19 September, 2018

Have a nice weekend! Today, we have several papers, covering different aspects of the microbiome! Some highlights (in bold): the role of microbiota in cancer immunotherapy success; interesting study about the lung microbiota and smoking; changes in gut microbiota in asthma patients, microbiota changes in high-salt feces; an interesting article about the potential effect of dogs in veteran rehabilitation; a review about periodontitis and the microbiome; a ecophylogenetic study about mammalian microbiome, and more!

Human and General Microbiome

Metagenomic Approaches for Understanding New Concepts in Microbial Science – Luana de Fátima Alves – International Journal of Genomics

Review: Epigenetic Mechanisms Link Maternal Diets and Gut Microbiome to Obesity in the Offspring – Yuanyuan Li – Frontiers in Genetics

Review: NLRP3 inflammasome in colitis and colitis-associated colorectal cancer – Agampodi Promoda Perera – Mammalian Genome

Oral Microbiome Shifts From Caries-Free to Caries-Affected Status in 3-Year-Old Chinese Children: A Longitudinal Study – He Xu – Frontiers in Microbiology

Review: Roles of intestinal microbiota in response to cancer immunotherapy – Jing Cong – European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Intestinal dysbiosis and hormonal neuroendocrine secretion in the fibromyalgic patient: Relationship and correlations – Giovanni Tomasello – Biomedical Papers

Macroecology to Unite All Life, Large and Small – Ashley Shade – Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Dichotomous development of the gut microbiome in preterm infants – Thao T. B. Ho – Microbiome

Smoking is associated with quantifiable differences in the human lung DNA virome and metabolome – Ann C. Gregory – Respiratory Research

A metagenome-wide association study of gut microbiota in asthma in UK adults – Qi Wang – BMC Microbiology

The Cutaneous Microbiome and Wounds: New Molecular Targets to Promote Wound Healing – Taylor R. Johnson – International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Phthalate Exposure and Odds of Bacterial Vaginosis Among U.S. Reproductive-Aged Women, NHANES 2001-2004 – Ruth J.Geller – Reproductive Toxicology

Para-cresol production by Clostridium difficile affects microbial diversity and membrane integrity of Gram-negative bacteria – Ian J. Passmore – PLoS Pathogens

Salt in stools is associated with obesity, gut halophilic microbiota and Akkermansia muciniphila depletion in humans – E. H. Seck – International Journal of Obesity

The local microbiome after pediatric bladder augmentation: intestinal segments and the native urinary bladder host similar mucosal microbiota – Z.F. Kispal – Journal of Pediatric Urology

The Gut-Brain Axis in Alzheimer’s Disease and Omega-3. A Critical Overview of Clinical Trials – Francesca La Rosa – Nutrients

Associations between Flavonoid Intakes and Gut Microbiota in a Group of Adults with Cystic Fibrosis – Li Li – Nutrients

Review: Insights into the Human Virome Using CRISPR Spacers from Microbiomes – Claudio Hidalgo-Cantabrana – Viruses

Review: Probiotics in the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer – Robert Hendler – Medicines

Airway Microbiota Dynamics Uncover a Critical Window for Interplay of Pathogenic Bacteria and Allergy in Childhood Respiratory Disease – Shu Mei Teo – Cell Host and Microbe

Human skin volatiles: Passive sampling and GC × GC-ToFMS analysis as a tool to investigate the skin microbiome and interactions with anthropophilic mosquito disease vectors – Alexis P. Roodt – Journal of Chromatography B

Commentary: Regulating stool for microbiota transplantation – Pilar N. Ossorio – Gut Microbes

Associations between the gut microbiota and host responses to high altitude – J. Philip Karl – Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Exploring service dogs for rehabilitation of veterans with PTSD: A microbiome perspective – Andrew J.,Billera Hoisington – Rehabilitation Psychology

Mucosal associated invariant T cells from human breast ducts mediate a Th17-skewed response to bacterially exposed breast carcinoma cells – Nicholas A. Zumwalde – Breast Cancer Research

Periodontitis and the microbiome: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Fabrizio Guerra – Minerva Stomatologica

Formal Comment: The microbiome and the human: A reply to Parke and colleagues – Tobias Rees – PLoS Biology

Microbiota-gut-brain research: a critical analysis – Katarzyna B. Hooks – Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Animal Microbiome

Ecophylogenetics Clarifies the Evolutionary Association between Mammals and Their Gut Microbiota – Christopher A. Gaulke – mBio

The Inhibitory Innate Immune Sensor NLRP12 Maintains a Threshold against Obesity by Regulating Gut Microbiota Homeostasis – Agnieszka D. Truax – Cell Host and Microbe

American ginseng microbial metabolites attenuate DSS-induced colitis and abdominal pain – Chong-Zhi Wang – International Immunopharmacology

Impact of violacein from Chromobacterium violaceum on the mammalian gut microbiome – Heidi Pauer – PLoS ONE

