Category Archives: Human oral

May 10, 2018

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Today we have quite a few interesting papers in “Water microbiome”, there you can read about: drift in the community structuring of bacteria and microbial eukaryotes by R.Logares; phylogeny‐based database “EukRef–Ciliophora” by V. Boscaro;  diverse bacterial and viral populations in agricultural freshwater pond by J. Chopyk. In a “Bioinformatics” section you can read about “MIMOSA: Algorithms for Microbial Profiling” (by O. U. Nalbantoglu) and about use of SplinectomeR package in longitudinal microbiome studies by R.R. Shields- Cutler. Enjoy!

Jobs

PhD position for anaerobic microbiology of the Black Sea, Netherlands

General microbiome

Cargo Transport Shapes the Spatial Organization of a Microbial Community – Abhishek Shrivastava – bioRxiv

The Effect of Berberine on the Transcriptome and Proteome of E. coli – Zhang Shilei – bioRxiv

Predator-by-Environment Interactions Mediate Bacterial Competition in the Dictyostelium discoideum Microbiome – R. Fredrik Inglis – Frontiers in Microbiology / Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology

Diversity time-period and diversity-time-area relationships exemplified by the human microbiome – Zhanshan (Sam) Ma – Scientific Reports

Pregnancy and early life

Microbial Biomarkers of Intestinal Barrier Maturation in Preterm Infants – Bing Ma – bioRxiv

Influence of human milk oligosaccharides on adherence of bifidobacteria and clostridia to cell lines – Musilova Sarka  – Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica

 

Oral microbiome

Research on oral microbiota of monozygotic twins with discordant caries experience – in vitro and in vivo study – Hongle Wu – Scientific Reports

Glycemic Status Affects the Subgingival Microbiome of Diabetic Patients – Priscila Larcher Longo – Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Research on oral microbiota of monozygotic twins with discordant caries experience – in vitro and in vivo study – Hongle Wu – Scientific Reports

Human gut microbiome

Fecal microbiota transplantation in experimental ulcerative colitis reveals associated gut microbial and host metabolic reprogramming – Zhixiang Yan – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Fecal microbiota transplantation treatment for refractory ulcerative colitis with allergy to 5-aminosalicylic acid: A case report – Hong-Gang Wang – Medicine

Review: Influence of Commensal Microbiota on the Enteric Nervous System and Its Role in Neurodegenerative Diseases – Endres K. – Journal of Innate Immunology

Loss of Ethanolamine Utilization in Enterococcus faecalis Increases Gastrointestinal Tract Colonization – Karan Gautam Kavala – mBio

Compositional and Functional Differences in the Human Gut Microbiome Correlate with Clinical Outcome following Infection with Wild-Type Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi – Yan Zhang – mBio

Animal experiments

Effects of gut microbiota and time of treatment on tissue levels of green tea polyphenols in mice – Anna B. Liu – BioFactors

Gastrointestinal microbiota and mucosal immune gene expression in neonatal pigs reared in a cross-fostering model – Nidia Maradiaga – Microbial Pathogenesis

Prolonged restraint stressor exposure in outbred CD-1 mice impacts microbiota, colonic inflammation, and short chain fatty acids – Ross M. Maltz – PLOS One

Review: Biomarkers for monitoring intestinal health in poultry: present status and future perspective – Richard Ducatelle – Veterinary Research

Animal microbiome 

Near full-length 16S rRNA gene next-generation sequencing revealed Asaia as a common midgut bacterium of wild and domesticated Queensland fruit fly larvae – Ania T. Deutscher – Microbiome

Crown-of-thorns sea star, Acanthaster cf. solaris, have tissue-characteristic microbiomes with potential roles in health and reproduction – Lone Høja – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Multilevel social structure and diet shape the gut microbiota of the gelada monkey, the only grazing primate – Pål Trosvik – Microbiome

Antimicrobial activity in culturable gut microbial communities of springtails – Valeria Agamennone  – Journal of Applied Microbiology

Diversity and antimicrobial potential in sea anemone and holothurian microbiomes – Elizabeth León-Palmero  – PLOS One

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Niche partition of phenanthrene-degrading bacteria along a Phragmites australis rhizosphere gradient – Xiaofei Lv – Biology and Fertility of Soils

Core microbiomes for sustainable agroecosystems – Toju H -Nature Plants

Determination of agricultural impact on soil microbial activity using δ18OP HCl and respiration experiments – Katherine Polain – ACS Earth and Space Chemistry

Seasonal dynamics of bacterial communities in a Betula albosinensis forest – C. Du – European Journal of Soil Science

Niche partition of phenanthrene-degrading bacteria along a Phragmites australis rhizosphere gradient – Xiaofei Lv – Biology and Fertility of Soils

Water and extremophile microbiome

Effects of Xiantao sewage treatment on microbial community structure of shallow groundwater in wetland – Shu-Fen Song – bioRxiv

Unexpected versatility in the metabolism and ecophysiology of globally relevant nitrite-oxidizing Nitrotoga bacteria – Andrew Boddicker – bioRxiv

Long-term seasonality of marine photoheterotrophic bacteria reveals low cohesiveness within the different phylogroups – Adrià Auladell – bioRxiv

Molecular cloning of glutathione peroxidase gene of Antarctic ice microalga Chlamydomonas sp. ICE‐L and its expression changes under temperature and salinity stress – Jin Hui Wang – Phycological Research

Contrasting prevalence of selection and drift in the community structuring of bacteria and microbial eukaryotes – Ramiro Logares – Environmental Microbiology

EukRef–Ciliophora: A manually curated, phylogeny‐based database of small subunit rRNA gene sequences of ciliates – Vittorio Boscaro – Environmental Microbiology

Novel human-associated Lachnospiraceae genetic markers improve detection of fecal pollution sources in urban waters – Shuchen Feng – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Municipal wastewater treatment potential and metal accumulation strategies of Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott and Typha latifolia L. in a constructed wetland – Vivek Rana – Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Agricultural Freshwater Pond Supports Diverse and Dynamic Bacterial and Viral Populations – Jessica Chopyk – Frontiers in Microbiology / Aquatic Microbiology

Characterization of a Highly Enriched Microbial Consortium Reductively Dechlorinating 2,3-Dichlorophenol and 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol and the Corresponding cprA Genes from River Sediment – Wael S. El-Sayed – Polish Journal of Microbiology

Built environment

Characterization of fungi in office dust: comparing results of microbial secondary metabolites, fungal ITS region sequencing, viable culture, and other microbial indices – Ju Hyeong Park – Indoor Air

Investigation of the Active Biofilm Communities on Polypropylene Filter Media in a Fixed Biofilm Reactor for Wastewater Treatment – Iffat Naz – Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Food microbiology

Characterization of the contaminant bacterial communities in sugarcane first-generation industrial ethanol production – Maria L. Bonatelli – FEMS Microbiology Letters

Probiotics / prebiotics

Phylotype-level profiling of lactobacilli in highly complex environments by means of an ITS-based metagenomic approach – Christian Milani – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Comparative Genomics Reveals the Regulatory Complexity of Bifidobacterial Arabinose and Arabino-Oligosaccharide Utilization – Aleksandr A. Arzamasov – Frontiers in Microbiology /Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology

 

Bioinformatics

MIMOSA: Algorithms for Microbial Profiling – Ozkan Ufuk Nalbantoglu – IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

SplinectomeR Enables Group Comparisons in Longitudinal Microbiome Studies – Robin R. Shields-Cutler – Frontiers in Microbiology / Systems Microbiology

Metagenome enrichment approach used for selection of oil-degrading bacteria consortia for drill cutting residue bioremediation – Alaine B.Guerra – Environmental Pollution

Biotechnology

Microbial co-culturing systems: butanol production from organic wastes through consolidated bioprocessing – Yujia Jiang – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Techniques

Sensitive detection of Live Escherichia coli by bacteriophage amplification-coupled immunoassay on the Luminex® MAGPIX instrument – Tomotaka Mido – bioRxiv

Microbes in the news

Scientists use dietary seaweed to manipulate gut bacteria in mice

Microbes are savvy investors when contributing to the common good

 

May 8, 2018

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Today’s Digest is again short and sweet. Human RNA interacts with oral commensals, viral communities diverge between different delivery modes, and Wash U researchers reveal how soil bacteria can digest antibiotics.Today’s Digest is again short and sweet. Human RNA interacts with oral commensals, viral communities diverge between different delivery modes, and Wash U researchers reveal how soil bacteria can digest antibiotics.

