General microbiome
From Gene Annotation to Function Prediction for Metagenomics – F Sharifi – Protein Function Prediction
*Review: A critical assessment of the “sterile womb” and “in utero colonization” hypotheses: implications for research on the pioneer infant microbiome – ME Perez-Muñoz – Microbiome
Collateral damage during antibiotic treatment of C. difficile infection in the aged host: insights into why recurrent disease happens – JH Shin – Gut Microbes
Human oral microbiome
Oral Treponeme Major Surface Protein: Sequence Diversity and Distributions within Periodontal Niches – M You – Molecular Oral Microbiology
Human gut microbiome
Reduction in fecal microbiota diversity and short-chain fatty acid producers in Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infected individuals as revealed by PacBio single molecule, real-time sequencing technology – J Zhao – European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
Gut Check: The evolution of an educational board game – DA Coil – PLoS Biology
From sensing to shaping microbiota: insights into the role of NOD2 in intestinal homeostasis and progression of Crohn’s Disease – I Balasubramanian – Am. J. Physiol. Gastrointest. Liver Physiol.
Functional implications of microbial and viral gut metagenome changes in early stage L-DOPA-naïve Parkinson’s disease patients – JR Bedorf – Genome Medicine
Animal microbiome
Progressive response of large intestinal bacterial community and fermentation to the stepwise decrease of dietary crude protein level in growing pigs – Y Peng – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Repeated inoculation of cattle rumen with bison rumen contents alters the rumen microbiome and improves nitrogen digestibility in cattle – GO Ribeiro – Scientific Reports
Impact and consequences of polyphenols and fructooligosaccharide interplay on gut microbiota in rats – CJ Zheng – Food & Function
Plant, root and soil microbiome
Not just browsing: an animal that grazes phyllosphere microbes facilitates community heterogeneity – R O′ Rorke – ISME
Environmental Metabarcoding Reveals Contrasting Belowground and Aboveground Fungal Communities from Poplar at a Hg Phytomanagement Site – A Durand – Microbial Ecology
Understory Dwarf Bamboo Affects Microbial Community Structures and Soil Properties in a Betula ermanii Forest in Northern Japan – B Kong – Microbes & Environments
Effects of root exudates on denitrifier gene abundance, community structure and activity in a micro-polluted constructed wetland – H Wu – Sci. Total Environ
Contribution of native phosphorous-solubilizing bacteria of acid soils on phosphorous acquisition in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) – M Pradhan – Protoplasma
Probiotics
Aggregation and Adhesion Activity of Lactobacilli Isolated from Fermented Products In Vitro and In Vivo: a Potential Probiotic Strain – S Grigoryan – Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins
Built environment microbiology
Three-stage anaerobic co-digestion of food waste and horse manure – J Zhang – Scientific Reports
Microbes in news
Undeveloped microbiomes make infants more prone to illness – R Saxena – ARS Technica
Being a guinea pig for science can be a long, slow slog – B Jefferson – SCPR
Pharma pollution fuels resistance to antibiotics, bacteria turns super bug – TNN – The Times of India
Cleaning up Iowa’s beaches – E Jordan – The Gazette
Augusta hospital adopts test to help find treatment for some patients quicker – S Turner – Aiken Standard
Only a superweapon can kill superbacteria, and humanity finally found it – W Nicol – Digital Trends
‘Lab in a cell’ helps crack code on chlamydia – R Shore – Edmonton Journal
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