Bacterial community composition in the salivary glands of triatomines (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) – Michele Souza Lima – PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Postnatal Administration of Lactobacillus rhamnosus HN001 Ameliorates Perinatal Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic-Induced Reduction in Myelopoiesis and T cell Activation in Mouse Pups – Eva Fuglsang – Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Absorption of Codonopsis pilosula Saponins by Coexisting Polysaccharides Alleviates Gut Microbial Dysbiosis with Dextran Sulfate Sodium-Induced Colitis in Model Mice – Yaping Jing – BioMed Research International

Tributyrin Supplementation Protects Immune Responses and Vasculature and Reduces Oxidative Stress in the Proximal Colon of Mice Exposed to Chronic-Binge Ethanol Feeding – B. Glueck – Journal of Immunology Research

Fecal Hyodeoxycholic Acid Is Correlated With Tylosin-Induced Microbiome Changes in Growing Pigs – Michaela P. Trudeau – Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Yeast Probiotics Shape the Gut Microbiome and Improve the Health of Early-Weaned Piglets – Jinqiang Xu – Frontiers in Microbiology

Probiotic Bacillus amyloliquefaciens C-1 Improves Growth Performance, Stimulates GH/IGF-1, and Regulates the Gut Microbiota of Growth-Retarded Beef Calves – Renjia Du – Frontiers in Microbiology

The Microbiome of the Gastrointestinal Tract of a Range-Shifting Marine Herbivorous Fish – Jacquelyn Jones – Frontiers in Microbiology

Intestinal Microbiome-Metabolome Responses to Essential Oils in Piglets – Yuan Li – Frontiers in Microbiology

Review: Managing the Microbial Community of Marine Fish Larvae: A Holistic Perspective for Larviculture – Olav Vadstein – Frontiers in Microbiology

Functional modulation of caecal fermentation and microbiota in rat by feeding bean husk as a dietary fibre supplement – H. Myint – Beneficial Microbes

Effects of short-term fasting on in vivo rumen microbiota and in vitro rumen fermentation characteristics – Jong Nam Kim – Asian-Australian Journal of Animal Sciences

The effect of exposure to high altitude and low oxygen on intestinal microbial communities in mice – Wei Zhang – PLoS ONE

Food Microbiome

Lactic Acid Bacterium Population Dynamics in Artisan Sourdoughs Over One Year of Daily Propagations Is Mainly Driven by Flour Microbiota and Nutrients – Fabio Minervini – Frontiers in Microbiology

Effect of Pressure, Reconstituted RTE Meat Microbiota, and Antimicrobials on Survival and Post-pressure Growth of Listeria monocytogenes on Ham – Januana S. Teixeira – Frontiers in Microbiology

Plant Microbiome

G3 PhyloChip Analysis Confirms the Promise of Plant-Based Culture Media for Unlocking the Composition and Diversity of the Maize Root Microbiome and for Recovering Unculturable Candidate Divisions/Phyla – Mohamed S. Sarhan – Microbes and Environments

Root exudates drive the soil-borne legacy of aboveground pathogen infection – Jun Yuan – Microbiome

Review: Mycorrhizal microbiomes – Mika T. Tarkka – Mycorrhiza

Bioinformatics

GePMI: A statistical model for personal intestinal microbiome identification – Zicheng Wang – npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Web of microbes (WoM): a curated microbial exometabolomics database for linking chemistry and microbes – Suzanne M. Kosina – BMC Microbiology

Other

Temporal variability and stability of the fecal microbiome: the Multiethnic Cohort Study – Benjamin C Fu – Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention

A flavin-based extracellular electron transfer mechanism in diverse Gram-positive bacteria – Samuel H. Light – Nature

September 10, 2018

Posted on September 9, 2018 by Svetlana Ugarcina Perovic

In the today’s digest: an article on detection limits and bias with DNA extraction kits and primer choice, a novel R package to analyze timeseries in the 16S microbiome data in perturbation studies, a study on how fecal microbiota transplantation induces changes in gut microbial and metabolomic profiles of pediatric ulcerative colitis patients, plus an invitation for the first worldwide online open access course via Twitter about science and microbiology starting October 2.

Event

Third Annual Microbiome Symposium at Stanford, September 24 at the Stanford Faculty Club, Palo Alto, CA.

Human gut microbiome

*Gut microbial and metabolomic profiles after fecal microbiota transplantation in pediatric ulcerative colitis patients – David J Nusbaum – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Review: Sample preparation and recent trends in volatolomics for diagnosing gastrointestinal diseases – Tomasz Majchrzak – TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry

Special Report: The role of gut microbiota in lupus: what we know in 2018? – Lorena Ruiz – Expert Review of Clinical Immunology

Human gut virome

The Intestinal Virome and Immunity – Jessica A. Neil and Ken Cadwell – J Immunology

Human lung microbiome

The Human Respiratory Microbiome: The End of the Beginning? – Alicia B. Mitchell and Allan R. Glanville – Essentials in Lung Transplantation

Human oral microbiome

Review: The oral microbiome – friend or foe? – Kilian Mogens – Eur J Oral Science

