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March 5, 2019

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A rich Digest for your Tuesday. Microbiome distinguishes atopic dermatitis from allergy, viruses hitchhike insect sperm for paternal transmission, and researchers test biofilms as water quality biosensor. Enjoy!

Events

2017 NIH-wide workshop report on “The Human Microbiome: Emerging Themes at the Horizon of the 21st Century” – The 2017 NIH-wide microbiome workshop writing team – Microbiome

General microbiology

Adaptive laboratory evolution of a genome-reduced Escherichia coli – Donghui Choe et al. – Nature Communications

Frequency of disturbance alters diversity, function, and underlying assembly mechanisms of complex bacterial communities – Ezequiel Santillan et al. – npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Interactions in self-assembled microbial communities saturate with diversity – Xiaoqian Yu et al. – The ISME Journal

Redox traits characterize the organization of global microbial communities – Salvador Ramírez-Flandes – PNAS

The genetic basis for adaptation of model-designed syntrophic co-cultures – Colton J. Lloyd et al. – PLoS Computational Biology

Antimicrobial resistance

Antibiotic resistance in urban runoff – Ayad Almakki et al. – Science of The Total Environment

Urban metagenomics uncover antibiotic resistance reservoirs in coastal beach and sewage waters – Pablo Fresia et al. – Microbiome

Pregnancy and early life

Longitudinal Microbiome Composition and Stability Correlate with Increased Weight and Length of Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants – Alyson L. Yee et al. – mSystems

Human skin microbiome

** The nonlesional skin surface distinguishes atopic dermatitis with food allergy as a unique endotype – Donald Y. M. Leung et al. – Science Translational Medicine

Inverse association between the skin and oral microbiota in atopic dermatitis – Wei Li et al. – Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Dysbiosis of skin microbiota in psoriatic patients: co-occurrence of fungal and bacterial communities – Zuzana Stehlikova et al. – Frontiers in Microbiology

Human oral microbiome

Specific Gut and Salivary Microbiota Patterns Are Linked With Different Cognitive Testing Strategies in Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy – Jasmohan Baja et al. – The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Human respiratory microbiome

A Haemophilus sp. dominates the microbiota of sputum from UK adults with non-severe community acquired pneumonia and chronic lung disease – Daniel G. Wootton et al. – Scientific Reports

Review: The Challenging Road of Moving from Association to Causation for Microbiome Research in IPF – Leopoldo N. Segal & Philip L Molyneaux – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Human gut microbiome

Molecular characterization of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in hospitals in Myanmar – Tatsuya Tada et al. – Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

The Dimension of Time in Host-Microbiome Interactions – Giulia T. Uhr et al. – mSystems

The influence of probiotic bacteria and human gut microorganisms causing opportunistic infections on Blastocystis ST3 – M. Lepczyńska & E. Dzika – Gut Pathogens

Human gut-microbiome-brain axis

Review: Systematic Review of Gut Microbiota and Major Depression – Stephanie G. Cheung et al. – Frontiers in Psychiatry

Human multi-site microbiome

Influences on allergic mechanisms through gut, lung, and skin microbiome exposures – Andrea M. Kemter & Cathryn R. Nagler – The Journal of Clinical Investigation

Animal experiments

Metabolic and gut microbial characterization of obesity-prone mice under high-fat diet – Yu Gu et al. – Journal of Proteome Research

Mouse: Impact of 5 Fluorouracil Chemotherapy on Gut Inflammation, Functional Parameters, and Gut Microbiota – A.T.Sougiannis et al. – Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Mouse: Antigen-presenting ILC3 regulate T cell–dependent IgA responses to colonic mucosal bacteria – Felipe Melo-Gonzalez et al. – Journal of Experimental Medicine

Animal microbiome

Host plant and population source drive diversity of microbial gut communities in two polyphagous insects – Asher G. Jones et al. – Scientific Reports

Bacterial Community of the Digestive Tract of the European Medicinal Leech (Hirudo verbana) from the Danube River – Saraswoti Neupane et al. – Microbial Ecology

Gut microbiota of the European Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) – G. L. Stalder et al. – Scientific Reports

Plant, root and soil microbiome

Soil microbial functions are affected by organic matter removal in temperate deciduous forest – François Maillard et al. – Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Warming counteracts grazing effects on the functional structure of the soil microbial community in a Tibetan grassland – Li Tang et al. – Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Soil Bacterial Communities From the Chilean Andean Highlands: Taxonomic Composition and Culturability – Felipe Maza et al. – Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Foliar Application of Vegetal-Derived Bioactive Compounds Stimulates the Growth of Beneficial Bacteria and Enhances Microbiome Biodiversity in Lettuce – Francesca Luziatelli et al. – Frontiers in Plant Science

Creek to Table: Tracking fecal indicator bacteria, bacterial pathogens, and total bacterial communities from irrigation water to kale and radish crops – Sarah M.Allard et al. – Science of The Total Environment

Water and extremophile microbiome

Contrasting Pathways for Anaerobic Methane Oxidation in Gulf of Mexico Cold Seep Sediments – Adrien Vigneron et al. – mSystems

Diversity, spatial distribution and activity of fungi in freshwater ecosystems – Cécile Lepère​ et al. – PeerJ

Spatial variability of Antarctic surface snow bacterial communities – Lucie A. Malard et al. – Frontiers in Microbiology

Impacts of microbial assemblage and environmental conditions on the distribution of anatoxin-a producing cyanobacteria within a river network – Keith Bouma-Gregson et al. – The ISME Journal

Vertical stratification of bacteria and archaea in sediments of a small boreal humic lake – Antti J Rissanen et al. – FEMS Microbiology Letters

Airborne Microbial Communities at High-Altitude and Suburban Sites in Toyama, Japan Suggest a New Perspective for Bioprospecting – Daisuke Tanaka et al. – Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Coral microbiome diversity reflects mass coral bleaching susceptibility during the 2016 El Niño heat wave – Stephanie G. Gardner et al. – Ecology and Evolution

