Category Archives: Human oral

May 22, 2026

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Gut microbiome

Network topology of the gut microbiome associates with metabolic health in obesity – Blanca Lacruz-Pleguezuelos – Nature Communications

High-resolution metagenomic characterization of gut microbiota composition and functional pathways in irritable bowel syndrome – Purnika Damindi Ranasinghe – Scientific Reports 

Animal Microbiome

Host Filtering Shapes the Soil–gut Microbiome Linkages in Pastoral Systems – Upulika Jayaneththi – Microbial Ecology

Oral Microbiome

Citizen-science reveals changes in the oral microbiome in Spain through age and lifestyle factors – Jesse R. Willis – npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Water Microbiome

Co-migration of hundreds of microbial species over metres drives selection and promotes non-motile hitchhikers – Susanna R. Grigson – Nature Communications

Soil Microbiome

Soil microbes are the tiny bioengineers running Earth’s underground factory – Suzanne Hassan-Dalléac – Communications Earth & Environment

Plant Microbiome

Nitrogen Application Under Integrated Water–Fertilizer Management Regulates Rhizosphere Nitrogen Dynamics, Microbial Communities, and Maize Productivity – Mengqi Huang – Microbial Ecology

Bioinformatics

Cayman enables large-scale analysis of gut microbiome carbohydrate-active enzyme repertoires – Quinten R. Ducarmon – Nature Microbiology

Characterization of the first complete genome sequence of yellow fever virus (YFV) in Sierra Leone: Implications for public health – John Demby Sandi – PLoS Neglected Tropical Disease

May 8, 2026

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See you next week at MVIF!

#MVIF 49 program is out! 🤩 Free registration: cassyni.com/s/mvif-49Highlights: 🇮🇱 Netta Barak 🇳🇬 Gandonu Selome Ruth⭐️ Sponsor spotlight by Dagmara Lewandowska #IntegraBiosciencesKeynote:🇩🇪 Georg ZellerTalks:🇲🇦 Suleiman Aminu🇨🇳 Hongbin Liu🇳🇱 Jiyang Chan

— Microbiome Virtual International Forum (@microbiomevif.bsky.social) 2026-04-30T09:34:17.767Z

Gut microbiome

Gut microbial diversity and inferred capacity to produce short-chain fatty acids are associated with acute stress reactivity in healthy adults – Thomas Karner – Neurobiology of Stress

In our new study at @univie.ac.at , gut microbiome composition was linked to stress reactivity. Higher microbial diversity and inferred butyrate-producing capacity were associated with stronger cortisol reactivity, which may reflect a more adaptive response. 🧠🦠

— Thomas Karner (@thomaskarner.bsky.social) 2026-04-22T15:08:33.422Z

Non-concussive head impacts sustained during American football correlate with changes in gut microbiome diversity and composition – Zachary J. Pelland – PlosOne

Gut microbiome is associated with recurrence-free survival in patients with resected high-risk melanoma receiving adjuvant immune checkpoint blockade – Mykhaylo Usyk – Cell

Genome-wide sweeps create ecological units in the human gut microbiome – Xiaoqian Annie Yu – Nature

Gut microbiome features associated with Bifidobacterium colonization predict personalized probiotic persistence patterns – Tarini Shankar Ghosh – Nature Communications

Biogeography-associated emergence of enhanced oxygen tolerance in the abundant human gut commensal Segatella copri – Youssef El Mouali – Cell Host & Microbe 

Review: The impact of artificial sweeteners on bacterial physiology and the microbiome – Ciaram Staber – Trends in Microbiology 

Habitual coffee intake shapes the gut microbiome and modifies host physiology and cognition – Serena Boscaini – Nature Communications

If you missed it earlier this week check out the video on new research led by APC's @jfcryan.bsky.social & @moloneyger.bsky.social where they reveal for the first time how #coffee influences communication between the gut and the brain. buff.ly/x884r4f #GutBrainAxis #Microbiome #CoffeeScience

— APC Microbiome Ireland (@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social) 2026-04-24T12:54:33.975Z

Urinary microbiome

Fatty acid auxotrophy as driver of Lactobacillus symbiosis in the female urinary tract – Michael L. Neugent – BioRxiv