Jobs and Events

Microbial Sequencing and Analytics Core Director – Cleveland Clinic – Cleveland, OH, United States

Microbial Culturing and Engineering Core Director – Cleveland Clinic – Cleveland, OH, United States

Personalization and the microbiome in precision medicine: Probiota Americas 2018 program revealed – Stephen Daniells – NutraIngredients-USA

Pregnancy and early life

Preprint: The developing premature infant gut microbiome is a major factor shaping the microbiome of neonatal intensive care unit rooms – Brandon Brooks et al. – bioRxiv

Human oral microbiome

** Human tRNA-Derived Small RNAs Modulate Host–Oral Microbial Interactions – X He & F Li et al. – Journal of Dental Research

Press: UCLA researchers discover cellular messengers communicate with bacteria in the mouth – Brianna Aldrich – UCLA Newsroom

Animal experiments

Mouse: Frontline Science: Microbiota reconstitution restores intestinal integrity after cisplatin therapy – Alfredo Perales‐Puchalt & Jairo Perez‐Sanz et al. – Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Preprint: Antibiotic-induced dysbiosis predicts mortality in an animal model of Clostridium difficile infection – Charles Burdet et al. – bioRxiv

Water and extremophile microbiome

Screening of polyhydroxyalkanoate- producing bacteria and PhaC-encoding genes in two hypersaline microbial mats from Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, Mexico – Carolina A. Martı ́nez-Gutie ́rrez et al. – PeerJ

Phages and viruses
** Viromes of one year old infants reveal the impact of birth mode on microbiome diversity – Angela McCann, Feargal J. Ryan, & Stephen R. Stockdale et al. – PeerJ

Microbes in the news

Are the gut microbiota determined by genes or the environment? – C.I. Villamil – Medical News Bulletin

The Skin microbiota: a target for Next Generation active ingredients – M. Bey, E. Filaire and JY. Berthon – Premium Beauty News

AI Detects Patterns Of Gut Microbes for Cholera Risk – Marla Vacek Broadfoot – Duke Today

Catheter-associated Infections: Prevention using Polymers – Christine Kelly

Faecal bacteria found in coffee shop ice after random checks – BBC

** Wash U researchers reveal how some bacteria are able to eat antibiotics –  Shahla Farzan – St. Louis Public Radio

Superbugs: are we returning to an era where bacteria are a major killer without a cure? – Anthony McDonnell – LSE blogs

What does ape dung tell us about human health? Gut bacteria in primates’ faeces suggests we are deficient in fibre – Alexandra Thompson – Daily Mail

Vegan Kimchi Is Microbially Pretty Close to the Original – Marissa Fessenden – Smithsonian Mag

Calf gut health starts at birth – Jennifer Carrico – High Plains Journal

Microbes on the market

Amway signs R&D partnership – Rachel Watson – GRBJ

May 6, 2018

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Brassicaceae plants-fungi associations, a feature on PCR bias during microbiome analysis, a thesis about viruses; preprints about Mobile-CRISPRi system on bacteria, what may happen to the intestinal microbiota when Lactobacillus reuteri intervenes; few non-microbio picks covering mental health, conservation policy, stem cell policy; and a lot more for our digest from Sunday.

General microbiome

Preprint: Mobile-CRISPRi: Enabling Genetic Analysis of Diverse Bacteria – JM Peters – bioRxiv

Preprint: Effect of Lactobacillus reuteri on intestinal microflora and immune parameters: involvement of sex differences – J He – biorXiv

Review: The Interplay Between the Microbiome and Cardiovascular Risk – BA Minnifield – Current Genetic Medicine Reports

Klebsiella pneumoniae as a key trafficker of drug resistance genes from environmental to clinically important bacteria – KL Wyres – Current Opinion in Microbiology

Proteomic studies on lactic acid bacteria: A review – KS Vinusha – Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports

Multi-site human microbiome

Distinct shifts in the oral microbiota are associated with the progression and aggravation of mucositis during radiotherapy – J Hou – Radiotherapy and Oncology

Human skin microbiome

Skin microbiome changes in patients with interdigital tinea pedis – R  Wang – British Journal of Dermatology

Human vaginal microbiome

The Vaginal Eukaryotic DNA Virome and Preterm Birth  – KM Wylie – American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Systematic Review: The vaginal microbiota and its association with Human Papillomavirus, Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhea and Mycoplasma genitalium infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis – J Tamarelle – Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Human gut microbiome

Review: Methods for studying gut microbiota: A primer for physicians – AN Sarangi – Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology

Review: Effects of the Gut microbiota on Amygdalin and its use as an anti-cancer therapy: Substantial review on the key components involved in altering dose efficacy and toxicity – V Jaiswal – Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports

The ability of human intestinal anaerobes to metabolize different oligosaccharides: Novel means for microbiota modulation? – R Ose – Anaerobe

Clostridium difficile cure with fecal microbiota transplantation in a child with Pompe disease: a case report – DE Dow – Journal of Medical Case Reports

Association Between Bacteremia from Specific Microbes and Subsequent Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer  – TNY Kwong – Gastroenterology

Animal experiments 

Tributyltin exposure induces gut microbiome dysbiosis with increased body weight gain and dyslipidemia in mice – H Guo – Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Inhibition Effect of Glycyrrhiza Polysaccharide (GCP) on Tumor Growth through Regulation of the Gut Microbiota Composition – X Zhang – Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Ketogenic diet enhances neurovascular function with altered gut microbiome in young healthy mice – D Ma – Scientific Reports

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

Acute exposure to PBDEs at an environmentally realistic concentration causes abrupt changes in the gut microbiota and host health of zebrafish – L Chen – Environmental Pollution

Animal microbiome 

Integrated metatranscriptomics and metaproteomics for the characterization of bacterial microbiota in unfed Ixodes ricinus – A Hernández-Jarguín – Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Metatranscriptome analysis of the intestinal microorganisms in Pardosa pseudoannulata in response to cadmium stress – H Yang – Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Beneficial associations between Brassicaceae plants and fungal endophytes under nutrient-limiting conditions: evolutionary origins and host–symbiont molecular mechanisms – K Hiruma – Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Cross-kingdom lipid transfer in arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis and beyond – A Keymer – Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Isolation of local Bacillus spp. from Afghanistan soils and their potential in suppressing the root-knot nematodes on tomato – AS Jamily – J-Stage

Effect of community-based soil and water conservation practices on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi types, spore densities, root colonization, and soil nutrients in the northern highlands of Ethiopia – M Welemariam – Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Biocontrol mechanisms of Bacillus sp., isolated from tomato rhizosphere, against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici – M Jangir – Biological Control

Root Exudates Dominate the Colonization of Pathogen and Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria – J Yuan – Root Biology

Unfolding the Role of Rhizomicrobiome Toward Sustainable Agriculture – S Kaul – Root Biology

Litter breakdown as a tool for assessment of the efficiency of afforestation and ash-aided phytostabilization on metal-contaminated soils functioning in Northern France – J Leclercq-Dransart – Environmental Science and Pollution Research 

Sugars en route to the roots. Transport, metabolism and storage within plant roots and towards microorganisms of the rhizosphere – N Hennion – Physiologia Plantarum

Salt marsh sediment bacterial communities maintain original population structure after transplantation across a latitudinal gradient – A Angermeyer – PeerJ

Impact of slope exposure on chemical and microbiological properties of Norway spruce deadwood and underlying soil during early stages of decomposition in the Italian Alps – T Bardelli – CATENA

Built environment 

A comparative study of eubacterial communities by PCR-DGGE fingerprints in anoxic and aerobic biotrickling filters used for biogas desulfurization – A Valle – Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering

Food microbiology

Microbial community dynamics of Dan’er barley grain during the industrial malting process – X Li – Food Microbiology

Physicochemical, microbiological and sensory acceptance alterations of strawberries caused by gamma radiation and storage time – M de Jesus Filho – Scientia Horticulturae

Evaluation of critical points of mould growth and mycotoxin production in the stored barley ecosystem with a hazardous initial microbiological state of grain – J Wawrzyniak – Journal of Stored Products Research

Viruses and phages

Thesis: Virology By The Numbers: A Quantitative Exploration of Viral Energetics, Genomics, and Ecology – G Mahmoudabadi – Caltech THESIS

 

Techniques

Microbiology: making the best of PCR bias – M  Eisenstein – Nature

Anton Chekhov and Robert Koch Cheek to Cheek: A Proteomic Study – A D’Amato – Proteomics

Microbes in the news

Future of Microbiome Drugs Market including key players Pfizer, Second Genome, Seres Therapeutics – Technical Progress News

Pattern hair loss could be due to gut bacteria – Science Nordic

Legionella bacteria has been detected at the problem-plagued Perth Children’s Hospital. – SBS News

Connections Between Art And Science Explored – The Enterprise

Non-microbiology picks

Arctic ice carries heavy freight of plastic – Nature

Brazil’s lawmakers renew push to weaken environmental rules – Nature

Feeling overwhelmed by academia? You are not alone – Nature

Real-world illness requires medical multitasking – Nature

Announcement: stem-cell policy – Nature

May 4, 2018

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Today we have many interesting news and many papers in “Plant, root, and soil microbiome” section. Enjoy your friday read!

