implications of host-microbiota interactions in all ecosystems – Denis Faure – New Phytologist

Other

Marker microbiome clusters are determined by operational parameters and specific key taxa combinations in anaerobic digestion – Susanne Theuerl – Bioresource Technology

 

May 6, 2018

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Brassicaceae plants-fungi associations, a feature on PCR bias during microbiome analysis, a thesis about viruses; preprints about Mobile-CRISPRi system on bacteria, what may happen to the intestinal microbiota when Lactobacillus reuteri intervenes; few non-microbio picks covering mental health, conservation policy, stem cell policy; and a lot more for our digest from Sunday.

General microbiome

Preprint: Mobile-CRISPRi: Enabling Genetic Analysis of Diverse Bacteria – JM Peters – bioRxiv

Preprint: Effect of Lactobacillus reuteri on intestinal microflora and immune parameters: involvement of sex differences – J He – biorXiv

Review: The Interplay Between the Microbiome and Cardiovascular Risk – BA Minnifield – Current Genetic Medicine Reports

Klebsiella pneumoniae as a key trafficker of drug resistance genes from environmental to clinically important bacteria – KL Wyres – Current Opinion in Microbiology

Proteomic studies on lactic acid bacteria: A review – KS Vinusha – Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports

Multi-site human microbiome

Distinct shifts in the oral microbiota are associated with the progression and aggravation of mucositis during radiotherapy – J Hou – Radiotherapy and Oncology

Human skin microbiome

Skin microbiome changes in patients with interdigital tinea pedis – R  Wang – British Journal of Dermatology

Human vaginal microbiome

The Vaginal Eukaryotic DNA Virome and Preterm Birth  – KM Wylie – American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Systematic Review: The vaginal microbiota and its association with Human Papillomavirus, Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhea and Mycoplasma genitalium infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis – J Tamarelle – Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Human gut microbiome

Review: Methods for studying gut microbiota: A primer for physicians – AN Sarangi – Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology

Review: Effects of the Gut microbiota on Amygdalin and its use as an anti-cancer therapy: Substantial review on the key components involved in altering dose efficacy and toxicity – V Jaiswal – Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports

The ability of human intestinal anaerobes to metabolize different oligosaccharides: Novel means for microbiota modulation? – R Ose – Anaerobe

Clostridium difficile cure with fecal microbiota transplantation in a child with Pompe disease: a case report – DE Dow – Journal of Medical Case Reports

Association Between Bacteremia from Specific Microbes and Subsequent Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer  – TNY Kwong – Gastroenterology

Animal experiments 

Tributyltin exposure induces gut microbiome dysbiosis with increased body weight gain and dyslipidemia in mice – H Guo – Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Inhibition Effect of Glycyrrhiza Polysaccharide (GCP) on Tumor Growth through Regulation of the Gut Microbiota Composition – X Zhang – Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Ketogenic diet enhances neurovascular function with altered gut microbiome in young healthy mice – D Ma – Scientific Reports

Preprint: Efficacy of fecal sampling as a gut proxy in the study of chicken gut microbiota – W Yan – bioRxiv

Acute exposure to PBDEs at an environmentally realistic concentration causes abrupt changes in the gut microbiota and host health of zebrafish – L Chen – Environmental Pollution

Animal microbiome 

Integrated metatranscriptomics and metaproteomics for the characterization of bacterial microbiota in unfed Ixodes ricinus – A Hernández-Jarguín – Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Metatranscriptome analysis of the intestinal microorganisms in Pardosa pseudoannulata in response to cadmium stress – H Yang – Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Beneficial associations between Brassicaceae plants and fungal endophytes under nutrient-limiting conditions: evolutionary origins and host–symbiont molecular mechanisms – K Hiruma – Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Cross-kingdom lipid transfer in arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis and beyond – A Keymer – Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Isolation of local Bacillus spp. from Afghanistan soils and their potential in suppressing the root-knot nematodes on tomato – AS Jamily – J-Stage

Effect of community-based soil and water conservation practices on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi types, spore densities, root colonization, and soil nutrients in the northern highlands of Ethiopia – M Welemariam – Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Biocontrol mechanisms of Bacillus sp., isolated from tomato rhizosphere, against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici – M Jangir – Biological Control

Root Exudates Dominate the Colonization of Pathogen and Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria – J Yuan – Root Biology

Unfolding the Role of Rhizomicrobiome Toward Sustainable Agriculture – S Kaul – Root Biology