Oral microbiome

Integrative host–microbiome modeling uncovers the implication of oral–gut translocation in advanced cirrhosis – Yi Jin – iMeta

Strain-level translocation and enrichment dynamics of oral bacteria in the lower gastrointestinal tract of stunted children – Simon Yersin – Gut Microbes

📢 new paper alert! 📢Do we find the same #bacteria in the mouth and in the gut of stunded children?Go find out: doi.org/10.1080/1949…#microbiome #gut #gutmicrobes #metagenomicWith @vonaeschlab.bsky.social at @dmf-unil.bsky.social

— Simon Yersin (@yersim.bsky.social) 2026-04-07T12:42:09.651Z

Plant microbiome

The Anna Karenina principle in the assembly of plant microbiome under pathogen stress – Da Li – npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Bioinformatics

Evaluating Reference-Independent Pipelines for the Detection of Spreading Organisms in Metagenomic Datasets – Nikolay Sergeevich Popov – BioRxiv

Learning the Language of the Microbiome with Transformers – Neythen J Treloar – BioRxiv

Holobiont

Viewing ourselves as nature: Holobiont literacy influences nature connectedness – Jake M. Robinson – Ambio

What happens when people learn that humans are not standalone organisms, but walking ecosystems?Our new paper explored whether learning about the #holobiont concept – humans are symbiotic assemblages of a host & trillions of microbes – influences nature connectedness.1/

— Jake Robinson (@jake1.bsky.social) 2026-05-06T22:07:54.693Z

April 29 , 2026

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Gut microbiome

Gut microbiota induces dysspermatogenesis via microbial-derived phenylacetylglycine in Ggt1-deficient mice – Jinhua Tang – Microbiome

Puerarin modulates the gut-liver-ovarian axis to ameliorate reproductive aging in breeder hens – Zhenwu Huang – microbiome

Gastrointestinal microbial nitrogen metabolic landscape underlies nitrogen utilization efficiency of goats fed distinct dietary protein sources – Yechan Zhao – microbiome

Environmental Microbiome

Unveiling microbial risks in Chinese household dust: a comprehensive analysis from absolute abundance to virulence unit – Lu Long – microbiome

Livestock Microbiome

Curcumin modulates hepatic pyroptosis-autophagy crosstalk induced by aflatoxin B1 via rumen microbiota-blood-liver axis – Tongwei Liu – microbiome

Plant Microbiome

Metabolome-driven rhizosphere microbiome assembly determining the health of medicinal herb (Angelica sinensis) against root rot – Chuan You – microbiome

Microbiome & Cancer / Immunology

Trimethylamine-producing microbe Bacillus megaterium KCTC 3007 promotes antitumor immunity in endometrial cancer via type I interferon response pathways – Kyungchan Min – microbiome

April 28 ,2026

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Plant microbiome

What do we know about the seed microbiome? – Xiangning Qi – microbiome

Human gut microbiome

Porphyromonas gingivalis induces intestinal inflammation through gingipain-dependent gut microbiome dysbiosis – Ming Li – microbiome

Tryptophan metabolism mediated by the gut microbiota inhibits pyroptosis via the AhR signaling pathway to maintain intestinal epithelial homeostasis Mengqi Liu – microbiome

Marine microbiome

Coral color morphs exhibit distinct microbial and proteomic profiles linked to stress and immune mechanisms in a changing ocean – Nathalia Delgadillo-Ordoñez – microbiome

Environmental microbiome

Microbial decomposer diversity and metabolic function during the decomposition of brine shrimp carcasses in a saline lake – Bao-Zhu Fang – microbiome

March 31,2026

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Human Microbiome

The interplay between Peptostreptococcus and Fusobacterium as novel signatures in colorectal cancer recurrence – Yunhui Zhang – microbime

Dysbiosis of the nasal microbiome is associated with prospective acute exacerbation of COPD – Cristian Roca – microbiome

Water–vapor treatment of shower systems in healthcare facilities: reshaping built-environment microbiomes to improve Legionella control and protect at-risk patients – Tian You – microbiome

Animal Microbiome

Limosilactobacillus reuteri enhances production performance and ovarian function via modulation of the gut-ovary axis in laying hens – Yanchao Geng – microbiome