Animal microbiome

Ultrahigh-throughput functional profiling of microbiota communities – Stanislav S. Terekhova – PNAS

Water microbiome

*Investigation of Detection Limits and the Influence of DNA Extraction and Primer Choice on the Observed Microbial Communities in Drinking Water Samples Using 16S rRNA Gene Amplicon Sequencing – Jakob Brandt and Mads Albertsen – Frontiers in Microbiology

Application of untargeted metabolomics for the detection of pathogenic Naegleria fowleri in an operational drinking water distribution system – Zhihao Yu – Water Research

Soil microbiome

Investigation on microbial community in remediation of lead-contaminated soil by Trifolium repensL. – Chenjing Liu – Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Bioinformatics

*The Block Bootstrap Method for Longitudinal Microbiome Data – Pratheepa Jeganathan – arXiv

*Course

#EUROmicroMOOC: Trends in Microbiology [The first worldwide online open access microbiology course via Twitter]

September 7, 2018

Posted on September 7, 2018 by korinalbert

Happy Friday everyone! Today’s digest covers microbiota dysbiosis in bowel obstruction, the soil microbial communities in apple orchards, and the bacterial and diatom composition of killer whale skin. Enjoy!

Human oral microbiome

Human defects in STAT3 promote oral mucosal fungal and bacterial dysbiosis – Abusleme – JCI Insight

High-resolution ISR amplicon sequencing reveals personalized oral microbiome – Mukherjee – Microbiome

Human gut microbiome

Review: Inflammasomes in the gastrointestinal tract: infection, cancer and gut microbiota homeostasis – Man – Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Review: Norovirus interactions with the commensal microbiota – Sullender – PLoS Pathogens

Microbiota dysbiosis and its pathophysiological significance in bowel obstruction – Hegde – Scientific Reports

Microbiota-derived short-chain fatty acids promote Th1 cell IL-10 production to maintain intestinal homeostasis – Sun – Nature Communications

Animal experiments

Irreversible effects of trichloroethylene on the gut microbial community and gut-associated immune responses in autoimmune-prone mice – Khare – Journal of Applied Toxicology

Animal microbiome

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

Preprint: Diet influences early microbiota development in dairy calves without long-term impacts on milk production – Dill-McFarland – BioRxiv

Host-derived population genomics data provides insights into bacterial and diatom composition of the killer whale skin – Hooper – Molecular Ecology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Diverse Bacteria Utilize Alginate Within the Microbiome of the Giant Kelp Macrocystis pyrifera – Lin – Frontiers in Microbiology

Spatial structuring of soil microbial communities in commercial apple orchards – Deakin – Applied Soil Ecology

Isolation and characterization of antagonistic bacteria with the potential for biocontrol of soil-borne wheat diseases – Wang – Journal of Applied Microbiology

Science, publishing, and career

Experimental technique isn’t my strong suit, but I can still be a scientist – Anderson – Science Careers

September 1, 2018

Posted on September 1, 2018 by JP Cardenas

Have a nice weekend! Today, several reviews about different aspects of human genome (from Vitamin D to the Impact of Colonialism in the changes of health in Indigenous people). Today, we have also several studies about poultry microbiome and changes in food microbiota, in addition with interesting studies about microbiota drug metabolism.

General and Human Microbiome

Review: The hygiene hypothesis at a glance: early exposures, immune mechanism and novel therapies – Gabriel M.Alexandre-Silva – Acta Tropica

Review: Dietary vitamin D, vitamin D receptor, and microbiome – Jun Sun – Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Theory and Synthesis: Consequences of colonialism: A microbial perspective to contemporary Indigenous health – Emily Skelly – American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Review: Early-Life Exposures and Risk of Diabetes Mellitus and Obesity – Véronique Gingras – Current Diabetes Reports

Review: Aspects of Gut Microbiota and Immune System Interactions in Infectious Diseases, Immunopathology, and Cancer – Veronica Lazar – Frontiers in Immunology

Review: Early Disruption of the Microbiome Leading to Decreased Antioxidant Capacity and Epigenetic Changes: Implications for the Rise in Autism – Rebecca S. Eshraghi – Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Review: Energy balance and gastrointestinal cancer: risk, interventions, outcomes and mechanisms – Cornelia M. Ulrich – Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Review: Microbial Production of Conjugated Linoleic Acid and Conjugated Linolenic Acid Relies on a Multienzymatic System – Ana S. Salsinha – Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

News & Views: Gut microbiome, microbial metabolites and the development of NAFLD – Cyrielle Caussy – Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Does Severity of Alzheimer’s Disease Contribute to Its Responsiveness to Modifying Gut Microbiota? A Double Blind Clinical Trial – Azadeh Agahi – Frontiers in Neurology

Evaluation of relationship between dental caries, diabetes mellitus and oral microbiota in diabetics – Bhagyashri Ramachandra Latti – Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology

Effects of Japanese diet in combination with exercise on visceral fat accumulation – Masaki Asano – Nutrition