Litter breakdown as a tool for assessment of the efficiency of afforestation and ash-aided phytostabilization on metal-contaminated soils functioning in Northern France – J Leclercq-Dransart – Environmental Science and Pollution Research 

Sugars en route to the roots. Transport, metabolism and storage within plant roots and towards microorganisms of the rhizosphere – N Hennion – Physiologia Plantarum

Salt marsh sediment bacterial communities maintain original population structure after transplantation across a latitudinal gradient – A Angermeyer – PeerJ

Impact of slope exposure on chemical and microbiological properties of Norway spruce deadwood and underlying soil during early stages of decomposition in the Italian Alps – T Bardelli – CATENA

Built environment 

A comparative study of eubacterial communities by PCR-DGGE fingerprints in anoxic and aerobic biotrickling filters used for biogas desulfurization – A Valle – Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering

Food microbiology

Microbial community dynamics of Dan’er barley grain during the industrial malting process – X Li – Food Microbiology

Physicochemical, microbiological and sensory acceptance alterations of strawberries caused by gamma radiation and storage time – M de Jesus Filho – Scientia Horticulturae

Evaluation of critical points of mould growth and mycotoxin production in the stored barley ecosystem with a hazardous initial microbiological state of grain – J Wawrzyniak – Journal of Stored Products Research

Viruses and phages

Thesis: Virology By The Numbers: A Quantitative Exploration of Viral Energetics, Genomics, and Ecology – G Mahmoudabadi – Caltech THESIS

 

Techniques

Microbiology: making the best of PCR bias – M  Eisenstein – Nature

Anton Chekhov and Robert Koch Cheek to Cheek: A Proteomic Study – A D’Amato – Proteomics

Microbes in the news

Future of Microbiome Drugs Market including key players Pfizer, Second Genome, Seres Therapeutics – Technical Progress News

Pattern hair loss could be due to gut bacteria – Science Nordic

Legionella bacteria has been detected at the problem-plagued Perth Children’s Hospital. – SBS News

Connections Between Art And Science Explored – The Enterprise

Non-microbiology picks

Arctic ice carries heavy freight of plastic – Nature

Brazil’s lawmakers renew push to weaken environmental rules – Nature

Feeling overwhelmed by academia? You are not alone – Nature

Real-world illness requires medical multitasking – Nature

Announcement: stem-cell policy – Nature

May 3, 2018

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Have a good Thursday! Today, in Microbiome Digest: studies about Bacterial Vaginosis, dysbiosis associated with Hepatitis C infection, oral microbiome and oral cancer, microbiome reestablishment after cleaning, detection of microbes in culture-negative intra-amniotic infections and more…

Human Microbiome and General

A Prospective Metagenomic and Metabolomic Analysis of the Impact of Exercise and/or Whey Protein Supplementation on the Gut Microbiome of Sedentary Adults – Owen Cronin – mSystems

Review: Relationship between diet, the gut microbiota, and brain function – Anouk C Tengeler – Nutrition Reviews

Identification of Key Bacteria Involved in the Induction of Incident Bacterial Vaginosis: A Prospective Study – Christina A Muzny – The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Gut Dysbiosis Associated With Hepatitis C Virus Infection – Takako Inoue – Clinical Infectious Diseases

Research Highlight: Fibre aids fight against nasty gut infection – Nature

Review: The Intestinal Epithelium: Central Coordinator of Mucosal Immunity – Joannie M. Allaire – Trends in Immunology

Humans as holobionts: implications for prevention and therapy -Maarten van de Guchte – Microbiome

Obese Subjects With Specific Gustatory Papillae Microbiota and Salivary Cues Display an Impairment to Sense Lipids – Philippe Besnard – Scientific Reports

Bacterial culture-negative subclinical intra-amniotic infection can be detected by bacterial 16S ribosomal DNA-amplifying polymerase chain reaction – Sachi Morimoto – Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Impact of HIV and Type 2 diabetes on Gut Microbiota Diversity, Tryptophan Catabolism and Endothelial Dysfunction – Hedda Hoel – Scientific Reports

New Horizons in Obstructive Lung Disease. Microbiome Dynamics, Pulmonary Artery Enlargement, and Endobronchial Valves – Pujan H. Patel – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Oral Microbiota Community Dynamics Associated With Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Staging – Chia-Yu Yang – Frontiers in Microbiology

Bifidobacterium longum subsp infantis CECT7210-supplemented formula reduces diarrhea in healthy infants: a randomized controlled trial – Joaquin Escribano – Pediatric Research

 