General microbiome

Uncovering the drivers of host-associated microbiota with joint species distribution modeling – Johannes R. Björk – bioRxiv

Competence Inhibition by the XrpA Peptide Encoded Within the comX Gene of Streptococcus mutans – Justin Kaspar – bioRxiv

Microbiota and metabolic diseases – Alessia Pascale – Endocrine

Human respiratory microbiome

The Gut-Lung Axis and Pulmonary Responses to Ozone – Judith A Voynow – American Journal of Respiratory and Molecular Biology

 

Human skin microbiome

Microbial host interactions and impaired wound healing in mice and humans: defining a role for BD14 and NOD2 – Helen Williams – Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Human nearly-sterile sites

The Role of Microbiota in Retinal Disease – Sheldon Rowan – Retinal Degenerative Diseases

Human gut microbiome

Immune Cells and Microbiota Response to Iron Starvation – Marcello Chieppa – Frontiers in Medicine / Gastroenterology

The Role of the Gut Microbiome in Colorectal Cancer – Grace Y. Chen – Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery

Enterococcus faecalis AHG0090 is a Genetically Tractable Bacterium and Produces a Secreted Peptidic Bioactive that Suppresses Nuclear Factor Kappa B Activation in Human Gut Epithelial Cells – Páraic Ó Cuív – Frontiers in Immunology /  Microbial Immunology

Animal experiments

Core gut microbiota in Jinhua pigs and its correlation with strain, farm and weaning age – Hua Yang – Journal of Microbiology

Animal microbiome 

Gut microbiomes of wild great apes fluctuate seasonally in response to diet – Allison L. Hicks – Nature Communications

Stochastic processes govern bacterial communities from the blood of pikas and from their arthropod vectors – Huan Li – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

An in vitro evaluation of browser and grazer fermentation efficiency and microbiota using European moose spring and summer foods – Sophie J. Krizsan – Ecology & Evolution

The effect of gut microbiota elimination in Drosophila melanogaster: A how-to guide for host–microbiota studies – Chloe Heys  – Ecology & Evolution

Urea hydrolysis by gut bacteria in a hibernating frog: evidence for urea-nitrogen recycling in Amphibia – James M. Wiebler – Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Highly diverse endophytes in roots of Cycas bifida (Cycadaceae), an ancient but endangered gymnosperm – Ying Zheng – Journal of Microbiology

Soil metabarcoding identifies season indicators and differentiators of pig and Agrostis/Festuca spp. decomposition – Ayodeji O.Olakanye – Forensic Science International

Modulation of plant chemistry by beneficial root microbiota – Desalegn W. Etalo  –  Natural Product Reports

Highly diverse endophytes in roots of Cycas bifida (Cycadaceae), an ancient but endangered gymnosperm – Ying Zheng – Journal of Microbiology

A global atlas of the dominant bacteria found in soil – Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo – Science

Variations of Bacterial Community Diversity Within the Rhizosphere of Three Phylogenetically Related Perennial Shrub Plant Species Across Environmental Gradients – Xiaofan Na –  Frontiers in Microbiology

Combined effects of phosphate-solubilizing bacterium XMT-5 (Rhizobium sp.) and submerged macrophyte Ceratophyllum demersum on phosphorus release in eutrophic lake sediments – Haifeng Li – Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Successful phytoremediation of crude-oil contaminated soil at an oil exploration and production company by plants-bacterial synergism – Kaneez Fatima – International Journal of Phytoremediation

Alginate-perlite encapsulated Pseudomonas putida A (ATCC 12633) cells: preparation, characterization and potential use as plant inoculants – Andrés S. Liffourrena – Journal of Biotechnology

Variations of Bacterial Community Diversity Within the Rhizosphere of Three Phylogenetically Related Perennial Shrub Plant Species Across Environmental Gradients – Xiaofan Na – Frontiers in Microbiology / Terrestrial Microbiology

Water and extremophile microbiome 

Conductive Particles Enable Syntrophic Acetate Oxidation between Geobacter and Methanosarcina from Coastal Sediments – Amelia-Elena Rotaru – mBio

Mind the gut: genomic insights to population divergence and gut microbial composition of two marine keystone species – Katharina Fietz – BMC Microbiome

Enhanced degradation of phenol in floating treatment wetlands by plant-bacterial synergism – Hamna Saleem – International Journal of Phytoremediation

Bacterial community diversity in a full scale biofilter treating wastewater odor – M. J. Allievi – Water Science & Technology

Food microbiology

Sausage fermentation and starter cultures in the era of molecular biology methods – Irene Franciosa – International Journal of Food Microbiology

Contribution of the novel sulfur-producing adjunct Lactobacillus nodensis to flavor development in Gouda cheese – Elaine O’Brien – Journal of Dairy Science

Probiotics / prebiotics

Probiotics drive gut microbiome triggering emotional brain signatures – Deepika Bagga – Gut Microbiome

Phages and viruses

Reactivation of latent HIV-1 in vitro using an alcoholic extract from Euphorbia umbellata (Euphorbiaceae) latex – Ana L Valadao – bioRxiv

Mycobacteria recycle their peptidoglycan via a novel pathway which influences antimicrobial resistance and limits proliferation in macrophages – Patrick J. Moynihan – bioRxiv

Biotechnology

Microbiological aspects of thermophile pretreatment of activated sludge inhibiting electricity generation of microbial fuel cell – Yang-Guo Zhao – Water Science & Technology

Methane-yielding microbial communities processing lactate-rich substrates: a piece of the anaerobic digestion puzzle – Anna Detman – BMC Biotechnology for Biofuels

Microbes in the news 

Researchers find a gene that lets bacteria kill all male flies

Targeting Gut Bacteria to Reduce Disease

Applying live bacteria to skin improves eczema

Walnuts impact gut microbiome and improve health

By wrapping itself in antibodies, this bacterium may become a stable, beneficial part of the gut

A healthy digestive system is all you need in life

 

 

May 3, 2018

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Have a good Thursday! Today, in Microbiome Digest: studies about Bacterial Vaginosis, dysbiosis associated with Hepatitis C infection, oral microbiome and oral cancer, microbiome reestablishment after cleaning, detection of microbes in culture-negative intra-amniotic infections and more…

Human Microbiome and General

A Prospective Metagenomic and Metabolomic Analysis of the Impact of Exercise and/or Whey Protein Supplementation on the Gut Microbiome of Sedentary Adults – Owen Cronin – mSystems

Review: Relationship between diet, the gut microbiota, and brain function – Anouk C Tengeler – Nutrition Reviews

Identification of Key Bacteria Involved in the Induction of Incident Bacterial Vaginosis: A Prospective Study – Christina A Muzny – The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Gut Dysbiosis Associated With Hepatitis C Virus Infection – Takako Inoue – Clinical Infectious Diseases

Research Highlight: Fibre aids fight against nasty gut infection – Nature

Review: The Intestinal Epithelium: Central Coordinator of Mucosal Immunity – Joannie M. Allaire – Trends in Immunology

Humans as holobionts: implications for prevention and therapy -Maarten van de Guchte – Microbiome

Obese Subjects With Specific Gustatory Papillae Microbiota and Salivary Cues Display an Impairment to Sense Lipids – Philippe Besnard – Scientific Reports

Bacterial culture-negative subclinical intra-amniotic infection can be detected by bacterial 16S ribosomal DNA-amplifying polymerase chain reaction – Sachi Morimoto – Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Impact of HIV and Type 2 diabetes on Gut Microbiota Diversity, Tryptophan Catabolism and Endothelial Dysfunction – Hedda Hoel – Scientific Reports

New Horizons in Obstructive Lung Disease. Microbiome Dynamics, Pulmonary Artery Enlargement, and Endobronchial Valves – Pujan H. Patel – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Oral Microbiota Community Dynamics Associated With Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Staging – Chia-Yu Yang – Frontiers in Microbiology

Bifidobacterium longum subsp infantis CECT7210-supplemented formula reduces diarrhea in healthy infants: a randomized controlled trial – Joaquin Escribano – Pediatric Research

 

Animal Microbiome

Transplantation of human microbiota into conventional mice durably reshapes the gut microbiota – Laura Wrzosek – Scientific Reports

Restructuring of the Gut Microbiome by Intermittent Fasting Prevents Retinopathy and Prolongs Survival in db/db Mice – Eleni Beli – Diabetes

Effects of shenling baizhu powder herbal formula on intestinal microbiota in high-fat diet-induced NAFLD rats – Yupei Zhang – Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy

The effects of sewage treatment plant effluents on hepatic and intestinal biomarkers in common carp (Cyprinus carpio) – Sidika Sakalli – Science of The Total Environment