Phages and viruses

** Viral pathogens hitchhike with insect sperm for paternal transmission – Qianzhuo Mao et al. – Nature Communications

Early respiratory viral infections in infants with cystic fibrosis – Ashley R. Deschamp et al. – Journal of Cystic Fibrosis

Technology

** Oxygen-reducing microbial cathodes monitoring toxic shocks in tap water – Antonin Prévoteau et al. – Biosensors and Bioelectronics

Inhibition of methanogens decreased sulfadiazine removal and increased antibiotic resistance gene development in microbial fuel cells – Shuai Zhang et al. – Bioresource Technology

Effect of the extraction and purification of soil DNA and pooling of PCR amplification products on the description of bacterial and archaeal communities – Johan S. Sáenz et al. – Journal of Applied Microbiology

Impact of Preservation Method and 16S rRNA Hypervariable Region on Gut Microbiota Profiling – Zigui Chen et al. – mSystems

Ultrahigh-Throughput Multiplexing and Sequencing of >500-Base-Pair Amplicon Regions on the Illumina HiSeq 2500 Platform – Johanna B. Holm et al. – mSystems

Fungal Cells Recovery From Air Samples: A Tale of Loss And Gain – Hamza Mbareche et al. – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Bioinformatics

Genome and pan-genome analysis to classify emerging bacteria – Aurélia Caputo et al. – Biology Direct

16S rRNA sequence embeddings: Meaningful numeric feature representations of nucleotide sequences that are convenient for downstream analyses – Stephen Woloszynek et al. – PLoS Computational Biology

February 26, 2019

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Today’s Digest features a discovery of an intestinal archaea inversely associated with asthma, a tracking of surviving bacteria after FMT using 16s and a report on a bat species as a reservoir for antibiotic resistant determinants. Enjoy reading!

General microbiology

Sequence and cultivation study of Muribaculaceae reveals novel species, host preference, and functional potential of this yet undescribed family – Ilias Lagkouvardos et al. – Microbiome

Description of Janibacter massiliensis sp. nov., cultured from the vaginal discharge of a patient with bacterial vaginosis – Mossaab Maaloum et al. – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Preprint: Emergence of stable coexistence in a complex microbial community through metabolic cooperation and spatio-temporal niche partitioning – Sonja Blasche et al. – bioRxiv

Human oral microbiome

Streptococcus Salivarius: A Potential Salivary Biomarker for Orofacial Granulomatosis and Crohn’s Disease? – Rishi M Goel et al. – Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Human respiratory microbiome

Changes in microbiome diversity following beta-lactam antibiotic treatment are associated with therapeutic versus subtherapeutic antibiotic exposure in cystic fibrosis – Andrea Hahn et al. – Scientific Reports

Human gut microbiome

** Intestinal archaea inversely associated with childhood asthma – David J.M. Barnett et al. – The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Alterations in intestinal microbiota of colorectal cancer patients receiving radical surgery combined with adjuvant CapeOx therapy – Cheng Kong et al. – Science China Life Sciences

Immunity, microbiota and kidney disease – Felix Knauf et al. – Nature Reviews Nephrology

The human gut Firmicute Roseburia intestinalis is a primary degrader of dietary β-mannans – Sabina Leanti La Rosa et al. – Nature Communications

** Bacterial viability in faecal transplants: Which bacteria survive? – Lito E. Papanicolas et al. – EBioMedicine

Increased risk of chronic fatigue syndrome in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a population-based retrospective cohort study – Shin-Yi Tsai et al. – Journal of Translational Medicine

Preprint: Necrotizing enterocolitis is preceded by increased gut bacterial replication, Klebsiella, and fimbriae-encoding bacteria that may stimulate TLR4 receptors – Matthew R Olm et al. – bioRxiv

Human gut-microbiome-brain axis

Review: Microbes and Monoamines: Potential Neuropsychiatric Consequences of Dysbiosis – Stephen D. Skolnick & Nigel H. Greig – Trends in Neurosciences

Metabolomics

Targeted metabolomics for the quantitative measurement of 9 gut microbiota–host co-metabolites in rat serum, urine and feces by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry – Yifeng Zeng et al. – Journal of Chromatography B

Untargeted Metabolomics and Inflammatory Markers Profiling in Children With Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis—A Preliminary Study – Urszula Daniluk et al. – Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Animal experiments

Effects of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation product on liver abscesses, fecal microbiome, and resistome in feedlot cattle raised without antibiotics – Katherine L. Huebner et al. – Scientific Reports

Mouse: Altered Gut Microbiota Activate and Expand Insulin B15-23-Reactive CD8+ T-Cells – James A. Pearson et al. – Diabetes

Xiaoyaosan improves depressive-like behavior in rats with chronic immobilization stress through modulation of the gut microbiota – Hui-Zheng Zhu et al. – Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
Animal microbiome

In-feed resin acids reduce matrix metalloproteinase activity in the ileal mucosa of healthy broilers without inducing major effects on the gut microbiota – Marisol Aguirre et al. – Veterinary Research

** Bats as reservoirs of antibiotic resistance determinants: A survey of class 1 integrons in Grey-headed Flying Foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) – Fiona McDougall et al. – Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Plant, root and soil microbiome

Structural and functional responses of microbial community with respect to salinity levels in a coastal reclamation land – Kiyoon Kim et al. – Applied Soil Ecology

Biosolids and Tillage Practices Influence Soil Bacterial Communities in Dryland Wheat – Daniel C. Schlatter et al. – Microbial Ecology

Metabolic regulation of the maize rhizobiome by benzoxazinoids – T. E. Anne Cotton et al. – The ISME Journal

Above and belowground community strategies respond to different global change drivers – Karen L. Adair et al. – Scientific Reports

Utilization of actinobacteria to enhance the production and quality of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) fruits in a semi-arid environment – Hamada AbdElgawad et al. – Science of The Total Environment

Protura are unique: first evidence of specialized feeding on ectomycorrhizal fungi in soil invertebrates – Sarah L. Bluhm et al. – BMC Ecology

Rotations with Indian Mustard and Wild Rocket Suppressed Cucumber Fusarium Wilt Disease and Changed Rhizosphere Bacterial Communities – Xue Jin et al. – Microorganisms

