Pregnancy and Birth
Lots of abstracts (mostly from the group of Kjersti Aagaard) from the 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine — The Pregnancy Meeting in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
13: Association of preterm birth with alterations in the microbiome and linkage to host mtDNA variants – Kjersti Aagaard
57: Alterations in the intestinal microbiome of infants are associated with breastfeeding practice – Derrick Chu
78: Distinct alterations in the placental microbiome among spontaneous preterm births – Kjersti Aagaard
79: Metagenomics of a population-based prospective cohort reveals no discernable impact of mode of delivery (MOD) on the infant microbiome by 6 weeks of age – Derrick Chu
122: The microbiome of the placenta is altered among subjects with severe chorioamnionitis & spontaneous preterm birth – Amanda Prince
282: Chorioamnionitis induced by intramniotic injection of IL1, LPS or Ureaplasma parvum is associated with an altered microbiome in a primate model of inflammatory preterm birth (PTB) – Amanda Prince
283: Amniotic fluid microbiome community and inflammation in women with second trimester cervical changes – Amanda Roman
342: Poor maternal nutrition is associated with alterations in the maternal and neonatal microbiome communities – Kathleen Antony
650: Characterization of the vaginal microbiome following preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) – Janet Hill
709: Race, latency, and fetal membrane microbiota diversity in preterm premature rupture of membranes – Sarahn Wheeler
Human oral microbiome
* Comparative analysis of the human saliva microbiome from different climate zones: Alaska, Germany, and Africa – Li J – BMC Microbiology
Human respiratory microbiome
* The adult nasopharyngeal microbiome as a determinant of pneumococcal acquisition – Cremers AJ – Microbiome Journal
Human gut microbiome
* The gut microbiota of Colombians differs from that of Americans, Europeans and Asians – Escobar JS – BMC Microbiology
Gut Microbiota: Its Role in Hepatic Encephalopathy – Rahul Rai – Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology
The fungal microbiota of de-novo paediatric inflammatory bowel disease – I. Mukhopadhya – Microbes and Infection
Human vaginal microbiome
Colonization of the upper genital tract by vaginal bacterial species in non-pregnant women – Caroline M. Mitchell – American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Transcriptional fingerprints of antigen-presenting cell subsets in the human vaginal mucosa and skin reflect tissue-specific immune microenvironments – Dorothée Duluc – Genome Medicine
Animal models
Microbially Driven TLR5-Dependent Signaling Governs Distal Malignant Progression through Tumor-Promoting Inflammation – Melanie R. Rutkowski – Cancer Cell
Intestinal microbiota diversity and expression of pattern recognition receptors in newly weaned piglets – Xin Tao – Anaerobe
Host genetics and diet, but not immunoglobulin A expression, converge to shape
compositional features of the gut microbiome in an advanced intercross population
of mice – Larry J Leamy – Genome Biology
The effects of Lactobacillus acidophilus as feed supplement on skin mucosal immune parameters, intestinal microbiota, stress resistance and growth performance of black swordtail (Xiphophorus helleri) – Seyed Hossein Hoseinifar – Fish & Shellfish Immunology
Animal microbiome
Investigation of a new acetogen isolated from an enrichment of the tammar wallaby forestomach – Gagen EJ – BMC Microbiology
Metagenomics, bioinformatics
Determining the quality and complexityof next-generation sequencing data without
a reference genome – Seyed Yahya Anvar – Genome Biology
Techniques
Tracking down the sources of experimental contamination in microbiome studies – Sophie Weiss – Genome Biology
More microbiology
Single cell genomics of bacterial pathogens: outlook for infectious disease research – Jeffrey S McLean and Roger S Lasken – Genome Medicine
A phylogeny-based sampling strategy and power calculator informs genome-wide associations study design for microbial pathogens – Maha R Farhat – Genome Medicine
Environmental enteropathy and malnutrition: do we know enough to intervene? – William A Petri – BMC Medicine
Microbes in the news
Mix of Bacteria in Gut May Depend More on Diet than Genes – Microbiota, Microbiome Change Quickly, UCSF Researchers Find – Jeffrey Norris – UCSF
Protection of the mouse gut by mucus depends on microbes – Phys.org
Life would go on if all bacteria disappeared (but it would totally suck) – Rachel Feltman – Washington Post
New technology using bacteria from dung helps coffee farmers to purify water – Oliver Balch – The Guardian
Science, publishing, career
Dragging scientific publishing into the 21st century – Razib Khan – Genome Biology
Training for peer review: why we need it and how to get there – David Moher – Biome BioMedCentral
Along with the privilege of authorship come important responsibilities – David Moher – BMC Medicine
Crashing the Old Boys’ Science Club – Yamina Berchiche – Live Science
Bik’s Picks
‘People Can Be Afraid of Anything’ – There are plenty of people afraid of whales who will never even see one. How I learned about, and tried to conquer, my own cetaphobia – Kate Horowitz – The Atlantic
Playlist: Science! – NPR/TED staff – NPR
Birds sensed severe storms and fled before tornado outbreak – Science Daily
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