Enteric Virome and Bacterial Microbiota in Children with Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease – Melissa A. Fernandes – Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Temporal instability of the post-surgical maxillary sinus microbiota – Ioannis Koutsourelakis – BMC Infectious Diseases

Influence of cigarette smoking on the human duodenal mucosa-associated microbiota – Erin R. Shanahan – Microbiome

Animal Microbiome

Review: A Review of Prebiotics Against Salmonella in Poultry: Current and Future Potential for Microbiome Research Applications – Andrew C. Micciche – Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Gut Microbiota and Relevant Metabolites Analysis in Alcohol Dependent Mice – Guanhao Wang – Frontiers in Microbiology

Gut microbiota mediates the anti-obesity effect of calorie restriction in mice – Shuo Wang – Scientific Reports

Effect of humic substances on rumen fermentation, nutrient digestibility, methane emissions, and rumen microbiota in beef heifers – Stephanie A Terry – Journal of Animal Science

Effects of glucose oxidase on growth performance, gut function, and cecal microbiota of broiler chickens – Shengru Wu – Poultry Science

16S ribosomal RNA sequencing reveals a modulation of intestinal microbiome and immune response by dietary L-theanine supplementation in broiler chickens – Muhammad Saeed – Poultry Science

Microbial effects of livestock manure fertilization on freshwater aquaculture ponds rearing tilapia (Oreochromis shiranus) and North African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) – Jeremiah J. Minich – Microbiology Open

Effect of oat hulls as a free choice feeding on broiler performance, short chain fatty acids and microflora under a mild necrotic enteritis challenge – Sarbast K.Kheravii – Animal Nutrition

Application of Illumina-MiSeq high throughput sequencing and culture-dependent techniques for the identification of microbiota of silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) treated by tea polyphenols – Shiliang Jia – Food Microbiology

Beneficial Microbes and Compounds

Rhubarb Peony Decoction Ameliorates Ulcerative Colitis in Mice by Regulating Gut Microbiota to Restoring Th17/Treg Balance – Shuang Luo – Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010 alleviates intestinal ischemia/reperfusion injury – Sabrina Duranti – PLoS One

Beneficial Effect of Virgin Coconut Oil on Alloxan-Induced Diabetes and Microbiota Composition in Rats – Sinisa Djurasevic – Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Food Microbiome

Microbiota dynamics and volatilome profile during stink bean fermentation (Sataw-Dong) with Lactobacillus plantarum KJ03 as a starter culture – Krittanon Jampaphaeng – Food Microbiology

Microbial spoilage investigation of thawed common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) stored at 2 °C using next generation sequencing and volatilome analysis – F. F. Parlapani – Food Microbiology

Exploring core functional microbiota responsible for the production of volatile flavour during the traditional brewing of Wuyi Hong Qu glutinous rice wine – Zi-Rui Huang – Food Microbiology

Revealing the influence of microbiota on the quality of Pu-erh tea during fermentation process by shotgun metagenomic and metabolomic analysis – Zhongyuan Li – Food Microbiology

Influence of lactate and acetate removal on the microbiota of French fresh pork sausages – Agnès Bouju-Albert – Food Microbiology

Plant Microbiome

The future has roots in the past: the ideas and scientists that shaped mycorrhizal research – Paola Bonfante – New Phytology Trust

Experiments

Chemoselective Probe Harboring a Unique Bioorthogonal Cleavage Site for Investigation of Gut Microbiota Metabolism – Neeraj Garg – Angewandte Chemie

An ex vivo fermentation screening platform to study drug metabolism by human gut microbiota – Evita van de Steeg – Drug Metabolism and Disposition

August 27, 2018

Posted on August 27, 2018 by Kiran

Highlights: how microbes influence the system they inhabit, maternal microbial metabolism, gut microbiota in pancreatic disease and other metabolic disorders, core and staphylococcal microbiota in skin & nose of pigs, wheat head microbiome bacteria, abundant & rare biospheres of hot springs, antibiotic degradation by microbes, virome.

General microbiome

Review: Understanding how microbiomes influence the systems they inhabit – Ed K. Hall – Nature Microbiology

Male Bladder Microbiome Relates to Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms – Petar Bajic – European Urology Focus

Pregnancy and early life

Is maternal microbial metabolism an early-life determinant of health? – Kymberleigh A. Romano – LabAnimal

Human oral microbiome

The oral microbiome in oral lichen planus during a one‐year randomized clinical trial – Camilla Kragelund – Oral Diseases

Human respiratory microbiome

Interaction between the microbiome and TP53 in human lung cancer – K. Leigh Greathouse – Genome Biology

Human gut microbiome

The Gut Microbiome in Pancreatic Disease – Venkata S. Akshintala – Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

FXR-Dependent Modulation of the Human Small Intestinal Microbiome by the Bile Acid Derivative Obeticholic Acid – Elliot S. Friedman – Gastroenterology

Review: Role of gut microbiota in chronic low‐grade inflammation as potential driver for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: a systematic review of human studies – I. C. L. van den Munckhof – Obesity Reviews