Animal Microbiome

Transplantation of human microbiota into conventional mice durably reshapes the gut microbiota – Laura Wrzosek – Scientific Reports

Restructuring of the Gut Microbiome by Intermittent Fasting Prevents Retinopathy and Prolongs Survival in db/db Mice – Eleni Beli – Diabetes

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

The effects of sewage treatment plant effluents on hepatic and intestinal biomarkers in common carp (Cyprinus carpio) – Sidika Sakalli – Science of The Total Environment

Feminizing Wolbachia influence microbiota composition in the terrestrial isopod Armadillidium vulgare – Jessica Dittmer – Scientific Reports

Preprint: Intestinal microbiota of whitefish (Coregonus sp.) species pairs and their hybrids in natural and controlled environment – Maelle Sevellec – bioRxiv

Gut microbiomes of wild great apes fluctuate seasonally in response to diet – Allison L. Hicks – Nature Communications

Dietary polyphenols enhance optogenetic recall of fear memory in hippocampal dentate gyrus granule neuron subpopulations – Chad Smith – Communications Biology

 

Built Environments

The Reestablishment of Microbial Communities after Surface Cleaning in Schools – Sarah E. Kwan – Journal of Applied Microbiology

 

Bioinformatics and Genomics

SHI7 Is a Self-Learning Pipeline for Multipurpose Short-Read DNA Quality Control – Gabriel A. Al-Ghalith – mSystems

Phylogenetic Placement of Exact Amplicon Sequences Improves Associations with Clinical Information – Stefan Janssen – mSystems

Identifying Group-Specific Sequences for Microbial Communities Using Long k-mer Sequence Signatures – Ying Wang – Frontiers in Microbiology

 

Plant/Soil Microbiomes

The role of bacteria in pine wilt disease: insights from microbiome analysis – Marta Alves – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

 

Other (Microbiome-related)

Review: Food Intake and Eating Behavior After Bariatric Surgery – Werd Al-Najim – Physiological Reviews

Review: Microfluidic Organ-on-a-Chip Models of Human Intestine – Amir Bein – Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Preprint: CRISPR-Cas blocks antibiotic resistance plasmid transfer between Enterococcus faecalis strains in the gastrointestinal tract – Valerie J Price – bioRxiv

 

April 29, 2018

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Today’s digest has some interesting stuffs on vaginal microbiota, MRSA, AMF, microbes inside a library and lots more to get you through the weekend!

General microbiome

Marine sponge microbial association: Towards disclosing unique symbiotic interactions – GS Kiran – Marine Environmental Research

Multi-site human microbiome

The majority of MRSA colonized children not given eradication treatment are still colonized one year later. Systemic antibiotics improve the eradication rate – J Jörgensen – Infectious Diseases

Human respiratory microbiome

Biological exacerbation clusters demonstrate asthma and COPD overlap with distinct mediator and microbiome profiles  – MA Ghebre – Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Human vaginal microbiome

Assessment of microbiota:host interactions at the vaginal mucosa interface – P Pruski – Methods

Human gut microbiome

Review: New concepts on intestinal microbiota and the role of the non-absorbable antibiotics with special reference to rifaximin in digestive diseases – JS Bajaj – Digestive and Liver Disease

Review: Determinants of IBD Heritability: Genes, Bugs, and More – W Turpin – Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Fecal microbiome from patients with ulcerative colitis is potent to induce inflammatory responses – S Wang – International Immunopharmacology

A Prospective Metagenomic and Metabolomic Analysis of the Impact of Exercise and/or Whey Protein Supplementation on the Gut Microbiome of Sedentary Adults – O Cronin – mBio

Animal experiments 

The beneficial effects of Gracilaria lemaneiformis polysaccharides on obesity and the gut microbiota in high fat diet-fed mice – X Sun – Journal of Functional Foods

Modifications in gut microbiota and fermentation metabolites in the hindgut of rats after the consumption of galactooligosaccharide glycated with a fish peptide – W Jin – Food & Function

Pumpkin polysaccharide modifies the gut microbiota during alleviation of type 2 diabetes in rats – G Liu – International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Prebiotic mannan-oligosaccharides augment the hypoglycemic effects of metformin in correlation with modulating gut microbiota – J Zheng – Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Animal microbiome 

Bacterial diversity in the feces of dogs with CPV infection – Y Zheng – Microbial Pathogenesis

Diversity, structure and sources of bacterial communities in earthworm cocoons – M Aira – Scientific Reports