Water and extremophile microbiome

Change in the microbial community of saline geothermal fluids amended with a scaling inhibitor: effects of heat extraction and nitrate dosage – Anke Westphal et al. – Extremophiles

Genomic and metatranscriptomic analyses of carbon remineralization in an Antarctic polynya – So-Jeong Kim & Jong-Geol Kim et al. – Microbiome

Preprint: Extreme niche partitioning promotes a remarkably high diversity of soil microbiomes across eastern Antarctica – Eden Zhang et al. – bioRxiv

Phages and viruses

Viral metagenomics revealed novel betatorquevirus species in pediatric inpatients with encephalitis/meningoencephalitis from Ghana – Daniel Eibach et al. – Scientific Reports

February 12, 2019

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Today’s Digest features a major effect to tackle the dark matter in the human gut microbiome, comparison of 8 methods to extract DNA from the oral cavity that yielded an unexpected result, and the investigation on whether we can predict sex/age by our gut microbiota. Enjoy!

General microbiology

Perspective: Bridging the Holistic-Reductionist Divide in Microbial Ecology – Robin Tecon et al. – mSystems

Microbioime sister journal: Welcome to Animal Microbiome – Sharon A. Huws

Engineering microbial consortia by division of labor – Garrett W. Roell et al. – Microbial Cell Factories

Preprint: Revisiting the evolution and taxonomy of Clostridia, a phylogenomic update – Pablo Cruz-Morales et al. – bioRxiv

Human skin microbiome

Skin Microbiota in Contact Sports Athletes and Selection of Antiseptics for Professional Hygiene – Dilyara S. Martykanova et al. – BioMed Research International

Human oral microbiome

Qualitative and quantitative differences in the subgingival microbiome of the restored and unrestored teeth – Steven W. H. Rademacher et al. – Journal of Periodontal Research

Human respiratory microbiome

Comparison of Subtyping Approaches and the Underlying Drivers of Microbial Signatures for Chronic Rhinosinusitis – Kristi Biswas et al. – mSphere

Human gut microbiome

** 1,520 reference genomes from cultivated human gut bacteria enable functional microbiome analyses – Yuanqiang Zou et al. – Nature Biotechnology

Genomic insights from Monoglobus pectinilyticus: a pectin-degrading specialist bacterium in the human colon – Caroline C. Kim et al. – The ISME Journal

Pinning down the role of common luminal intestinal parasitic protists in human health and disease – status and challenges – Christen Rune Stensvold – Parasitology

Dynamics of the Gut Microbiota in Children Receiving Selective or Total Gut Decontamination Treatment During Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation – Vincent Bekker & Romy D. Zwittink et al. – Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Patients With Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: A Pilot Clinical Trial – Jessica Allegretti et al. – The American Journal of Gastroenterology

** Preprint: Age and sex-dependent patterns of gut microbial diversity in human adults – Jacobo de la Cuesta-Zuluaga et al. – bioRxiv

Human reproductive tract microbiome

Cervical microbiota in women with cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia, prior to and after local excisional treatment, a Norwegian cohort study – Johanna Wiik – BMC Women’s Health

Built environment microbiome

Spatial and seasonal variation of the airborne microbiome in a rapidly developing city of China – Hu Li et al. – Science of the Total Environment

Animal experiments

Synbiotic-driven improvement of metabolic disturbances is associated with changes in the gut microbiome in diet-induced obese mice – Xinxin Ke et al. – Molecular Metabolism

The gut microbiota is largely independent of host genetics in regulating fat deposition in chickens – Chaoliang Wen et al. – The ISME Journal

The Glucoamylase Inhibitor Acarbose Has a Diet-Dependent and Reversible Effect on the Murine Gut Microbiome – Nielsen T. Baxter et al. – mSphere

Animal microbiome

Effects of polyethylene microplastics on the gut microbial community, reproduction and avoidance behaviors of the soil springtail, Folsomia candida – Hui Ju et al. – Environmental Pollution

Effects of host blood meal source on reproductive output, nutrient reserves and gut microbiome of West Nile virus vector Culex quinquefasciatus – Aparna Telang & Jessica Skinner – Journal of Insect Physiology

Plant, root and soil microbiome

Soil microbes alter plant fitness under competition and drought – Connor R. Fitzpatrick et al. – Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Multi-resistant plant growth-promoting actinobacteria and plant root exudates influence Cr(VI) and lindane dissipation – María ZoleicaSimón Solá et al. – Chemosphere

Interactions between Pseudomonas spp. and their role in improving the red pepper plant growth under salinity stress – Sandipan Samaddar et al. – Microbiological Research

Plant Defense by VOC-Induced Microbial Priming – Hongwei Liu & Laura E. Brettell – Trends in Plant Science

Water and extremophile microbiome

Microbial ecology of the cryosphere (glacial and permafrost habitats): current knowledge – Rosa Margesin & Tony Collins – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Unique Patterns and Biogeochemical Relevance of Two-Component Sensing in Marine Bacteria – Noelle A. Held et al. – mSystems

Oil-Spill Triggered Shift in Indigenous Microbial Structure and Functional Dynamics in Different Marine Environmental Matrices – C. S. Neethu et al. – Scientific Reports

An integrated meta-omics approach reveals substrates involved in synergistic interactions in a bisphenol A (BPA)-degrading microbial community – Ke Yu et al. – Microbiome

Effects of biomass pyrolysis derived wood vinegar on microbial activity and communities of activated sludge – Fang Zhang et al. – Bioresource Technology

Anti-seasonal submergence dominates the structure and composition of prokaryotic communities in the riparian zone of the Three Gorges Reservoir, China – Yan Fang et al. – Science of The Total Environment

Phages and viruses

Cobaviruses – a new globally distributed phage group infecting Rhodobacteraceae in marine ecosystems – Vera Bischoff et al. – The ISME Journal

In plaque-mass spectrometry imaging of a bloom-forming alga during viral infection reveals a metabolic shift towards odd-chain fatty acid lipids – Guy Schleyer et al. – Nature Microbiology