Bile acid homeostasis and intestinal dysbiosis in alcoholic hepatitis – Dragos Ciocan – Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Characterization and induction of prophages in human gut-associated Bifidobacterium hosts – Travis N. Mavrich – Scientific Reports

In Vitro Ecological Response of the Human Gut Microbiome to Bioactive Extracts from Edible Wild Mushrooms – Emanuel Vamanu – Molecules

Review: The journey of gut microbiome – An introduction and its influence on metabolic disorders – Ankita Chattopadhyay -Frontiers in Biology

Animal experiments

Sulfated polysaccharide from sea cucumber modulates the gut microbiota and its metabolites in normal mice – Zhenjun Zhu – International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Chitin-based barrier immunity and its loss predated mucus-colonization by indigenous gut microbiota – Keisuke Nakashima – Nature Communications

Reduced particle size wheat bran is efficiently colonized by lactic acid producing community and reduces Enterobacteriaceae levels in the cecal microbiota of broilers – Karen Vermeulen – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

A High Salt Diet Modulates the Gut Microbiota and Short Chain Fatty Acids Production in a Salt-Sensitive Hypertension Rat Model – Ariel Bier – Nutrients

Animal microbiome

A detailed investigation of the porcine skin and nose microbiome using universal and Staphylococcus specific primers – Mikael Lenz Strube – Scientific Reports

Characterization of bacterial microbiota compositions along the intestinal tract in pigs and their interactions and functions – Daniel Crespo-Piazuelo – Scientific Reports

Cnidarian Interaction with Microbial Communities: From Aid to Animal’s Health to Rejection Responses – Loredana Stabili – Marine Drugs

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Wheat microbiome bacteria can reduce virulence of a plant pathogenic fungus by altering histone acetylation – Yun Chen – Nature Communications

Biodegradation of oxytetracycline and enrofloxacin by autochthonous microbial communities from estuarine sediments – Malek Harrabi – Science of The Total Environment

Soil micro-food web interactions and rhizosphere priming effect Soil micro-food web interactions and rhizosphere priming effect – Xinchang Kou – Plant and Soil

Burkholderia pseudomallei-absent soil bacterial community results in secondary metabolites that kill this pathogen – Chotima Potisap – AMB Express

Variation in the leaf and root microbiome of sugar maple (Acer saccharum) at an elevational range limit – Jessica Wallace – PeerJ

Contrasting responses of the bacterial communities in ectomycorrhizal roots and rhizosphere soils to defoliation or winter hardening – Hironari Izumi – Rhizosphere

Water and extremophile microbiome

Abundant and rare microbial biospheres respond differently to environmental and spatial factors in Tibetan hot springs – Yanmin Zhang – Frontiers in Microbiology

Built environment

Review: Microbiology of the built environment – Jack A Gilbert – Nature Reviews

Application of hybrid anaerobic reactor: Treatment of increasing cyanide containing effluents and microbial composition identification – Pragya Gupta – Journal of Environmental Management

A little breath of fresh air into an anaerobic system: How microaeration facilitates anaerobic digestion process – Duc Nguyen – Biotechnology Advances

Managing microbial communities in membrane biofilm reactors – A. Ontiveros-Valencia – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Phages and viruses

Preprint: May the phage be with you? Prophage-like elements in the genomes of Soft Rot Pectobacteriaceae (Pectobacterium spp. and Dickeya spp.) – Robert Czajkowski – bioRxiv

Occurrence, integrity and functionality of AcaML1–like viruses infecting extreme acidophiles of the Acidithiobacillus species complex – Paulo C. Covarrubias – Research in Microbiology

Chapter: Robust Analysis of Time Series in Virome Metagenomics – Jose Manuel Martí – The Human Virome

Chapter: A Method for Isolation of the Virome from Plasma Samples – Pilar Domingo-Calap – The Human Virome

Chapter: Virome Sequencing of Stool Samples – Lenka Kramná – The Human Virome

Chapter: Protocol for Generating Infectious RNA Viromes from Complex Biological Samples – Sonia Monteil-Bouchard – The Human Virome

Techniques

Review: Transcriptome Sequencing Approaches to Elucidate Host–Microbe Interactions in Opportunistic Human Fungal Pathogens – Hrant Hovhannisyan – Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Chapter: Flow Cytometry and Direct Sequencing of Viruses – Mária Džunková – The Human Virome

August 25 2018

Posted on August 25, 2018 by ojasvi

Todays Microbiome Digest covers the topics on microbiome of animalia kingdom ranging from humans ⇒mammals ⇒ amphibians ⇒ insects , cyanobacteria, AMR versus AMS, host microbe interactions, how & which microbes create homeostatis in the human body sites. Happy Reading!

GUT or INTESTINAL MICROBIOME:

Gut microbiome: Microflora association with obesity and obesity-related comorbidities – Lone JB – Microb Pathog

Relevance of gut microbiota in cognition, behaviour and Alzheimer’s disease – de J R De-Paula V – Pharmacol Res.

Small intestinal microbiota: the neglected stepchild needed for fat digestion and absorption – Chang EB – Gut Microbes.