Heat stress suppresses lactation through potential rumen-mammary communication mediated by extracellular vesicles: integrated analysis of microbiome, metabolome, and miRNA profiles – Qi Huang – microbiome

Characterization of age-related changes in the gut microbiome and metabolome of Kunming dogs and their associations with police performance – Le Xu – microbiome

plant microbiome

Differential contributions of an antimicrobial effector from Verticillium dahliae to virulence and tomato microbiota assembly across natural soils – Wilko Punt – microbiome

Environmental & Data Microbiome

Microbiome Datahub: an open-access platform integrating environmental metadata, taxonomy, and functional annotation for comprehensive metagenome-assembled genome datasets – Hiroshi Mori – mi9crobiome

March 19, 2026

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Gut microbiome

Antibiotic use and gut microbiome composition links from individual-level prescription data of 14,979 individuals – Gabriel Baldanzi – Nature Medicine

Spatial transcriptomics maps host–gut microbiome biogeography at high resolution – Ioannis Ntekas – Nature Microbiology

Respiratory Microbiome

Empiric azithromycin alters the upper respiratory microbiome and resistome without anti-inflammatory benefit in COVID-19 – Abigail Glascock – Nature Microbiology

Dysbiosis of the nasal microbiome is associated with prospective acute exacerbation of COPD – Cristian Roca – Microbiome

Animal Microbiome

Towards standardization in pig microbiome research based on a comprehensive twenty-year review – Samuel Onyilokwu Enokela – Animal Microbiome

Longitudinal source-sink dynamics of fecal litter and farm indoor environmental resistomes in broiler chicken and Cherry Valley ducks – Peter Fauszt –  Animal Microbiome

Oral Microbiome

Denture-associated oral microbiome in dentate and edentulous older adults living in long-term care facilities – Muhammed Manzoor – Journal of Oral Microbiology

Shotgun metagenomic analysis of the tongue-coating microbiome reveals oral microbes and their functions in older adults with dementia – Jun Hyung Cha – Journal of Oral Microbiology

Water Microbiome

Water mass specific genes dominate the Southern Ocean microbiome – Emile Faure – Nature Communications

Plant Microbiome

Impacts of climate extremes on plant pathogens, microbiomes and plant health – Chao Xiong – Nature Reviews Microbiology

Heritability of the Pinus radiata root microbiome – Natalie Graham – Frontiers in Plant Science

Bioinformatics

DynaBiome: interpretable unsupervised learning of gut microbiome dysbiosis via temporal deep models – Awais Qureshi – BMC Bioinformatics

RP3Net: a deep learning model for predicting recombinant protein production in Escherichia coli – Evgeny Tankhilevich – Bioinformatics

MetaFX: feature extraction from whole-genome metagenomic sequencing data – Artem Ivanov – Bioinformatics

March 3rd ,2026

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Human Microbiome

Early risperidone exposure impairs cognitive function by perturbation of the gut microbiome and bile acids/tyrosine-PTP1B axis – Huaiyu Ye – microbiome

Human DNA levels in feces reflect gut inflammation and associate with presence of gut species in IBD patients across the age spectrum -Chiara Mazzoni – microbiome

Animal Microbiome

Probiotic efficacy of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens TL106 from Tibetan pigs in metabolic syndrome: modulation of gut microbiota and metabolic in sows and suckling piglets – Wangyuan Yao – microbiome

Enhancing the fiber degradation efficiency in dairy cattle rumen through engineered bacterial communities – Jiayi Zhang – microbiome

Gut T cell-microbiota crosstalk orchestrates antibacterial immunity and mucosal homeostasis in teleost – Ming Geng – microbiome

Plant Microbiome

Host-driven evolution shapes the polysaccharide utilization profiles of alga-associated Flavobacteriaceae – Guanjing Cai – microbiome

Ecology-guided Bacillus SynCom from a rice–duckweed core reveals division of labor for concurrent growth promotion and sheath blight suppression – Yingjie Song – microbiome

Mikania micrantha invasion restructures rhizosphere nitrogen cycling through enzyme activation, microbial recruitment, and allelopathic regulation – Ruonan Wang – microbiome