Technology

The mucosal–luminal interface: an ideal sample to study the mucosa-associated microbiota and the intestinal microbial biogeography – Walid Mottawea et al. – Pediatric Research

Development and application of a HILIC UHPLC-MS method for polar fecal metabolome profiling – Nina Sillner et al. – Journal of Chromatography B

** Evaluation of Oral Cavity DNA Extraction Methods on Bacterial and Fungal Microbiota – Jennifer Rosenbaum et al. – Scientific Reports

Xin’s Non-microbiology pick

Preprint: Where do our graduates go? A toolkit for retrospective and ongoing career outcomes data collection for biomedical PhD students and postdoctoral scholars – Elizabeth A. Silva et al. – bioRxiv

February 1, 2019

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Today’s digest is quite diverse: the respiratory microbiome networks in cystic fibrosis patients, ketogenic diet effects on the gut microbiota in children with severe epilepsy, and insect-associated Streptomyces (spoiler: inhibit antimicrobial-resistant pathogens more than soil Streptomyces). Happy reading!

General microbiome

Minireview: The signatures of microorganisms and of human and environmental biomes can now be used to provide evidence in legal cases – A H Bishop – FEMS Microbiology Letters

Transforming medicine with the microbiome – Niv Zmora – Science Translational Medicine

Gut microbiome

Gut intraepithelial T cells calibrate metabolism and accelerate cardiovascular disease – Shun He – Nature

*The ketogenic diet influences taxonomic and functional composition of the gut microbiota in children with severe epilepsy – Marie Lindefeldt – npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Vaginal microbiome

Association between vaginal washing and vaginal bacterial concentrations – Michelle C. Sabo – PlosOne

Skin microbiome

Investigation of the Skin Microbiome: Swabs vs Biopsies – S. Prast‐Nielsen – British Journal of Dermatology

Oral microbiome

Carbonic Anhydrase 6 Gene Variation influences Oral Microbiota Composition and Caries Risk in Swedish adolescents – A. Esberg – Scientific Reports

Respiratory microbiome

*Microbiome networks and change-point analysis reveal key community changes associated with cystic fibrosis pulmonary exacerbations – Mehdi Layeghifard – npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Plant/root/soil microbiome

Effects of long-term fertilization on soil organic carbon mineralization and microbial community structure – Zhen Guo – PlosOne

Water microbiome

Functional screening for triclosan resistance in a wastewater metagenome and isolates of Escherichia coli and Enterococcus spp. from a large Canadian healthcare region – Andrew Camero – PlosOne

Animal experiments

Cream Cheese-Derived Lactococcus chungangensis CAU 28 Modulates the Gut Microbiota and Alleviates Atopic Dermatitis in BALB/c Mice – Jong-Hwa Kim – Scientific Reports

Animal Microbiome

*The antimicrobial potential of Streptomyces from insect microbiomes – Marc G. Chevrette – Nature Communications

January 28, 2019

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Human and General Microbiome

Book Chapter: Necrotizing Enterocolitis and the Preterm Infant Microbiome. – Jillian R. Baranowski – Part of the Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology book series

Book Chapter: Shaping Microbiota During the First 1000 Days of Life. – Marta Selma-Royo – Part of the Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology book series

Book Chapter: Targeting Food Allergy with Probiotics. – Lorella Paparo – Part of the Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology book series

Review: The relation of the vaginal microbiota to early pregnancy development during In Vitro Fertilization treatment-A meta-analysis. – M. Singer – Journal of Gynecology Obstetrics and Human Reproduction

Review: Neuropeptides in the microbiota-brain axis and feeding behavior in autism spectrum disorder. – Sergueï O.Fetissov – Nutrition (Elsevier)

Review: Gut microbiome and cancer immunotherapy. – Weina Li – Cancer Letters

Review: The Microbiome-Host Interaction as a Potential Driver of Anastomotic Leak. – Victoria M. Gershuni – Current Gastroenterology Reports

Review: The links between the gut microbiome and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). – Zahra Safari – Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Review: The role of chronic kidney disease-associated dysbiosis in cardiovascular disease.  – Mark A Bryniarski – Experimental Biology and Medicine

Review: The Interplay between Immunity and Microbiota at Intestinal Immunological Niche: The Case of Cancer. – Rossella Cianci – International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Spotlight: Ethnicity-Influenced Microbiota: A Future Healthcare Perspective. – Madhusmita Dehingia – Trends in Microbiology

Exploration of microbiota targets for major depressive disorder and mood related traits. – Yu-Chu Ella Chung – Journal of Psychiatric Research

Altered fecal bacterial composition correlates with disease activity in inflammatory bowel disease and the extent of IL8 induction. – Farnaz Heidarian – Current Research in Translational Medicine

Metagenome – Inferred bacterial replication rates in cystic fibrosis airways. – Katarzyna Pienkowska – Journal of Cystic Fibrosis

Among older adults, age-related changes in the stool microbiome differ by HIV-1 serostatus. – Jay Liu – EBioMedicine

Deep sequencing reveals specific bacterial signatures in the subgingival microbiota of healthy subjects. – Eri Ikeda – Clinical Oral Investigations

Close social relationships correlate with human gut microbiota composition. – Kimberly A. Dill-McFarland – Scientific Reports

The gut microbiota heterogeneity and assembly changes associated with the IBD. – Yang Sun – Scientific Reports

The respiratory microbiota: new insights into pulmonary tuberculosis. – Setegn Eshetie – BMC Infectious Diseases

 

Faecal Transplants

Letter to the Editor: Faecal microbiota transplant for eradication of multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae: a lesson in applying best practice? – Benjamin H. Mullish – Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Clinical characteristic and fecal microbiota responses to probiotic or antidepressant in patients with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome with depression comorbidity: a pilot study. – Lu Zhang – Chinese Medical Journal

Multi-session fecal microbiota transplantation using colonoscopy has favorable outcomes for the treatment of steroid-dependent ulcerative colitis. – Young-Seok Cho – Intestinal Research

 

Beneficial Microbes and Compounds

Effect of Probiotic Use on Adverse Events in Adult Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: a Retrospective Cohort Study. – Maria Pina Dore – Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins

Identification of the novel role of butyrate as AhR ligand in human intestinal epithelial cells. – Ludovica Marinelli – Scientific Reports

Bifidobacterium bifidum ATCC 15696 and Bifidobacterium breve 24b metabolic interaction based on 2′-O-fucosyl-lactose studied in steady-state cultures in a Freter-style chemostat. – Manuela Centanni – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Oral supplements of combined fructo- and xylo-oligosaccharides during perinatal period significantly offsets acrylamide-induced oxidative impairments and neurotoxicity in rats. – Muralidhara Krishna – Journal Of Physiology And Pharmacology

Impact of Grain Sorghum Polyphenols on Microbiota of Normal Weight and Overweight/Obese Subjects during In Vitro Fecal Fermentation. – Danielle Ashley – Nutrients

Geographical location specific composition of cultured microbiota and Lactobacillus occurrence in human breast milk in China. – Mengfan Ding – Food & Function

 

Animal Microbiome

Review: The Road Not Taken: The Rumen Microbiome, Functional Groups, and Community States. – Sarah Moraïs – Trends in Microbiology

Gut microbiota affects development and olfactory behavior in Drosophila melanogaster. – Huili Qiao – Journal of Experimental Biology

Genomic diversity landscape of the honey bee gut microbiota. – Kirsten M. Ellegaard – Nature Communications

Abnormal composition of gut microbiota contributes to delirium-like behaviors after abdominal surgery in mice. – Jie Zhang – Neuroscience and Therapeutics

Functional Interactions between Gut Microbiota Transplantation, Quercetin and High Fat Diet Determine Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Development in Germ-Free Mice. – David Porras – Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Metagenomic dissection of the canine gut microbiota: insights into taxonomic, metabolic and nutritional features. – Giulia Alessandri – Environmental Microbiology

 

Environmental Microbiome

Succession Patterns and Physical Niche Partitioning in Microbial Communities from Subsurface Coal Seams. – Silas H.W.Vick – iScience

 

Food Microbiome

Book Chapter: Microbial Ecology of Fermented Vegetables and Non-Alcoholic Drinks and Current Knowledge on Their Impact on Human Health. – Laura Lavefve – Advances in Food and Nutrition Research

 

Methodologies

Review: A crash course in sequencing for a microbiologist. – Aleksandra Kozińska – Journal of Applied Genetics

Review: The Quest for Novel Antimicrobial Compounds: Emerging Trends in Research, Development, and Technologies. – Pavan K. Mantravadi – Antibiotics

Effects of the long-term storage of human fecal microbiota samples collected in RNAlater. – Julien Tap – Scientific Reports

A sensitive GC/MS detection method for analyzing microbial metabolites short chain fatty acids in fecal and serum samples. – Shuming Zhang – Talanta

January 25, 2019

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General microbiome

A Comparison of Homogenization vs. Enzymatic Lysis for Microbiome Profiling in Clinical Endoscopic Biopsy Tissue Samples – A Comparison of Homogenization vs. Enzymatic Lysis for Microbiome Profiling in Clinical Endoscopic Biopsy Tissue Samples – Chao Zhang – Frontiers in Microbiology

Review: Exploring the Human Microbiome: The Potential Future Role of Next-Generation Sequencing in Disease Diagnosis and Treatment – Muneer Ahmad Malla – Frontiers in Immunology

The microbiome and its relevance in complex wounds – Francesco Drago – European Journal of Dermatology

Commentary: A Link between the Gut and Bone: Bone Health Impacted by Changes in Gut Microbiota – Larry J.Suva – The American Journal of Pathology

Pregnancy and early life

Feeding intolerance alters the gut microbiota of preterm infants – Zhenya Yuan – PLOS ONE

Multi-site human microbiome

Review: A correlation between intestinal microbiota dysbiosis and osteoarthritis – Marta AnnaSzychlinska – Heliyon

Human respiratory microbiome

A survey of fungal microbiota in airways of healthy volunteer subjects from Puglia (Apulia), Italy – Giovanna Elisiana Carpagnano – BMC Infectious Diseases

The Association Between Disease Severity and Microbiome in Chronic Rhinosinusitis – Darren Rom – The Laryngoscope

Review: Microbiota and asthma: Clinical implications – Konstantinos Katsoulis – Respiratory Medicine

Human oral microbiology

Metagenome sequencing-based strain-level and functional characterization of supragingival microbiome associated with dental caries in children – Nezar Noor Al-Hebshi – Journal of Oral Microbiology

Periodontal pathogens are a risk factor of oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma, independent of tobacco and alcohol and human papillomavirus – Ian Ganly – International Journal of Cancer

Human gut microbiome

Review: Role of diet and gut microbiota on colorectal cancer immunomodulation – Carolina Vieira De Almeida – World Journal of Gastroenterology

Review: Targeting obesity management through gut microbiota modulation by herbal products: A systematic review – Hanieh-SadatEjtahed – Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Identification of Specific Oral and Gut Pathogens in Full Thickness Colon of Colitis Patients: Implications for Colon Motility – Vasudevan Dinakaran – Frontiers in Microbiology

Animal experiments

Fecal microbiota changes associated with dehorning and castration stress primarily affects light-weight dairy calves – Raies A. Mir – PLOS ONE

Advanced Age Impairs Intestinal Antimicrobial Peptide Response and Worsens Fecal Microbiome Dysbiosis Following Burn Injury in Mice – Elizabeth G Wheatley – Shock

Effects of drought‐stressed temperate forage legumes on the degradation and the rumen microbial community in vitro – Susanne Riede – Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens ameliorates Dextran Sulfate Sodium-Induced Colitis by Improving Gut Microbial Dysbiosis in Mice Model – Guangtian Cao – Frontiers in Microbiology

Bacillus subtilis 29784 induces a shift in broiler gut microbiome toward butyrate-producing bacteria and improves intestinal histomorphology and animal performance – Vincent Jacquier – Poultry Science