Feminizing Wolbachia influence microbiota composition in the terrestrial isopod Armadillidium vulgare – Jessica Dittmer – Scientific Reports

Preprint: Intestinal microbiota of whitefish (Coregonus sp.) species pairs and their hybrids in natural and controlled environment – Maelle Sevellec – bioRxiv

Gut microbiomes of wild great apes fluctuate seasonally in response to diet – Allison L. Hicks – Nature Communications

Dietary polyphenols enhance optogenetic recall of fear memory in hippocampal dentate gyrus granule neuron subpopulations – Chad Smith – Communications Biology

 

Built Environments

The Reestablishment of Microbial Communities after Surface Cleaning in Schools – Sarah E. Kwan – Journal of Applied Microbiology

 

Bioinformatics and Genomics

SHI7 Is a Self-Learning Pipeline for Multipurpose Short-Read DNA Quality Control – Gabriel A. Al-Ghalith – mSystems

Phylogenetic Placement of Exact Amplicon Sequences Improves Associations with Clinical Information – Stefan Janssen – mSystems

Identifying Group-Specific Sequences for Microbial Communities Using Long k-mer Sequence Signatures – Ying Wang – Frontiers in Microbiology

 

Plant/Soil Microbiomes

The role of bacteria in pine wilt disease: insights from microbiome analysis – Marta Alves – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

 

Other (Microbiome-related)

Review: Food Intake and Eating Behavior After Bariatric Surgery – Werd Al-Najim – Physiological Reviews

Review: Microfluidic Organ-on-a-Chip Models of Human Intestine – Amir Bein – Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Preprint: CRISPR-Cas blocks antibiotic resistance plasmid transfer between Enterococcus faecalis strains in the gastrointestinal tract – Valerie J Price – bioRxiv

 

May 2, 2018

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In our 2nd May Digest there are many interesting Jobs, News and papers, among which few recommendations: the review on human oral microbiota by Yangheng Zhang, bacterial versus human thymidylate synthas by Zahidul Islam, gut metabolome meets microbiome by Santosh Lamichhane and GET_PHYLOMARKERS – a new software package for phylogenomics and inferring pan-genome phylogenies. Enjoy!

Jobs

Research assistant in Microbial Systems and Synthetic Biology, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Research Scientist Engineer, University of Washington, WA, US

Post-Doctoral Research Scientist – Molecular Biology/Biochemistry, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK

Post-doc position, Universite Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France

General microbiome

Novel Antimicrobials for the Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection – Nicola Petrosillo – Frontiers in Medicine

Metagenomic assessment of the interplay between the environment and the genetic diversification of Acinetobacter – Marc Garcia-Garcera – Environmental Microbiology

Further expansion of methane metabolism in the Archaea – Yulin Wang – bioRxiv

Bacterial versus human thymidylate synthase: Kinetics and functionality – Zahidul Islam – PLOS One

Humans as holobionts: implications for prevention and therapy – Maarten van de Guchte – Microbiome

Genomewide characterisation of the genetic diversity of carotenogenesis in bacteria of the order Sphingomonadales – Shivakumara Siddaramappa – Microbial Genomics

Pregnancy and early life

Spleen development is modulated by neonatal gut microbiota – M. Manuela Rosado – Immunology Letters

HIV antiretroviral exposure in pregnancy induces detrimental placenta vascular changes that are rescued by progesterone supplementation – Hakimeh Mohammadi – Scientific Reports

Human respiratory microbiome

Biological exacerbation clusters demonstrate asthma and COPD overlap with distinct mediator and microbiome profiles  – Michael A. Ghebre – Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Oral microbiome

Review: Human oral microbiota and its modulation for oral health – Yangheng Zhang – Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy

Oral Administration of Probiotics Increases Paneth Cells and Intestinal Antimicrobial Activity – Silvia I. Cazorla – Frontiers in Microbiology /Food Microbiology

Oral microbiota reveals signs of acculturation in Mexican American women – Kristi L. Hoffman – PLOS One

Human gut microbiome

Gut metabolome meets microbiome: A methodological perspective to understand the relationship between host and microbe – Santosh Lamichhane – Methods

Linking gut microbiota to cardiovascular disease and hypertension: Lessons from chronic kidney disease – B. Meijers – Pharmacological Research

PGRP-LB homolog acts as a negative modulator of immunity in maintaining the gut-microbe symbiosis of red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier – Bishnu Dawadi – Developmental & Comparative Immunology

Imbalance of gut microbiome and intestinal epithelial barrier dysfunction in cardiovascular disease  – Judith N. Lezutekong – Clinical Science

Intestinal Immunomodulatory Cells (T Lymphocytes): A Bridge between Gut Microbiota and Diabetes – Qingwei Li – Mediators of Inflammation

In Vitro Fermentation Behaviour of Isomalto/Malto‐Polysaccharides Using Human Faecal Inoculum Indicates Prebiotic Potential – Fangjie Gu – Molecular Nutrition & food Research

A repeat offender: Recurrent extraintestinal Clostridium difficile infection following fecal microbiota transplantation – Bradley J.Gardiner – Anaerobe

Illuminating the microbiome’s dark matter: a functional genomic toolkit for the study of human gut Actinobacteria – Jordan E Bisanz – bioRxiv

Animal experiments

Astragalus affects fecal microbial composition of young hens as determined by 16S rRNA sequencing – Hongxing Qiao – AMB Express

Omeprazole Minimally Alters the Fecal Microbial Community in Six Cats: A Pilot Study – Sarah M. Schmid – Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Resveratrol Prevents the Development of Hypertension Programmed by Maternal Plus Post‐Weaning High‐Fructose Consumption Through Modulation of Oxidative Stress, Nutrient‐Sensing Signals, and Gut Microbiota – You-Lin Tain – Molecular Nutrition & Food Research

DNA microarray-based assessment of virulence potential of Shiga toxin gene-carrying Escherichia coli O104:H7 isolated from feedlot cattle feces – Pragathi B. Shridhar – PLOS One

Animal microbiome

Comparative metabolomics of aging in a long-lived bat: Insights into the physiology of extreme longevity – Hope C. Ball – PLOS One

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Identification of chemotaxis compounds in root exudates and their sensing chemoreceptors in plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria Bacillus amyloliquefaciens SQR9 – Haichao Feng – Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Shared strategies for β-lactam catabolism in the soil microbiome – Terence S. Crofts – Nature Chemical Biology

Review: Molecular networks in plant-pathogen holobiont – Tatsuya Nobori – FEBS Letters

Importance of Soil Temperature for the Growth of Temperate Crops under a Tropical Climate and Functional Role of Soil Microbial Diversity – Nurul Syazwani Ahmad Sabri – Microbes and Environments

The Impact of Remediation Through Stabilizing Amendments on Taxonomic and Metabolic Patterns of Bacteria and Archaea in Cadmium-Contaminated Paddy Fields in Southwestern China – Yi Chen – bioRxiv

Cas9/CRISPR genome editing to demonstrate the contribution of Cyp51A Gly138Ser to azole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus – Takashi Umeyama – bioRxiv

Short-term microbial effects of a large-scale mine-tailing storage facility collapse on the local natural environment – Heath W. Garris –  PLOS One

Water and extremophile microbiome 

Effect of the natural arsenic gradient on the diversity and arsenic resistance of bacterial communities of the sediments of Camarones River (Atacama Desert, Chile) – Carla G. Leon – PLOS One

The association of diet, gut microbiota and colorectal cancer: what we eat may imply what we get – Jia Yang – Protein & Cell

Marine-influenced microbial communities inhabit terrestrial hot springs on a remote island volcano – Lucy C. Stewart – Extremophiles

Lignite coal burning seam in the remote Altai Mountains harbors a hydrogen-driven thermophilic microbial community – Vitaly V. Kadnikov – Scientific Reports

Effects of Fecal Source Input, Environmental Conditions, and Environmental Sources on Enterococci Concentrations in a Coastal Ecosystem – Derek Rothenheber – bioRxiv

Precipitation of Calcium Carbonate Mineral Induced by Viral Lysis of Cyanobacteria – Hengchao Xu – Biogeosciences

Food microbiology

Probiotic and Technological Properties of Exopolysaccharide Producing Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated from Cereal-based Nigerian Fermented Food Products – A.T. Adesulu-Dahunsi – Food Control

Phages and viruses

Human enteric bacteria and viruses in five wastewater treatment plants in the Eastern Cape, South Africa – Olayinka Osuolale – Journal of Infection and Public Health

Dissecting the herpesvirus architecture by targeted proteolysis – Gina Rose Daniel – bioRxiv

Bioinformatics

GET_PHYLOMARKERS, a Software Package to Select Optimal Orthologous Clusters for Phylogenomics and Inferring Pan-Genome Phylogenies, Used for a Critical Geno-Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Stenotrophomonas – Pablo Vinuesa – Frontiers in Microbiology / Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology

Bioenergy

Genome-centric metatranscriptomes and ecological roles of the active microbial populations during cellulosic biomass anaerobic digestion – Yangyang Jia – Biotechnology for Biofuels

Meta-proteomic analysis of protein expression distinctive to electricity-generating biofilm communities in air-cathode microbial fuel cells – Jeremy F. Chignell – Biotechnology for Biofuels

Metagenome, metatranscriptome, and metaproteome approaches unraveled compositions and functional relationships of microbial communities residing in biogas plants – Julia Hassa – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Mini Review: New concepts in anaerobic digestion processes: recent advances and biological aspects – Antonio Castellano-Hinojosa – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Genome comparison of different Zymomonas mobilis strains provides insights on conservation of the evolution – Chen Chen – PLOS One

Microbes in the news

Microbes living in a toxic volcanic lake could hold clues to life on Mars

Researchers Finally Figure Out How Vaping Impacts Your Gut Bacteria

Bacteria eat antibiotics, and warn each other of threats

 

April 24, 2018

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Today, after a hiatus, we have a new and big digest. Have a good Tuesday!