Prospects for Primary Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes by Restoring a Disappearing Microbe – Insel R – Pediatr Diabetes

ANIMAL MICROBIOME:

Synergetic action between the rumen microbiota and bovine health – Zeineldin M – Microb Pathog

Establishment of a Macaca fascicularis gut microbiome gene catalog and comparison with the human, pig and mouse gut microbiomes – Li X – Gigascience

Analyses of Aerosol Concentrations and Bacterial Community Structures for Closed Cage Broiler Houses at Different Broiler Growth Stages in Winter – Jiang L – J Food
Prot.

Characterization of the bacterial community of braised chicken, a specialty poultry product in China – Liu DY – Poult Sci.

Metagenomics analysis reveals significant modulation of cecal microbiota of broilers fed palm kernel expeller diets – Chen WL- Poult Sci.

Microbial diversity in the rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum of yak on a rapid fattening regime in an agro-pastoral transition zone – Xue D – J Microbiol.

INSECT MICROBIOME:

Field-collected Triatoma sordida from central Brazil display high microbiota diversity that varies with regard to developmental stage and intestinal segmentation –
Oliveira JL – PLoS Negl Trop Dis.

FISH MICROBIOME:

Dietary salt levels affect digestibility, intestinal gene expression, and the microbiome, in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) – Hallali E – PLoS One

WATER MICROBIAL ECOLOGY:

Bacterial bioclusters relate to hydrochemistry in New Zealand groundwater – Sirisena KA – FEMS Microbiol Ecol

PLANT MICROBIOME:

Technique : Metagenomic assembly of new (sub)polar Cyanobacteria and their associated microbiome from non-axenic cultures – Cornet L – Microb Genom

High PAH degradation and activity of degrading bacteria during alfalfa growth where a contrasted active community developed in comparison to unplanted soil – Bourceret
A – Environ Sci Pollut Res Int.

INFANT MICROBIOME:

Investigating the effects of cesarean delivery and antibiotic use in early childhood on risk of later attention deficit hyperactivity disorder – Axelsson PB – J Child
Psychol Psychiatry

PROBIOTICS or PREBIOTICS:

The effect of a multispecies probiotic on microbiota composition in a clinical trial of patients with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome – Hod K –
Neurogastroenterol Motil.

ANTI- MICROBIAL RESISTANCE and SUSCEPTANCE:

Un-segregated waste disposal: an alarming threat of antimicrobials in surface and ground water sources in Delhi – Velpandian T – Environ Sci Pollut Res Int.

Novel bioactive peptides from PD-L1/2, a type 1 ribosome inactivating protein from Phytolacca dioica L. Evaluation of their antimicrobial properties and anti-biofilm
activities – Pizzo E – Biochim Biophys Acta

RESPIRATORY MICROBIOME:

Lower airway microbiota for ‘biomarker’ measurements of cystic fibrosis disease progression – Sherrard LJ – Thorax

Sputum microbiota is predictive of long-term clinical outcomes in young adults with cystic fibrosis – Acosta N- Thorax

HOST MICROBE INTERACTIONS:

Preventive effects of bovine colostrum supplementation in TNBS-induced colitis in mice – Filipescu IE – PLoS One

Role of wnt5a in metabolic inflammation in humans – Relling I – J Clin Endocrinol Metab.

TECHNIQUES:

Review: Evidence-Based Strategies for the Prehabilitation of the Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Patient – Joslyn NA – Plast Reconstr Surg.

QMEC: a tool for high-throughput quantitative assessment of microbial functional potential in C, N, P, and S biogeochemical cycling – Zheng B – Sci China Life Sci.

Review: Advances in Imaging Specific Mediators of Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Dmochowska N – Int J Mol Sci.

NUTRITION or DIET and TREATMENT:

Glucomannan hydrolysate promotes gut proliferative homeostasis and extends lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster – Si Y – J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci.

Cultivable butyrate-producing bacteria of elderly Japanese diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease – Nguyen TTT – J Microbiol.

Efficacy of Proanthocyanidins from Pelargonium sidoides Root Extract in Reducing P. gingivalis Viability While Preserving Oral Commensal S. salivarius – Savickiene N –
Materials (Basel).

Effects of Tempeh Fermentation with Lactobacillus plantarum and Rhizopus oligosporus on Streptozotocin-Induced Type II Diabetes Mellitus in Rats – Huang YC – Nutrients

August 18, 2018

Posted on August 18, 2018 by anjacobson

The virome of California mosquitoes, effects of climate warming on grassland microbial communities, and a few “bacteria and art” entries including a 92-foot inflatable E. coli sculpture.