Green Tea Polyphenols Modify the Gut Microbiome in db/db Mice as Co‐abundance Groups Correlating with the Blood Glucose Lowering Effect – Tingting Chen – Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Influence of Porphyromonas gingivalis in gut microbiota of streptozotocin‐induced diabetic mice – Anri Ohtsu – Oral diseases

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Nanopore Sequencing as a Surveillance Tool for Plant Pathogens in Plant and Insect Tissues – Aline Bronzato Badial – Plant Disease

Rhizosphere Microbiomes from Root Knot Nematode Non-infested Plants Suppress Nematode Infection – Dongmei Zhou – Microbial Ecology

Water and extremophile microbiome

Copper Affects Composition and Functioning of Microbial Communities in Marine Biofilms at Environmentally Relevant Concentrations – Natàlia Corcoll – Frontiers in Microbiology

Bark and Grape Microbiome of Vitis vinifera: Influence of Geographic Patterns and Agronomic Management on Bacterial Diversity – Nicola Vitulo – Frontiers in Microbiology

Bacterial diversity in typical abandoned multi-contaminated nonferrous metal(loid) tailings during natural attenuation – Jian-liLiu – Environmental Pollution

Long- and short-chain AHLs affect AOA and AOB microbial community composition and ammonia oxidation rate in activated sludge – Jie Gao – Journal of Environmental Sciences

Food microbiology

Dominance of wine Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains over S. kudriavzevii in industrial fermentation competitions is related to an acceleration of nutrient uptake and utilization – Javier Alonso‐del‐Real – Environmental Microbiology

Phages and viruses

Commentary : Going Viral: a Novel Role for Bacteriophage in Colorectal Cancer – Scott A. Handley – mBio

January 11, 2019

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General Microbiome

A great-ape view of the gut microbiome.Nishida AH. Nature Reviews Genetics

Relative reduction of biological and phylogenetic diversity of the oral microbiota of diabetes and pre-diabetes patients. Saeb ATM. Microbial Pathogenesis

Dietary modulation of the microbiome as therapy.Bernard NJ. Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Costless metabolic secretions as drivers of interspecies interactions in microbial ecosystems.Pacheco AR. Nature Communications

Low-moisture food matrices as probiotic carriers. Marcial-Coba MS . FEMS Microbiology Letters

REVIEW: Cross-Domain and Viral Interactions in the Microbiome.Rowan-Nash AD. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

The respiratory microbiome and susceptibility to influenza virus infection. Lee KH. PLoS One

Food Microbiome

Metagenomic profiles of different types of Italian high-moisture Mozzarella cheese.Marino M. Food Microbiology

Gut Microbiome

Enhancement of the gut barrier integrity by a microbial metabolite through the Nrf2 pathway.Singh R. Nature Communications

Pilot study of probiotic/colostrum supplementation on gut function in children with autism and gastrointestinal symptoms.Sanctuary MR. PLoS One

Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs Alter the Microbiota and Exacerbate <i>Clostridium difficile</i> Colitis while Dysregulating the Inflammatory Response.Maseda D. mBio

Techniques/Resources

OTUX: V-region specific OTU database for improved 16S rRNA OTU picking and efficient cross-study taxonomic comparison of microbiomes. Yadav D. DNA Research

Streamlining standard bacteriophage methods for higher throughput.Kauffman KM. MethodsX

Indirect DNA extraction method suitable for acidic soil with high clay content. Högfors-Rönnholm E. MethodsX

DATABASE: The 26th annual Nucleic Acids Research database issue and Molecular Biology Database Collection.Rigden DJ. Nucleic Acid Research

Animal Experiments and Microbiome

Effect of the Nursing Mother on the Gut Microbiome of the Offspring During Early Mouse Development.Treichel NS. Microbial Ecology

Delayed differentiation of vaginal and uterine microbiomes in dairy cows developing postpartum endometritis.Miranda-CasoLuengo R. PLoS One.

Seabird and pinniped shape soil bacterial communities of their settlements in Cape Shirreff, Antarctica.Ramírez-Fernández L. PLoS One

Use of 16S rRNA gene sequencing for prediction of new opportunistic pathogens in chicken ileal and cecal microbiota.Kollarcikova M. Poultry Science

Whole rumen metagenome sequencing allows classifying and predicting feed efficiency and intake levels in cattle.Delgado B. Scientific  Reports

 

Marine and Inland Waters

Diversity and Composition of Pelagic Prokaryotic and Protist Communities in a Thin Arctic Sea-Ice Regime.de Sousa AGG. Microbial Ecology

Stratification, nitrogen fixation, and cyanobacterial bloom stage regulate the planktonic food web structure.Loick-Wilde N. Global Change Biology

Analysis of viral and bacterial communities in groundwater associated with contaminated land.Costeira R. Science of the Total Environment

Plant, Soil, and Air Microbiome

The known and the unknown in soil microbial ecology. Baldrian P. FEMS Microbiology Ecology.

Genomic analysis of bacteria in the Acute Oak Decline pathobiome.Doonan J. Microbial Genomics.

Glutathione S-Transferase Enzymes in Plant-Pathogen Interactions.Gullner G. Frontiers in Plant Science

A comparative metagenomic and spectroscopic analysis of soils from an international point of entry between the US and Mexico.  Cota-Ruiz K. Environmental International

Metagenome tracking biogeographic agroecology: Phytobiota of tomatoes from Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina and California. Ottesen A. Food Microbiology

Temporal Dynamics of Bacterial Communities in Soil and Leachate Water After Swine Manure Application.Rieke EL. Frontiers of Microbiology

January 4, 2019

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Highlights of today’s Digest include: animal microbiomes from snakes to bald eagles to porcupines, studies of bacteria promoting plant growth, and a nice review of ‘omics in fermented foods. Happy reading!