Deleterious interaction between honeybees (Apis mellifera) and its microsporidian intracellular parasite Nosema ceranae was mitigated by administrating either endogenous or allochthonous gut microbiota strains. – SE Khoury – Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Differential susceptibility of whitefly-associated bacteria to antibiotic as revealed by metagenomics analysis – Z-H Lv – Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Discovery of antimicrobial lipodepsipeptides produced by a Serratia sp. within mosquito microbiomes – J Ganley – ChemBioChem

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Preprint: Small-scale soil microbial community heterogeneity linked to landforms on King George Island, maritime Antarctica – Y Zhang – bioRxiv

Not only priming: Soil microbiota may protect tomato from root pathogens – M Chialva – Plant Signaling & Behavior

Natural revegetation of a semiarid habitat alters taxonomic and functional diversity of soil microbial communities – Y Guo – Science of The Total Environment

Response of soil microbes to a reduction in phosphorus fertilizer in rice-wheat rotation paddy soils with varying soil P levels – Y Wang – Soil and Tillage Research

Beneath the canopy: Linking drought-induced forest die off and changes in soil properties –  A Gazol – Forest Ecology and Management

Defoliation intensity and elevated precipitation effects on microbiome and interactome depend on site type in northern mixed-grass prairie – B Ma – Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Review: The rhizosphere microbiome: Significance in rhizoremediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbon contaminated soil – R Kotoky – Journal of Environmental Management

Inferring pathogen dynamics from temporal count data: the emergence of Xylella fastidiosa in France is probably not recent – S Soubeyrand – New Phytologist

Taxonomic and functional responses of soil microbial communities to annual removal of aboveground plant biomass – X Guo – Frontiers in Microbiology

Microbial communities of polluted sub-surface marine sediments – V Catania – Marine Pollution Bulletin

Contrasting responses of bacterial and fungal communities to aggregate-size fractions and long-term fertilizations in soils of northeastern China – H Liao – Science of The Total Environment

Mycorrhizal Networks Facilitate Tree Communication, Learning, and Memory – SW Simard – Memory and Learning in Plants

Effects of plant neighborhood on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal attributes in afforested zones – X Chen – Forest Ecology and Management

Metagenomic binning reveals versatile nutrient cycling and distinct adaptive features in alphaproteobacterial symbionts of marine sponges –  E Karimi – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Water and extremophile microbiome

Non-Psychrophilic Methanogens Capable of Growth Following Long-Term Extreme Temperature Changes, with Application to Mars – RL Mickol – Microorganisms

Built environment 

Obtaining green energy from dry-thermophilic anaerobic co-digestion of municipal solid waste and biodiesel waste – S Zahedi – Biosystems Engineering

Assessment of Indoor Microbial Quality of Library’s Premise: Case of Central Library of the University of Yaoundé I – KG Landry – Open Journal of Preventive Medicine

Impacts of Glutaraldehyde on Microbial Community Structure and Degradation Potential in Streams Impacted by Hydraulic Fracturing – MF Campa – Environmental Science & Technology

Microbial community composition and methanogens’ biodiversity during a temperature shift in a methane fermentation chamber – A Banach – Environmental Technology

Food microbiology

Unravelling the contribution of lactic acid bacteria and acetic acid bacteria to cocoa fermentation using inoculated organisms – VTT Ho – International Journal of Food Microbiology

Bacterial community of industrial raw sausage packaged in modified atmosphere throughout the shelf life – S Raimondi – International Journal of Food Microbiology

Purple lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) attenuates metabolic disorders in diet induced obesity – Y Han – Journal of Functional Foods

Effects of carbon dioxide on metabolite production and bacterial communities during kimchi fermentation – DH Park – Microbiology & Fermentation Technology

 

Techniques

Metabolomics assisted metabolic network modeling and network wide analysis of metabolites in microbiology – J Wang – Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Multi-omics approach identifies novel pathogen-derived prognostic biomarkers in patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infection – M Willmann – bioRxiv

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

5 – Analysis of Microbial Diversity: Regarding the (Paradoxical) Difficulty of Seeing Big in Metagenomics – C Vigliotti – Biodiversity and Evolution

Microbes in the news

You should probably clean your car’s interior NOW – Most germ-riddled areas REVEALED – Sunday Express

Drinking fermented probiotic beverage may lower blood pressure: Study – Deccan Chronicle

Investigation: Is the ‘five-second rule’ legitimate? – Philly Voice

Science, bacteria and recycled clothes at the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research – GoDanRiver

Beachful of bacteria – tgi

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