General microbiome

Communities of Niche-Optimized Strains: Small-Genome Organism Consortia in Bioproduction – Stephan Noack – Trends in Biotechnology

Growth tradeoffs produce complex microbial communities on a single limiting resource – Michael Manhart – Nature Communications

Human oral microbiome

Oral microbiome development during childhood: an ecological succession influenced by postnatal factors and associated with tooth decay – Majda Dzidic – The ISME Journal

Animal experiments

Loss of HDAC6 alters gut microbiota and worsens obesity – Arnon D Lieber – The FASEB Journal

Animal microbiome

Pre-print: CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene deletion of the ompA gene in an Enterobacter gut symbiont impairs biofilm formation and reduces gut colonization of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes – Shivanand Hegde – bioRxiv

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Climate warming leads to divergent succession of grassland microbial communities – Xue Guo – Nature Climate Change

Water and extremophile microbiome

Bacterial Diversity in Replicated Hydrogen Sulfide-Rich Streams – Scott Hotaling – Microbial Ecology

Long-term in situ permafrost thaw effects on bacterial communities and potential aerobic respiration – Sylvain Monteux – The ISME Journal

Phages and viruses

Virome of > 12 thousand Culex mosquitoes from throughout California – Mohammadreza Sadeghi – Virology

Comprehensive comparative analysis of methods and software for identifying viral integrations – Xun Chen – Briefings in Bioinformatics

Phage-inducible chromosomal islands are ubiquitous within the bacterial universe – Alfred Fillol-Salom – The ISME Journal

Metabolomics

Metabotypes Related to Meat and Vegetable Intake Reflect Microbial, Lipid and Amino Acid Metabolism in Healthy People – Runmin Wei – Molecular Nutrition & Food Research

More microbes

Comparative Genomics of Nitrogen Cycling Pathways in Bacteria and Archaea – Michaeline B N Albright – Microbial Ecology

Bacteria art

Linen and Bacteria: The Hidden History of Microbiology – Clara Rodríguez Fernández – Labiotech.eu

Pomona Arts: Sara Parent Ramos: Jumble, Bunch, Grow – Inland Empire

Oxford Natural History exhibition explores benefits of bacteria – BBC News

Additional images/info: Exhibition bid to ‘rehabilitate’ reputation of bacteria – Dumbarton Reporter
Additional images/info: Oxford’s Museum of Natural History on how bacteria shapes the planet – Richard Moss – Museum Crush

August 13, 2018

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Itumeleng

Today’s Digest is full of amazing research from focusing on causation in microbiome studies to increased efficacy of BLAST searches in the age of high throughput sequencing.

General Microbiome

Microbiome: Focus on Causation and Mechanism.Fischbach MA. Cell.

Effect of Antibiotic-Mediated Microbiome Modulation on Rotavirus Vaccine Immunogenicity: A Human, Randomized-Control Proof-of-Concept Trial.Harris VC. Cell Host and Microbe

Enhancing Rotavirus Vaccination: A Microbial Fix? Parker EPK. Cell Host and Microbe

Snapshot of an early Paleoproterozoic ecosystem: Two diverse microfossil communities from the Turee Creek Group, Western Australia. Barlow EV. Geobiology.

Background levels of microorganisms in the busy urban environment of transport hubs.Patel KV. Journal of Applied Microbiology.

Immunomodulation as Therapy for Fungal Infection: Are We Closer?Sam QH. Frontiers in Microbiology

Profiling of Bacterial and Fungal Microbial Communities in Cystic Fibrosis Sputum Using RNA.Grahl N. mSphere.

Oral Microbiome

Comparison of oral microbiota in orthodontic patients and healthy individuals.Sun F. Microbial Pathogenesis

Skin Microbiome

Mud therapy and skin microbiome: a review.Antonelli M. International Journal of Biometeorology

Gut Microbiome

Phylogeny-corrected identification of microbial gene families relevant to human gut colonization.Bradley PH. PLoS Computational Biology

Dynamic changes in human-gut microbiome in relation to a placebo-controlled anthelminthic trial in Indonesia.Martin I. PLoS Neglected Tropical Disease.

Faecal Microbiome

Effects of metal and metalloid pollutants on the microbiota composition of feces obtained from twelve commercial pig farms across China.Peng Z. Science Total Environment

Fecal Microbiota Alterations Associated With Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome.Zhuang X. Frontiers in Microbiology.

Plant, Soils, and Air Microbiome

Environmental variables better explain changes in potential nitrification and denitrification activities than microbial properties in fertilized forest soils.Tang Y. Science of Total Environment

Metagenomic analysis of rhizosphere microflora of oil-contaminated soil planted with barley and alfalfa. Kumar V. PLoS One.

Trichoderma polysporum selectively inhibits white-nose syndrome fungal pathogen Pseudogymnoascus destructans amidst soil microbes.Singh A. Microbiome.

Tissue Microbiome of Norway Spruce Affected by Heterobasidion-Induced Wood Decay.Ren F. Microbial Ecology

Evidence for complete nitrification in enrichment culture of tidal sediments and diversity analysis of clade a comammox Nitrospira in natural environments. Yu C. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology.