Gut Or General Microbiome

Editorial: Metagenomics, culturomics, and the human gut microbiota – Sophie Amrane – Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy

Review: Disruptions in gut microbial-host co-metabolism and the development of metabolic disorders – Cynthia Rajani – Clinical Science

Metabolic retroconversion of trimethylamine N-oxide and the gut microbiota – Lesley Hoyles – Microbiome

Review: Factors influencing horizontal gene transfer in the intestine – Ximin Zeng – Animal Health Research Reviews

Commentary: Help, hope and hype: ethical considerations of human microbiome research and applications – Yonghui Ma – Protein & Cell

A System Biology Perspective on Environment-Host-Microbe Interactions – Lianmin Chen – Human Molecular Genetics

Comment on: effects of sleeve gastrectomy on the composition and diurnal oscillation of gut microbiota related to the metabolic improvements – Tammy L.Kindel – Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Dietary Interventions to Modulate the Gut Microbiome—How Far Away Are We From Precision Medicine – Francesca De Filippis – Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Targeting the gut microbiome to treat the osteoarthritis of obesity – Eric M. Schott – JCI Insight

Increased prevalence of pathogenic bacteria in the gut microbiota of infants at risk of developing celiac disease: the PROFICEL study – Marta Olivares –  Gut Microbes

Genome sequence and description of Gracilibacillus timonensis sp. nov. strain Marseille-P2481T , a moderate halophilic bacterium isolated from the human gut microflora – Awa Diop – Microbiology Open

Inflammasomes make the case for littermate-controlled experimental design in studying host-microbiota interactions – Michail Mamantopoulos – Gut Microbes

No Significant Association Between the Fecal Microbiome and the Presence of Irritable Bowel Syndrome-type Symptoms in Patients with Quiescent Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Oliver Shutkever –  Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Research Highlight: Microbiome promotes pancreatic cancer – Iain Dickson – Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Deciphering human gut microbiota-nutrient interactions: a role for biochemistry – Carina Chittim – Biochemistry

Letter: Defining the Impact of Host Genotypes on Microbiota Composition Requires Meticulous Control of Experimental Variables –  Andy Wullaert – Cell Immunity

Review: Engineered Human Gastrointestinal Cultures to Study the Microbiome and Infectious Diseases – Sarah E.Blutt – Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology

The Role of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor in the Function of Intestinal Barrier – Milica Vujicic- Scientific Reports

Perspective: Urbanization and the gut microbiota in health and inflammatory bowel disease – Tao Zuo – Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

A systems biology approach to predict and characterize human gut microbial metabolites in colorectal cancer – QuanQiu Wang – Scientific Reports

Review: The human gut microbiota: metabolism and perspective in obesity – Aline Corado Gomes – Gut Microbes

Association between the Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII) and urinary enterolignans and C-reactive protein from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey-2003-2008 – Nitin Shivappa – European Journal of Nutrition

Case Report: The Effect of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation on a Child with Tourette Syndrome – Huijun Zhao – Case Reports in Medicine

Current evidence linking diet to gut microbiota and brain development and function – Florencia Ceppa – International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Using standard microbiome reference groups to simplify beta-diversity analyses and facilitate independent validation – Marlena Maziarz – Bioinformatics

Review: Gut microbiota, metabolism and psychopathology: A critical review and novel perspectives – Robin N. Groen – Critical Reviews in Clinical Laboratory Sciences

The Role of Gut Microbiota in Obesity and Type 2 and Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: New Insights into “Old” Diseases – Igor Alexander Harsch – Medical Sciences

Biogeography and environmental conditions shape bacteriophage-bacteria networks across the human microbiome – Geoffrey D. Hannigan – PLoS Computational Biology

 

Respiratory Microbiome

Prenatal antibiotic exposure and childhood asthma: a population-based study – Keely Loewen – European Respiratory Journal

Impact of gut colonization with butyrate producing microbiota on respiratory viral infection following allo-HCT – Bastiaan W. Haak – Blood

Oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal decontamination with chlorhexidine gluconate in lung cancer surgery: a randomized clinical trial – Xavier Benoit D’Journo – Intensive Care Medicine

Impact of Long-Term Erythromycin Therapy on the Oropharyngeal Microbiome and Resistance Gene Reservoir in Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis – Jocelyn M. Choo – mSphere

Neonates colonized with pathogenic bacteria in the airways have a low-grade systemic inflammation – Nadia Rahman Fink – Allergy

Next-Generation Immune Repertoire Sequencing as a Clue to Elucidate the Landscape of Immune Modulation by Host–Gut Microbiome Interactions – Tatsuo Ichinohe – Frontiers in Immunology

 

Oral Microbiome

Metagenomic analysis of oral microbiome in young children aged 6‐8 y living in a rural isolated Chinese province – Yuan Xu – Oral Diseases

Microbiota and Metatranscriptome Changes Accompanying the Onset of Gingivitis – Emily M. Nowicki – mBio

Do we treat our patients or rather periodontal microbes with adjunctive antibiotics in periodontal therapy? A 16S rDNA microbial community analysis – Daniel Hagenfeld – PLoS One

The interplay between oral microbiome, lifestyle factors and genetic polymorphisms in the risk of oral squamous cell carcinoma – Jenn-Ren Hsiao – Carcinogenesis

Dynamic Alterations in Salivary Microbiota Related to Dental Caries and Age in Preschool Children With Deciduous Dentition: A 2-Year Follow-Up Study – Lei Xu – Frontiers in Physiology

 

Reproductive / Urinary tract Microbiome

How uterine microbiota might be responsible for a receptive, fertile endometrium – Marilen Benner – Human Reproduction Update

Culturing of female bladder bacteria reveals an interconnected urogenital microbiota – Krystal Thomas-White – Nature Communications

 

Fecal Microbiota Transplant

Editorial: Is fecal microbiota transplantation a temporary patch for treatment of Clostridium difficile infection or a new frontier of therapeutics? – Alexander Khoruts – Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Case Report: ANCA Vasculitis and Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis following a Fecal Microbiota Transplant – Adam Amlani – Case Reports in Rheumatology

Regional variability in fecal microbiota transplantation practices: a survey of the Southern Ontario Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Movement – Susy S. Hota – CMAJ Open

Commentary: Bacteriophage transfer during faecal microbiota transplantation in Clostridium difficile infection is associated with treatment outcome – Blessing O. Anonye – Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Fecal microbiota transplantation reverses antibiotic and chemotherapy-induced gut dysbiosis in mice – Quentin Le Bastard – Scientific Reports

 

Animal Microbiome and Animal Experiments

Evaluation of a therapy for Idiopathic Chronic Enterocolitis in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) and linked microbial community correlates – Joshua M. Taylor​​ – PeerJ

Comparative analyses of the gut microbiota among three different wild geese species in the genus Anser – Wen Wang – Journal of Basic Microbiology

Exposure to concentrated ambient PM2.5 alters the composition of gut microbiota in a murine model – Wanjun Wang – Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Imidacloprid decreases honey bee survival but does not affect the gut microbiome – Kasie Raymann – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Letter: Bile Acids and the Microbiome in the Cow: Lack of Deoxycholic Acid Hydroxylation – Alan F. Hofmann – Lipids

Akkermansia muciniphila can reduce the damage of gluco/lipotoxicity, oxidative stress, and inflammation and normalize intestine microbiota in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats – Ling Zhang – Pathogens and Disease

The impact of genome variation and diet on the metabolic phenotype and microbiome composition of Drosophila melanogaster – Lisa Jehrke –  Scientific Reports