Human oral microbiome
Microcosm biofilms cultured from different oral niches in periodontitis patients – Fabian Cieplik – Journal of Oral Microbiology

Xylitol and sorbitol effects on the microbiome of saliva and plaque – Reisha Rafeek – Journal of Oral Microbiology

Human vaginal microbiome
Vaginal microbiome variances in sample groups categorized by clinical criteria of bacterial vaginosis – Hui-Mei Chen – BMC Genomics

Human gut microbiome
Five years of fecal microbiota transplantation – an update of the Israeli experience – Sharon A Greenberg – World Journal of Gastroenterology

Review: Association between the intestinal microbiota and allergic sensitization, eczema, and asthma: A systematic review – Petra Zimmermann – Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Interplay between food and gut microbiota in health and disease – Niels Banhos Danneskiold-Samsøe – Food Research International

Gut microbiome changes in overweight male adults following bowel preparation – Hui-Mei Chen – BMC Genomics

Animal Microbiome
Preprint: Bacterial Diversity in Feces of Wild Bald Eagles, Turkey Vultures and Common Ravens from the Pacific Northwest Coast, U.S.A. – Rocio Crespo – bioRxiv

Next-generation sequencing analysis reveals high bacterial diversity in wild venomous and non-venomous snakes from India – Sajesh Puthenpurackal Krishnankutty – Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases

Understanding the roles of surface proteins in regulation of Lactobacillus pentosus HC-2 to immune response and bacterial diversity in midgut of Litopenaeus vannamei – Yang Du – Fish & Shellfish Immunology

Characterization of novel lignocellulose-degrading enzymes from the porcupine microbiome using synthetic metagenomics – Mackenzie Thornbury – PLOS One

Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Review: Planting the Microbiome – Jennifer K. Spinler – Trends in Microbiology

Arabidopsis thaliana responds to colonisation of Piriformospora indica by secretion of symbiosis-specific proteins – Johannes Thürich – PLOS One

Screening of plant growth promotion ability among bacteria isolated from field-grown sorghum under different managements in Brazilian drylands – Jéssica Fernanda da Silva – World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Streptomyces: implications and interactions in plant growth promotion – Oluwaseyi Samuel Olanrewaju – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Mycorrhizal features and leaf traits covary at the community level during primary succession – J. Rasmus P. Jespersen – Fungal Ecology

Microbial communities controlling methane and nutrient cycling in leach field soils – Cristina P.Fernandez-Baca – Water Research

Gradients of three coastal environments off the South China Sea and their impacts on the dynamics of heterotrophic microbial communities – Xianhua Liu – Science of the Total Environment

New insights into the impact of nZVI on soil microbial biodiversity and functionality – Carmen Fajardo – Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A

Syntrophic effect of indigenous and inoculated microorganisms in the leaching of rare earth elements from Western Australian monazite – Melissa K.Corbett – Research in Microbiology

Removal of veterinary antibiotics in constructed wetland microcosms – Response of bacterial communities – Filipa Santos – Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Water and extremophile microbiome
Bacterial diversity in the water column of meromictic Lake Cadagno and evidence for seasonal dynamics – Francesco Danza – PLOS One

Microbial community succession and pollutants removal of a novel carriers enhanced duckweed treatment system for rural wastewater in Dianchi Lake basin – Guoke Chen – Bioresource Technology

Food Microbiology
Omics in traditional vegetable fermented foods and beverages – Jocelin Rizo – Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Preprint: Construction of synthetic microbiota for reproducible flavor metabolism in Chinese light aroma type liquor produced by solid-state fermentation – Qun Wu – bioRxiv

Bioinformatics
A latent allocation model for the analysis of microbial composition and disease – Ko Abe – BMC Bioinformatics

Techniques
Metatranscriptomic and thermodynamic insights into medium-chain fatty acid production using an anaerobic microbiome – Matthew J. Scarborough – mSystems

December 30, 2018

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In the midst of the festive season have a fiesta with the recent articles on Microbiome. Todays MicroBiome Digest covers the Techniques and Treatments, Drugs, Immunostimulatory Diet and Nutrition, Multivariate Count Data Model, Antimicrobials, Pre/Pro-biotcs, Host-Microbe Interactions, Genes, Genomics and Pathways of Microbiota, Infant Microbiome, Animal Models, Animal Microbiome, Microbial Ecology of plant and soil. Happy Reading!!! 

TECHNIQUES & TREATMENTS:

LEMMI: A Live Evaluation of Computational Methods for Metagenome Investigation – Mathieu Seppey – bioRxiv

Single-cell virus sequencing of influenza infections that trigger innate immunity – Alistair B Russell – bioRxiv

METHODS TO IMPROVE INDUCTION OF IGG AND IGA ANTIBODIES BY VACCINES – Boyaka, Prosper -United States Patent Application 20180360953 -PATENT

Are the Statins promising antifungal agents against invasive candidiasis? – William GustavoLima -Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy

Bayesian variable selection for multivariate zero-inflated models: Application to microbiome count data – Lee KH – Biostatistics

Metatranscriptomic and comparative genomic insights into resuscitation mechanisms during enrichment culturing – Mu DS – Microbiome

Prognostic Impact of Fusobacterium nucleatum Depends on Combined Tumor Location and Microsatellite Instability Status in Stage II/III Colorectal Cancers Treated with Adjuvant Chemotherapy – Oh HJ – J Pathol Transl Med.

Loss of Gut Microbiota Alters Immune System Composition and Cripples Post-Infarction Cardiac Repair – Tang TW – Circulation

DRUG, DIET and NUTRITION:

Review article: implementation of a diet low in FODMAPs for patients with irritable bowel syndrome-directions for future research – Mitchell Hrticle – Aliment Pharmacol Ther.

Compound polysaccharides ameliorate experimental colitis by modulating gut microbiota composition and function – Cai Y – J Gastroenterol Hepatol.

Rifaximin Altered Gut Microbiota Components Associated with Liver/Neuropsychological Functions in Patients with Hepatic Encephalopathy: An Exploratory Data Analysis of a Phase II/III Clinical Trials – Kawaguchi T – Hepatol Res.

Inulin ameliorates alcoholic liver disease via suppressing LPS-TLR4-Mψ axis and modulating gut microbiota in mice – Yang X – Alcohol Clin Exp Res.

Effect of Resistant Starch on the Gut Microbiota and Its Metabolites in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease – Yoshida N – J Atheroscler Thromb.