Marine and Aquatic Environmental Microbiome

Reconstruction of coral holobionts and elucidation of the causal relationships among symbiodiniaceae, bacteria, and coral through single-cell raman spectroscopy metabolomics – Yang Shu – microbiome

Unlocking the unexplored AMPSphere in marine rare species – Shen Fan – microbiome

Potential survival strategies of novel comammox and nitrite-oxidizing Nitrospira synthesizing osmoprotectants in a wastewater microbiome treating high-ammonia brackish landfill leachate – Shohei Yasuda – microbiome

Stress-induced enrichment of Pseudomonas sp. stimulates the adaptive response of Auxenochlorella pyrenoidosa and antibiotic-resistant proliferation -Qian Liu – microbiome

Built Environment and Cultural Heritage Microbiome

Unraveling the microbiomes contributing to biodeterioration dynamics of limestone heritage at the Longmen Grottoes archeological site – Xiaoying Zhang – microbiome

February 13, 2026

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Gut microbiome

Host factors dictate gut microbiome alterations in chronic kidney disease more strongly than kidney function – H. Krukowski – Nature Microbiology

Baby-to-baby strain transmission shapes the developing gut microbiome – Liviana Ricci – Nature

Animal Microbiome

Microbiome by transcriptome interactions triggered by a switch to an alternative diet in Nellore cattle – Anna Carolina Fernandes – Scientific Reports

Maternal supplementation with rumen-protected arginine reshapes the ileal microbiome and enhances neonatal lamb growth – Xiangjian Peng –  Animal Microbiome

Oral Microbiome

Stimuli-responsive, antimicrobial-loaded nanocarriers for oral biofilm control and microbiome restoration – Ding Chen – International Journal of Oral Science

Modulating the oral microbiome with dental biomaterials: A review of challenges, advances, and future perspectives – Woojin Choi – Biomaterials

Plant Microbiome

Large-scale multi-omics unveils host–microbiome interactions driving root development and nitrogen acquisition – Nannan Li – Nature Plants

Ecological composite fertilizer application enhances wheat yield and optimizes rhizosphere microbial community under reduced fertilization – Yu Wang – Frontiers in Plant Science

Bioinformatics

argNorm: normalization of antibiotic resistance gene annotations to the Antibiotic Resistance Ontology (ARO) – Svetlana Ugarcina Perovic – Bioinformatics

A negative binomial latent factor model for paired microbiome sequencing data – Hyotae Kim – BMC Bioinformatics

January 23, 2026

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Animal microbiome

Bacterial-archaeal co-occurrence in honey bee gut microbiomes across host species and management regimes -Jian-Ping Ying –PLOS ONE

Bacterial community associated with the surface and inside of centipede forcipules: Identification and characterization -Yasutaka Tanaka – PLOS ONE

Human reproductive & urinary microbiome

Vaginal chlorhexidine gluconate versus fluconazole for recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis: A randomized noninferiority trial – Cathrin Alvendal – PLOS ONE

Infection and transplantation / Host–microbe interactions

DnaK supports intracellular persistence of Staphylococcus xylosus and confers mechanical resilience to a human breast cancer cell line – Lei Ye – PLOS ONE

Investigation of a viable but non-culturable state in Porphyromonas gingivalis and host cell invasion – Adenrele Oludiran – PLOS ONE

Microbial ecology & symbiosis

Mono-mix strategy enables comparative proteomics of a cross-kingdom microbial symbiosis – Sunnyjoy Dupuis – PLOS ONE

Oral microbiome & animal experiments

Effects of glycyrrhizin on healing and prevention of recurrent aphthous stomatitis in hamster models – Fumie Shiba – PLOS ONE

Plant, soil & ecological microbiome

Tree species-specific strategies of soil aggregation driven by SOC–GRSP coupling under nitrogen addition and precipitation reduction -Mingxin Zhou – PLOS ONE

Microbial genomics & bioremediation

Genomic analysis of Acinetobacter baumannii DUEMBL6 reveals diesel bioremediation potential and biosafety concerns – Nizam Uddin – PLOS ONE