Fecal microbial composition associated with variation in feed efficiency in pigs depends on diet and sex – Lisanne M G Verschuren – Journal of Animal Science

Discovery of a mcr-1-bearing plasmid in commensal colistin-resistant Escherichia coli from healthy broilers in Faisalabad, Pakistan – Jiali Lv – Virulence

Pre-colonization with the commensal fungus Candida albicans reduces murine susceptibility to Clostridium difficile infection – Laura Markey – Gut Microbes

PCBs-high-fat diet interactions as mediators of gut microbiota dysbiosis and abdominal fat accumulation in female mice – Yulang Chi – Environmental Pollution

Metagenome and Culture-Based Methods Reveal Candidate Bacterial Mutualists in the Southern House Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) – Aparna Telang – Journal of Medical Entomology

Polysaccharide of Hericium erinaceus attenuates colitis in C57BL/6 mice via regulation of oxidative stress, inflammation-related signaling pathways and modulating the composition of the gut microbiota – Yilin Ren – The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Potent SGLT1/2 Dual Inhibition Improves Glycemic Control Without Marked Gastrointestinal Adaptation or Colonic Microbiota Changes in Rodents – Fuyong Du – Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Similarity of the dog and human gut microbiomes in gene content and response to diet – Luis Pedro Coelho – Microbiome

Direct and Indirect Effects of Penguin Feces on Microbiomes in Antarctic Ornithogenic Soils – Yudong Guo – Frontiers in Microbiology

Stem Cell Transcription Factor FoxO Controls Microbiome Resilience in Hydra – Benedikt M. Mortzfeld – Frontiers in Microbiology

The effects of baicalein on cortical pro-inflammatory cytokines and the intestinal microbiome in senescence accelerated mouse prone 8 – Li Gao – ACS Chemical Neuroscience

Biases from different DNA extraction methods in intestine microbiome research based on 16S rDNA sequencing: a case in the koi carp, Cyprinus carpio var. Koi – Zhuoran Han – Microbiology Open

 

Built Environments

A comparison of methods used to unveil the genetic and metabolic pool in the built environment – Cinta Gomez-Silvan – Microbiome

Metabolism and Biodegradation of Spacecraft Cleaning Reagents by Strains of Spacecraft-Associated Acinetobacter – Mogul Rakesh – Astrobiology

 

Pathogen Research

The Critical Role of Zinc in a New Murine Model of Enterotoxigenic  E. coli 1 (ETEC) Diarrhea – DT Bolick  – Infection and Immunity

Review: Effects of antibiotic resistance (AR) and microbiota shifts on Campylobacter jejuni-mediated diseases – Phillip T. Brooks – Animal Health Research Reviews

A quality improvement initiative to reduce necrotizing enterocolitis across hospital systems – Amy T. Nathan – Journal of Perinatology

Quantitative Simulations Predict Treatment Strategies Against Fungal Infections in Virtual Neutropenic Patients – Sandra Timme – Frontiers in Immunology

Review: Helicobacter pylori the Latent Human Pathogen or an Ancestral Commensal Organism – Jackie Li – Frontiers in Microbiology

Heterogeneous ceramide distributions alter spatially resolved growth of Staphylococcus aureus on human stratum corneum – Joseph M. Cleary – Journal of the Royal Society Interface

 

Viruses

Viral Diversity of House Mice in New York City – Simon H. Williams – mBio

Subclinical cytomegalovirus infection associates with altered host immunity, gut microbiota and vaccine responses – Clarissa Santos Rocha – Journal of Virology

 

Antimicrobial Research

Antimicrobial resistance: from basic science to translational innovation – Jun Lin –  Animal Health Research Reviews

 

Plant/Environment Microbiome

Drought delays development of the sorghum root microbiome and enriches for monoderm bacteria – Ling Xu – PNAS

Assessment of toxic impact of metals on proline, antioxidant enzymes, and biological characteristics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa inoculated Cicer arietinum grown in chromium and nickel-stressed sandy clay loam soils – Saima Saif – Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

The first Taxus rhizosphere microbiome revealed by shotgun metagenomic sequencing – Da‐Cheng Hao – Journal of Basic Microbiology

Exposure to nanoplastics disturbs the gut microbiome in the soil oligochaete Enchytraeus crypticus – Bo-Kai Zhu – Environmental Pollution

Comparative Microbiome Analysis of a Fusarium Wilt Suppressive Soil and a Fusarium Wilt Conducive Soil From the Châteaurenard Region – Katarzyna Siegel-Hertz – Frontiers in Microbiology

 

Food Microbes

Towards better microbial safety of fresh produce: Chlorophyllin-based photosensitization for microbial control of foodborne pathogens on cherry tomatoes – Egle Paskeviciute – Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Metaproteomics of Microbiota in Naturally Fermented Soybean Paste, Da‐jiang – Ping Zhang – Journal of Food Science

 

Drugs, Beneficial Microbes and Compounds

Age-Related Changes in the Natural Killer Cell Response to Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Are Not Influenced by a Synbiotic: a Randomised Controlled Trial – Agnieszka Przemska-Kosicka – Frontiers in Immunology

4G-β-D-galactosylsucrose as a prebiotics may improve underweight in inpatients with schizophrenia – Takahiko Nagamine – Nihon Shokuhin Men’eki Gakkai

An approach on the potential use of probiotics in the treatment of skin conditions: acne and atopic dermatitis – Vitória H. M. Mottin – International Journal of Dermatology

Effects of Prebiotic Fiber Xylooligosaccharide in Adenine induced Nephropathy in Mice – Jieping Yang – Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Anti-inflammatory effect of multistrain probiotic formulation (L. rhamnosus, B. lactis, and B. longum) – Marzia Sichetti – Nutrition

A combination of Lactobacillus mali APS1 and dieting improved the efficacy of obesity treatment via manipulating gut microbiome in mice – Yung-Tsung Chen – Scientific Reports

The Potential Effect of Chinese Herbal Formula Hongqijiangzhi Fang in Improving NAFLD: Focusing on NLRP3 Inflammasome and Gut Microbiota – Shu Liang – Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Cationic amphiphilic bolaamphiphile-based delivery of antisense oligonucleotides provides a potentially microbiome sparing treatment for C. difficile – Arun K. Sharma – The Journal of Antibiotics

A probiotic modulates the microbiome and immunity in multiple sclerosis – Stephanie K. Tankou – Annals of Neurology

Comprehensive comparison of polysaccharides from Ganoderma lucidum and G. sinense: chemical, antitumor, immunomodulating and gut-microbiota modulatory properties – Li-Feng Li – Scientific Reports

Anti-diabetic mechanism of dietary polysaccharides based on their gastrointestinal functions – Jie-Lun Hu – Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

The Effects of Synbiotic Supplementation on Body Mass Index, Metabolic and Inflammatory Biomarkers, and Appetite in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome: A Triple-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial – Samira Rabiei – Journal of Dietary Supplements

 

Bioinformatics and Methods

MEGAN-LR: new algorithms allow accurate binning and easy interactive exploration of metagenomic long reads and contigs – Daniel H. Huson – Biology Direct

KDiamend: a package for detecting key drivers in a molecular ecological network of disease – Mengxuan Lyu – BMC Systems Biology

ViDiT-CACTUS: an inexpensive and versatile library preparation and sequence analysis method for virus discovery and other microbiology applications – Joost Theo Petra Verhoeven – Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Phylogenomic Analysis of β-Lactamase in Archaea and Bacteria Enables the Identification of Putative New Members – Vivek Keshri – Genome Biology and Evolution

 

April 19, 2018

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Today we have a few day’s worth of microbiome science to chew on… some interesting skin microbiome studies, bioinformatics publications, and our typical servings of gut /plant-root-soil/animal/water-extremophiles/general microbiome studies.  Dig in!