Traits-Based Integration of Multi-Species Inoculants Facilitates Shifts of Indigenous Soil Bacterial Community.Wang J. Frontier in Microbiology

Spatial Patterns and Drivers of Microbial Taxa in a Karst Broadleaf Forest.Song M. Frontiers in Microbiology

Water Microbiome

Response of Microbial Communities to Changing Climate Conditions During Summer Cyanobacterial Blooms in the Baltic Sea.Berner C. Frontiers in Microbiology

Coral Microbiome Database: Integration of sequences reveals high diversity and relatedness of coral-associated microbes.Huggett MJ. Environmental Microbiology Reports

Animal Experiments and Microbiome

Diet and other environmental factors shape the bacterial communities of fish gut in an eutrophic lake. Kashinskaya EN. Journal of Applied Microbiology

Yeast-like microorganisms in the scale insect Kermes quercus (Insecta, Hemiptera, Coccomorpha: Kermesidae). Newly acquired symbionts?Podsiadło E. Arthropod Structure and Development

Initial description of the core ocular surface microbiome in dogs: Bacterial community diversity and composition in a defined canine population.Leis ML. Veterinary Ophthalmology

High-Throughput Analysis Reveals Seasonal Variation of the Gut Microbiota Composition Within Forest Musk Deer (Moschus berezovskii).Hu X. Frontiers in Microbiology

A Comprehensive Research on Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Microbiota of Aquatic Animals.Hong B. Frontiers in Microbiology

Identification of spider-mite species and their endosymbionts using multiplex PCR.Zélé F. Experimental and Applied Acarology

Soil microarthropods alter the outcome of plant-soil feedback experiments.Kuťáková E. Scientific Reports

Techniques/Bioinformatics

Metagenome complexity and template length are the main causes of bias in PCR-based bacteria community analysis.Peng W. Journal of Basic Microbiology

Single-cell RNA sequencing technologies and bioinformatics pipelines.Hwang B. Experimental and Molecular Medicine

Negative Binomial Mixed Models for Analyzing Longitudinal Microbiome Data.Zhang X. Frontiers in Microbiology

Stationary and portable sequencing-based approaches for tracing wastewater contamination in urban stormwater systems. Hu Y. Scientific Reports

CrocoBLAST: Running BLAST efficiently in the age of next-generation sequencing.Tristão Ramos RJ. Bioinformatics

August 3, 2018

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Happy Friday! Today’s digest includes the axolotl microbiome, carbon processing in thawing permafrost, and esterases discovered in hot spring microbial mats. In addition, there’s a Nature career column discussing why it’s not a ‘failure’ to leave academia. Enjoy!

Multi-site human microbiome

Optimizing body fluid recognition from microbial taxonomic profiles – Eirik Nataas Hanssen – Forensic Science International

Human oral microbiome

Dysbiosis of the buccal mucosa microbiome in primary Sjögren’s syndrome patients – Taco A van der Meulen – Rheumatology

Human respiratory microbiome

Comparison of the upper and lower airway microbiota in children with chronic lung diseases – Bushra Ahmed – PLoS One

Human vaginal microbiome

Review: Case for a role of the microbiome in gynecologic cancers: Clinician’s perspective – Ismail Mert – Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Research

Human gut microbiome

Enhanced preservation of the human intestinal microbiota by ridinilazole, a novel Clostridium difficile-targeting antibacterial, compared to vancomycin – Cheleste M. Thorpe – PLoS One

Animal experiments

Euphorbia kansui fry-baked with vinegar modulates gut microbiota and reduces intestinal toxicity in rats – DongjingJiang – Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Animal microbiome

Experimentally induced metamorphosis in highly regenerative axolotl (ambystoma mexicanum) under constant diet restructures microbiota – Turan Demircan – Scientific Reports

Response of host–bacterial colonization in shrimp to developmental stage, environment and disease – Jinbo Xiong – Molecular Ecology

Wild Bee Pollen Usage and Microbial Communities Co-vary Across Landscapes – Quinn S. McFrederick – Microbial Ecology

Microbiomes of gall-inducing copepod crustaceans from the corals Stylophora pistillata (Scleractinia) and Gorgonia ventalina (Alcyonacea) – Pavel V. Shelyakin – Scientific Reports

Effect of dietary fat to starch content on fecal microbiota composition and activity in dogs – Sofia Schauf – Journal of Animal Science

Primer: The importance of being persistent: The first true resident gut symbiont in Drosophila – Dali Ma – PLoS Biology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Genome-centric view of carbon processing in thawing permafrost – Ben J. Woodcroft – Nature

Review: Uptake of bacteria into living plant cells, the unifying and distinct feature of the nitrogen-fixing root nodule symbiosis – Martin Parniske – Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Pre-print: Unlocking a high bacterial diversity in the coralloid root microbiome from the cycad genus Dioon – Pablo de Jesus Suarez-Moo – bioRxiv

Water and extremophile microbiome

Discovery of a diverse set of esterases from hot spring microbial mat and sea sediment metagenomes – RaviRanjan – International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Built environment

Microbial communities and functional genes of nitrogen cycling in an electrolysis augmented constructed wetland treating wastewater treatment plant effluent – Pengfei Zhang – Chemosphere

Science, publishing, and career

Why it is not a ‘failure’ to leave academia – Philipp Kruger – Nature

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