Human gut & inflammatory disease

Identification of hypoxia- and mitophagy-related diagnostic biomarkers for ulcerative colitis based on bioinformatic analysis and machine learning – Zewei Sheng – PLOS ONE

Oral & dental archaeology / Ancient microbiome

Paleo-proteomic analysis of Iron Age dental calculus provides direct evidence of Scythian reliance on ruminant dairy – Jaruschka Pecnik – PLOS ONE

Cancer & clinical oncology

Radiomics profiling combined with clinical risk factors for preoperative lymphatic metastasis prediction in colorectal cancer: A multicenter study – Fangda Guo – PLOS ONE

Toxicology & respiratory health

Potential mechanisms and effects of AFB1-induced asthma: A comprehensive analysis based on network toxicology and molecular docking – Zhiyue Yu – PLOS ONE

Human development & diet (archaeology / isotopes)

Fed the same way? Exploring the influence of breastfeeding, weaning, and childhood diet on adult sex ratios through stable isotope analysis of incremental dentine in Medieval Tuscany – Alessio Amaro – PLOS ONE

December 19, 2025

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Animal microbiome

The innate immune IMD pathway is a key regulator of gut microbiome and metabolic homeostasis in the black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) – Premruethai Supungul – PLOS ONE

Human gut microbiome & nutrition

The evaluation of indoxyl sulfate in the general population in Kanegasaki Iwate: A cross-sectional study (KANEGASAKI study) – Mizuki Hisano – PLOS ONE

The relationship between dietary intake of B vitamins and Helicobacter pylori seropositivity – Yuexia Lu – PLOS ONE

Plant, soil & ecological microbiome

Zinc ion increases the effectiveness of phosphorus in agricultural soils through microbial solubilization – Lanxin Tang – PLOS ONE

Optimizing soil quality and rhizosphere ecology to enhance Annona squamosa yield and quality through water–fertilizer–mulching synergy – Weihua Wang – PLOS ONE

Concentration-dependent effects of fermented spent coffee grounds and contrasting effects of earthworms on growth and phytochemicals in medicinal plant Glechoma longituba – Bing-Nan Zhao – PLOS ONE

Animal experiments (model organisms)

The Drosophila G protein-coupled receptor, GulpR, is essential for lipid mobilization in response to nutrient limitation – Daniela Barraza – PLOS Genetics

High-protein diets reduce plasma pro-inflammatory cytokines following lipopolysaccharide challenge in Swiss Albino mice – Hellen W Kinyi – PLOS ONE

Clinical research & public health

Impact of an integrated intervention package during preconception, pregnancy, and early childhood on inflammation, IGF-1, IGFBP3 during first 6 months of life: Findings from the WINGS randomized controlled trial – Ranadip Chowdhury – PLOS Global Public Health

Lack of association between loneliness, social isolation and inflammation in people living with HIV aged ≥50 years – Jose-Ramon Blanco – PLOS ONE

Effect of obesity and exercise training on circulating lipids in American Indian adolescents – Charles F Hojjat – PLOS ONE

From mental health detention to health systems reform: Co-producing policy and practice recommendations with Black men and their communities – Elaine Craig – PLOS Mental Health

Microbial genetics & bacterial physiology

Whole-genome analysis of Lysinibacillus boronitolerans MSR1: A dairy-isolated multidrug-resistant and non-pathogenic strain – Md Shahedur Rahman – PLOS ONE

A metabolic atlas of the Klebsiella pneumoniae species complex reveals lineage-specific metabolism and intra-species cooperation – Ben Vezina – PLOS Biology

Clinical biomarkers & immunology

Blood RNA biomarkers and a point-of-care elastase assay for detecting host immune activation in suspected sepsis – John E Lafleur – PLOS ONE

Multi-omics analysis reveals diagnostic and therapeutic biomarkers for aging phenotypes in ulcerative colitis – Lei Guo – PLOS ONE

Oral health & microbiome

The impact of diet and oral hygiene on dental caries among Turkish children: A cross-sectional study – Ozge Yesildemir – PLOS ONE

Molecular biology & immunity

LIPL-1 and LIPL-2 are TCER-1-regulated lysosomal lipases with distinct roles in immunity and fertility – Laura Bahr – PLOS Genetics