Events and jobs

Manager, QC Microbiology – Celgene – Phoenix, AZ

Pathology and Microbiology & IPID Graduate Student Research Seminar – UNMC

General microbiome

Cost-benefit analysis of introducing next-generation sequencing (metagenomic) pathogen testing in the setting of pyrexia of unknown origin – Jia Hui Chai – PLOS ONE

* [pre-print] Phylogenetically novel uncultured microbial cells dominate Earth microbiomes – Karen G. Lloyd – bioRxiv

Hologenomics: Systems-Level Host Biology – Kevin R. Theis – mSystems

Antibiotics as Instigators of Microbial Dysbiosis: Implications for Asthma and Allergy – Tomasz P. Wypych – Trends in Immunology

[perspective] Function and functional redundancy in microbial systems – Stilianos Louca – Nature Ecology & Evolution

Human oral microbiome

Comparison of the oral microbiome in mouthwash and whole saliva samples – Xiaozhou Fan – PLOS ONE

Oral Dysbiotic Communities and Their Implications in Systemic Diseases – Preethi Sudhakara – Dentistry Journal

Human skin microbiome

[pre-print] Umbilical Microbiome and Laparoscopic Surgery: A Descriptive Clinical Study – Aiolfi Alberto – Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques

The skin microbiome of wound scars and unaffected skin in patients with moderate to severe burns in the subacute phase – Su‐Hsun Liu – Wound Repair and Regeneration

Human gut microbiome

Microbiome-Mediated Bile Acid Modification: Role in Intestinal Drug Absorption and Metabolism – Elaine F. Enright – Pharmacological Research

Non-microbicidal small molecule inhibition of polysaccharide metabolism in human gut microbes: a potential therapeutic avenue – Anthony D. Santilli – ACS Chemical Biology

The Use of Antimicrobials as Adjuvant Therapy for the Treatment of Obesity and Insulin Resistance: Effects and Associated Mechanisms – Sandra Aparecida dos Reis – Diabetes / Metabolism Research and Reviews

* Human Gut Microbiota Predicts Susceptibility to Vibrio cholerae Infection – Firas S Midani – The Journal of Infectious Disease

Interactions of Dihydromyricetin, a Flavonoid from Vine Tea (Ampelopsis grossedentata) with Gut Microbiota – Li Fan – Journal of Food Science

Characteristics of the gut microbiota in adult patients with type 1 and 2 diabetes based on the analysis of a fragment of 16S rRNA gene using next-generation sequencing – Dominika Salamon – Polish Archives of Internal Medicine

The Intestinal Microbiota in Colorectal Cancer -Herbert Tilg – Cancer Cell

The Endotoxemia Marker Lipopolysaccharide‐Binding Protein is Reduced in Overweight‐Obese Subjects Consuming Pomegranate Extract by Modulating the Gut Microbiota: A Randomized Clinical Trial – Antonio González‐Sarrías – Molecular Nutrition

Hepatocellular Carcinoma is Associated with Gut Microbiota Profile and Inflammation in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease – Francesca Romana Ponziani – Hepatology

Antibiotic‐Associated Disruption of Microbiota Composition and Function in Cirrhosis is Restored by Fecal Transplant – Jasmohan S Bajaj – Hepatology

Does the gastrointestinal microbiome contribute to the “obesity paradox” in melanoma survival? – E A Langan – British Journal of Dermatology

Animal experiments

Obese Mice Losing Weight Due to trans-10,cis-12 Conjugated Linoleic Acid Supplementation or Food Restriction Harbor Distinct Gut Microbiota – Laura J den Hartigh – JN The Journal of Nutrition

Tuna oil alleviate D-galactose induced aging in mice accompanied by modulating gut microbiota and brain protein expression – Dijun Zhang – Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Dietary Mannan Oligosaccharides Modulate Gut Microbiota, Increase Fecal Bile Acid Excretion, and Decrease Plasma Cholesterol and Atherosclerosis Development – Lisa R. Hoving – Molecular Nutrition

[Review] The Role of the Gut Microbiota in the Metabolism of Polyphenols as Characterized by Gnotobiotic Mice – Pasinetti, Giulio Mari – Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease

Animal microbiome 

Shared larval rearing environment, sex, female size and genetic diversity shape Ae. albopictus bacterial microbiota – Guillaume Minard – PLOS ONE

Metatranscriptome analysis of the microbial fermentation of dietary milk proteins in the murine gut – Floor Hugenholtz – PLOS ONE

Water system is a controlling variable modulating bacterial diversity of gastrointestinal tract and performance in rainbow trout – Omolola C. Betiku – PLOS ONE

* Bacterial communities associated with honeybee food stores are correlated with land use – Philip Donkersley – Ecology and Evolution

Evaluating the microbiome of two sampling locations in the nasal cavity of cattle with bovine respiratory disease complex (BRDC) – Tara G McDaneld – Journal of Animal Science

Controlling ticks and tick-borne diseases…looking forward – José de la Fuente – Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

The inside tract: The appendicular, cecal, and colonic microbiome of captive aye‐ayes – Lydia K. Greene – American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Water system is a controlling variable modulating bacterial diversity of gastrointestinal tract and performance in rainbow trout – Omolola C. Betiku – PLOS ONE

Comparative Analysis of the Microbiota Between Sheep Rumen and Rabbit Cecum Provides New Insight Into Their Differential Methane Production – Lan Mi – Frontiers in Microbiology

Tracing of the fecal microbiota of commercial pigs at five growth stages from birth to shipment – Geon Goo Han – Nature Scientific Reports

Development of the tonsillar microbiome in pigs from newborn through weaning – Luis Carlos Pena Cortes – BMC Microbiology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Antimicrobial peptide expression in a wild tobacco plant reveals the limits of host-microbe-manipulations in the field – Arne Weinhold – eLife

Identification of Major Rhizobacterial Taxa Affected by a Glyphosate-Tolerant Soybean Line via Shotgun Metagenomic Approach – Gui-Hua Lu – Genes

Culture‐independent analysis of hydrocarbonoclastic bacterial communities in environmental samples during oil‐bioremediation – Narjes Dashti – MicrobiologyOpen

Embracing Community Ecology in Plant Microbiome Research – Francisco Dini-Andreote – Trends in Plant Science

Cultivated bacterial diversity associated with the carnivorous plant Utricularia breviscapa (Lentibulariaceae) from floodplains in Brazil – Felipe Rezende Lima – Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Soil microbial communities and glyphosate decay in soils with different herbicide application history – Keren Hernández Guijarro – Science of the Total Environment

Shining a light on the dark world of plant root-microbe interactions – Philip Poole – PNAS

Water and extremophile microbiome 

Microbial diversity and biomarker analysis of modern freshwater microbialites from Laguna Bacalar, Mexico – D. B. Johnson – gebiology

Effect of salinity on diazotrophic activity and microbial composition of phototrophic communities from Bitter-1 soda lake (Kulunda Steppe, Russia) – Zorigto Namsarae – Extremophiles

The ecology and diversity of microbial eukaryotes in geothermal springs – Angela M. Oliverio – The ISME Journal

Built environment

Deposition of Bacteria and Bacterial Spores by Bathroom Hot Air Hand Dryers – Luz del Carmen Huesca-Espitia – American Society for Microbiology

Food microbiology

Bacterial Communities in Serpa Cheese by Culture Dependent Techniques, 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing and High-throughput Sequencing Analysis – Maria Teresa P. Gonçalves – Journal of Food Science

Revealing the microbiota of marketed edible insects through PCR-DGGE, metagenomic sequencing and real-time PCR – Andrea Osimani – International Journal of Food Microbiology

Bioinformatics

Computer-guided design of optimal microbial consortia for immune system modulation – Richard R Stein – eLife

[uncorrected proof] Using pseudoalignment and base quality to accurately quantify microbial community composition – Mark Reppell – PLOS Computational Biology

Fast Metagenomic Binning via Hashing and Bayesian Clustering – Popic Victoria – Journal of Computational Biology

* Nonpareil 3: Fast Estimation of Metagenomic Coverage and Sequence Diversity – Luis M. Rodriguez-R – mSystems

Algorithms and strategies in short‐read shotgun metagenomic reconstruction of plant communities – Robert S. Harbert – Applications in Plant Science

Microbes in the news

Scientists Accidentally Make Plastic-Eating Bacteria Even More Efficient

New York City Mice: Here Are The Bacteria And Viruses That They Carry

Fecal microbiota transplant improves brain function in hepatic encephalopathy

Microbes on the market

Seres Therapeutics (MCRB) Presents New Preclinical Data Supporting the Development of Microbiome Therapeutics for Immuno-Oncology at AACR

Science, publishing, and career

Personal microbiome analysis improves student engagement and interest in Immunology, Molecular Biology, and Genomics undergraduate courses – K. Scott Weber – PLOS ONE

Ed’s non-microbiology picks

News articles below have actual study links inside.

Since 2016, Half of All Coral in the Great Barrier Reef Has Died

Marijuana’s effects on young brains diminish 72 hours after use, research says

Cannabinoids are easier on the brain than booze, study finds

Stem cell treatment drastically reduces drinking in alcoholic rats

The Ecology Of Disadvantage: Obesity Is Not Randomly Distributed Across The U.S., According To New Study

How your next meal could help fight depression, stress

Study: People with less political knowledge think they know a lot about politics

April 13, 2018

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Today’s digest is short and sweet, but includes exciting science that explores how a vegan diet modulates the gut microbiome and new techniques for detection of DNA SNIPs.