Late gestation diet supplementation of resin acid-enriched composition increases sow colostrum immunoglobulin G content, piglet colostrum intake and improve sow gut microbiota – Hasan S – Animal

PRE/PRO- BIOTICS and ANTIMICROBIAL:

The human skin microbiota is a rich source of bacteriocin producing staphylococci which kill human pathogens – O’Sullivan JN – FEMS Microbiol Ecol.

Comparative immunostimulatory effect of probiotics and prebiotics in Channa punctatus against Aphanomyces invadans – Devi G – Fish Shellfish Immunol

GENES, GENOMICS & PATHWAYS:

Detection of a novel mutation G511T in the 530 loop in 16S rRNA in multi drugs resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from Sudanese patients – Yousif Mohammed Alfatih – bioRxiv

Review: Interactions Between Autophagy and the Unfolded Protein Response: Implications for Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Hooper KM – Inflamm Bowel Dis.

In vitro and in vivo characterization of Clostridium scindens bile acid transformations – Marion S- Gut Microbes

Bioinformatic, phylogenetic, and chemical analysis of the UV-absorbing compounds scytonemin and mycosporine-like amino acids from the microbial mat communities of Shark Bay, Australia – D’Agostino PM – Environ Microbiol

Genetic diversity of Escherichia coli in gut microbiota of patients with Crohn’s disease discovered using metagenomic and genomic analyses – Tyakht AV – BMC Genomics

Complete Genome Sequence of a blaKPC-2-Positive Klebsiella pneumoniae Strain Isolated from the Effluent of an Urban Sewage Treatment Plant in Japan Complete Genome Sequence of a blaKPC-2-Positive Klebsiella pneumoniae Strain Isolated from the Effluent of an Urban Sewage Treatment Plant in Japan – Sekizuka T – mSphere

HOST-MICROBE INTERACTION:

Nitrogen- and phosphorus-starved Triticum aestivum show distinct belowground microbiome profiles – Antoine P Pagé -bioRxiv

Bacterial secretion of histamine within the gut influences immune responses within the lung – Barcik W – Allergy

GUT MICROBIOME:

Extensive Transmission of Microbes along the Gastrointestinal Tract – Thomas SB Schmidt – bioRxiv

VAGINAL MICROBIOME:

Human β-defensin-2 as a biochemical indicator of vaginal environment in pregnant women – Hideko Kotani – Hypertension Research In Pregnancy

PREGNANCY AND EARLY LIFE:

Physiology of Stress and Use of Skin-to-Skin Care as a Stress-Reducing Intervention in the NICU – Britt Frisk Pados – Nursing for Women’s Health

Longitudinal analysis of infant stool bacteria communities before and after acute febrile malaria and artemether/lumefantrine treatment – Mandal RK – J Infect Dis.

Haemophilus-dominant nasopharyngeal microbiota is associated with delayed clearance of respiratory syncytial virus in infants hospitalized for bronchiolitis – Mansbach JM – J Infect Dis

ANIMAL MODEL EXPERIMENTS:

Dietary nucleotides can directly stimulate the immunity of zebrafish independent of the intestinal microbiota – Guo X – Fish Shellfish Immunol.

Antimicrobial assessment of phage therapy using a porcine model of biofilm infection – Milho C – Int J Pharm

ANIMAL MICROBIOME:

Effect of different levels of tryptophan on productive performance, egg quality, blood biochemistry, and caecal microbiota of hens housed in enriched colony cages under commercial stocking density – Khattak F -Poult Sci.

Exogenous carbohydrases added to a starter diet reduced markers of systemic immune activation and decreased Lactobacillus in weaned pigs – Li Q – J Anim Sci.

Gut microbiota dynamics and functionality in Reticulitermes grassei after a 7-day dietary shift and ciprofloxacin treatment – Berlanga M – PLoS One

MICROBIAL ECOLOGY:

Culturomics-Based Taxonomic Diversity of Bacterial Communities in the Hot Springs of Saudi Arabia – Yasir M – OMICS

Rhizosphere microorganisms can influence the timing of plant flowering – Lut T – Microbiome

December 26, 2018

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Holidays, Happiness and some updates on the microbiome!
Today’s short digest covers functions of different Lactobacillus strains; how weaning stress affects the gut microbiome and association of bacterial metabolite TMAO with Alzheimer’s disease.

General microbiome

Review: Antibiotics and the nervous system: More than just the microbes? – Kevin Champagne-Jorgensen – Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Human gut microbiome

The gut microbiota-derived metabolite trimethylamine N-oxide is elevated in Alzheimer’s disease – Nicholas M. Vogt – Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy

A novel probiotic, Lactobacillus johnsonii 456, resists acid and can persist in the human gut beyond the initial ingestion period – Michael J. Davoren – Gut Microbes

Metabolomics and 16S rRNA sequencing of human colorectal cancers and adjacent mucosa – Mun Fai Loke – PlosOne

Human oral/respiratory microbiome

The Salivary Microbiome: Analysis of by Pyrosequencing and the Relationship with Helicobacter pylori Infection – Yingjie Ji – bioRxiv

Differences in the lower airway microbiota of infants with and without cystic fibrosis – Katherine B. Frayman – Journal of Cystic Fibrosis

Animal experiments

A Diet-Sensitive Commensal Lactobacillus Strain Mediates TLR7-Dependent Systemic Autoimmunity – Daniel F. Zegarra-Ruiz – Cell Host and Microbe

The gut microbiome is required for full protection against acute arsenic toxicity in mouse models – Michael Coryell – Nature Communications

Weaning Stress Perturbs Gut Microbiome and Its Metabolic Profile in Piglets – Yuan Li – Scientific Reports

Plant root soil microbiome

The effect of rhizosphere microbes outweighs host plant genetics in reducing insect herbivory – Charley J. Hubbard – Molecular Ecology

Enrichment of Verrucomicrobia, Actinobacteria and Burkholderiales drives selection of bacterial community from soil by maize roots in a traditional milpa agroecosystem – Eneas Aguirre-von-Wobeser – PlosOne

Non-microbiology picks

Friend and foe: β-cell Ca2+ signaling and the development of diabetes – Paul V. Sabatini – Molecular Metabolism