General Microbiome

Effect of nisin on microbiome-brain-gut axis neurochemicals by Escherichia coli-induced diarrhea in mice.Jia Z. Microbial Pathogenesis

Food for Gut: Microbiota Fuels Immune Reconstitution after BMT.Simms-Waldrip TR. Cell Host and Microbe

 

Oral/Gut Microbiome

Small Intestine Microbiota Regulate Host Digestive and Absorptive Adaptive Responses to Dietary Lipids.Martinez-Guryn K. Cell Host and Microbe

Impact of a vegan diet on the human salivary microbiota. Hansen TH. Scientific Reports

 

Plant, Soils, and Water Microbiome

Bacterial communities of four adjacent fresh lakes at different trophic status. Ji B. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Insights to plant-microbe interactions provide opportunities to improve resistance breeding against root diseases in grain legumes.Wille L. Plant, Cell and Environment

Nitrogen enrichment suppresses other environmental drivers and homogenizes salt marsh leaf microbiome.Daleo P. Ecology

Different Recovery Processes of Soil Ammonia Oxidizers from Flooding Disturbance.Ye F. Microbial Ecology

d-Amino Acids Are Exuded by Arabidopsis thaliana Roots to the Rhizosphere.Hener C, Hummel S. International Journal of Molecular Sciences

 

Animal Microbiome and Experiments

Characterization of the ruminal fermentation and microbiome in lambs supplemented with hydrolysable and condensed tannins.Salami SA. FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Metagenomic discovery of novel enzymes and biosurfactants in a slaughterhouse biofilm microbial community.Thies S. Scientific Reports

Pasture Feeding Changes the Bovine Rumen and Milk Metabolome.O’Callaghan TF. Metabolites

Microbial metabolites, short-chain fatty acids, restrain tissue bacterial load, chronic inflammation, and associated cancer in the colon of mice.Kim M. European Journal of Immunology

Molecular diversity of the faecal microbiota of Toy Poodles in Japan.Omatsu T. Journal of Veterinary Medicine

Techniques

SIPSim: A Modeling Toolkit to Predict Accuracy and Aid Design of DNA-SIP Experiments.Youngblut ND. Frontiers in Microbiology

April 11, 2018

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In today’s digest, check among many interesting articles: the evolution within human microbiome by T.D. Lieberman,  unique microbial biodiversity residing in hadal trenches by L.M. Peoples, changes in community composition in coastal water following exposure to oil and oil dispersant by S.H. Doyle. While in news — a story about “microbial hitchhikers” in restroom hand dryers.

General microbiome

Seven Billion Microcosms: Evolution within Human Microbiomes – Tami D. Lieberman – mSystems

Using Cultivated Microbial Communities To Dissect Microbiome Assembly: Challenges, Limitations, and the Path Ahead – Benjamin E. Wolfe – mSystems

Understanding Microbiome Stability in a Changing World – Ashley Shade – mSystems

Horizontal gene transfer of Chlamydia: Novel insights from tree reconciliation –  Hyaekang Kim – PLOS One

New insight into the early stages of biofilm formation – Catherine R. Armbruster  – PNAS

Multicopy plasmids allow bacteria to escape from fitness trade-offs during evolutionary innovation – Jeronimo Rodriguez-Beltran – Nature Ecology & Evolution

Considering the Lives of Microbes in Microbial Communities – Elizabeth A. Shank – mSystems

Oral microbiome

Inflammatory Bacteriome and Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma – M. Perera – Journal of Dental Research

Human gut microbiome

The cardiovascular macrophage: a missing link between gut microbiota and cardiovascular diseases? – X. Chen – European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Can Diet Influence Our Health by Altering Intestinal Microbiota – Derived Fecal Metabolites? – Qiang Lyu – mSystems

Toward Personalized Control of Human Gut Bacterial Communities – Lawrence A. David – mSystems

Role of the Gut Microbiome in Vertebrate Evolution – Thomas J. Sharpton – mSystems

Dietary nutrition and gut microflora: A promising target for treating diseases – Ying Nie – Trends in Food Science & Technology

Reduction in hepatic secondary bile acids caused by short-term antibiotic-induced dysbiosis decreases mouse serum glucose and triglyceride levels – Takuya Kuno – Scientific Reports

A snapshot of gut microbiota of an adult urban population from Western region of India – Disha Tandon – PLOS One

Animal experiments 

Mice harboring pathobiont-free microbiota do not develop intestinal inflammation that normally results from an innate immune deficiency – Benoit Chassaing – PLOS One

Animal microbiome 

The cultivable autochthonous microbiota of the critically endangered Northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita) – Joachim Spergser – PLOS One

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Maize Phyllosphere Microbial Community Niche Development Across Stages of Host Leaf Growth – Heather C. Manching –  F1000 Research

Exploring the Potentiality of Novel Rhizospheric Bacterial Strains against the Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae – Narayanappa Amruta –  The Plant Pathology Journal

The sensitivity of soil enzymes, microorganisms and spring wheat to soil contamination with carfentrazone-ethyl – Monika Tomkiel – Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B

Water and extremophile microbiome 

Trophic-functional patterns of biofilm-dwelling ciliates at different water depths in coastal waters of the Yellow Sea, northern China – Mamun Abdullah Al – European Journal of Protistology

Vertically distinct microbial communities in the Mariana and Kermadec trenches – Logan M. Peoples – PLOS One

The redox-sensing protein Rex modulates ethanol production in Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum – Tianyong Zheng – PLOS One

Subgroup characteristics of marine methane-oxidizing ANME-2 archaea and their syntrophic partners revealed by integrated multimodal analytical microscopy – Shawn E. McGlynn – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Addressing Confounding Factors in Algal Phosphorus Limitation Experiments – Whitney S. Beck -bioRxiv

Effect of Siderophore on Iron Availability in a Diatom and a Dinoflagellate Species: Contrasting Response in Associated Bacteria – Nicolas Sanchez – Frontiers in Marine Science

Robust Mercury Methylation across Diverse Methanogenic Archaea – Cynthia C. Gilmour – mBio

Two Distinct Aerobic Methionine Salvage Pathways Generate Volatile Methanethiol in Rhodopseudomonas palustris – Anthony R. Miller – mBio

Trichodesmium physiological ecology and phosphate reduction in the western Tropical South Pacific – Kyle R. Frischkorn – Biogeosciences

Energy Gradients Structure Microbial Communities Across Sediment Horizons in Deep Marine Sediments of the South China Sea – Michael F. Graw- Frontiers in Microbiology

Rapid Formation of Microbe-Oil Aggregates and Changes in Community Composition in Coastal Surface Water Following Exposure to Oil and the Dispersant Corexit – Shawn M. Doyle – Frontiers in Microbiology

Understanding Diatom Cell Wall Silicification—Moving Forward – Mark Hildebrand – Frontiers in Marine Science

The hunt for the most-wanted chemolithoautotrophic spookmicrobes – Michiel H in ‘t Zandt – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Biotechnology

Electron transport chains in organohalide-respiring bacteria and bioremediation implications – Shanquan Wang – Biotechnology Advances

Food microbiology

Listeria monocytogenes strains show large variations in competitive growth in mixed culture biofilms and suspensions with bacteria from food processing environments – Even Heir – International Journal of Food Microbiology

Review: Titanium dioxide (TiO2) photocatalysis technology for nonthermal inactivation of microorganisms in foods – Zhiwei Zhu – Trends in Food Science & Technology

The complexity of wine: clarifying the role of microorganisms – Sophie Tempère – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Probiotics / prebiotics

The effect of Lactobacillus acidophilus and Lactobacillus casei on the in vitro bioaccessibility of flaxseed lignans (Linum usitatissimum L.) – O. Muñoz – Food & Function

The “Golden Age” of Probiotics: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized and Observational Studies in Preterm Infants – Dermyshi E. – Neonatology

Phages and viruses

Screening of FDA-approved Drugs and Identification of Novel Lassa Virus Entry Inhibitors – Peilin Wang – bioRxiv

Reducing inherent biases introduced during DNA viral metagenome analyses of municipal wastewater – Nichole E. Brinkman – PLOS One

Sequence, genome organization, annotation and proteomics of the thermophilic, 47.7-kb Geobacillus stearothermophilus bacteriophage TP-84 and its classification in the new Tp84virus genus – Piotr M. Skowron – PLOS One

Bioinformatics

GMPR: A robust normalization method for zero-inflated count data with application to microbiome sequencing data – Li Chen – PeerJ

Techniques

Use of genomics to design a diagnostic assay to discriminate between Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae – Matthew A. Croxen –  Microbial Genomics

Paraffin Embedding and Thin Sectioning of Microbial Colony Biofilms for Microscopic Analysis – William C. Cornell – Journal of Visualized Experiments (Jove)

Microbes in the news 

Bugs, microbes and death can inform the living

Gut bacteria keeps bears healthily obese

Restroom Hand Dryers Are Blowing Bacteria Everywhere

Survival strategy: How one enzyme helps bacteria recover from exposure to antibiotics

Oil-eating bacteria could clean up the next spill