Category Archives: Human oral

September 21, 2017

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Additional data and new analyses from the NIH Human Microbiome Project, understanding lambda phage integration in its effects on the host, a yeast fermentation method for use in wine making.

Pregnancy and early life

Pre-print: Genetic diversity and mother-child overlap of the gut associated microbiota determined by reduced genome sequencing – Anuradha Ravi – bioRxiv

Multi-site human microbiome

Strains, functions and dynamics in the expanded Human Microbiome Project – Jason Lloyd-Price – Nature

Phages and viruses

Combining Comprehensive Analysis of Off-Site Lambda Phage Integration with a CRISPR-Based Means of Characterizing Downstream Physiology – Yu Tanouchi – mBio

Techniques

The 16S rRNA gene-based PCR method used for the detection of segmented filamentous bacteria in the intestinal microbiota generates false-positive results – Forough L Nowrouzian – Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica, et Immunologica Scandinavica

Pre-print: Wine yeast phenomics: a standardized fermentation method for assessing quantitative traits of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains in enological conditions – Emilien Peltier – bioRxiv

More microbes

Pre-print: Comprehensive analysis of central carbon metabolism reveals multiple connections between nutrients, biosynthetic capacity, and cell morphology in Escherichia coli – Corey S Westfall – bioRxiv

Microbes in the news

What’s the latest on gut microbiota? Concordia microbiology undergrads publish their findings – Phys.Org

Microbes on the market

Ixcela Launches Over-the-Counter Gut Health Test and Sophisticated Internal Wellness Program – Business Wire

Avadim Technologies Inc. Announces Partnership With Cardinal Health, Inc. – Market Wired

September 20, 2017

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General microbiome

The human bitter taste receptor T2R38 is broadly tuned for bacterial compounds –  C Verbeurgt – PLoS One

Differential signal sensitivities can contribute to the stability of multispecies bacterial communities. – J Juhász – Biology Direct

Applying allometric theory to fungi – CA Aguilar-Trigueros – The ISME Journal

The Editorial on the Research Topic The Impact of Microorganisms on Consumption of Atmospheric Trace Gases – S Kolb – Frontiers in Microbiology

 

Human oral microbiome

Variations in oral microbiota associated with oral cancer. – H Zhao – Scientific Reports

Metabolic crosstalk regulates Porphyromonas gingivalis colonization and virulence during oral polymicrobial infection. – M Kuboniwa – Nature Microbiology

 

 

Human gut microbiome

Normalization of the microbiota in patients after treatment for colonic lesions – MA Sze – bioRxiv

Review: Modulation of the gut microbiome: a systematic review of the effect of bariatric surgery. – Y Guo – European Journal of Endocrinology

Urinary intermediates of tryptophan as indicators of the gut microbial metabolism. – T Pavlova – Analytica Chimica Acta

Recent urbanization in China is correlated with a Westernized microbiome encoding increased virulence and antibiotic resistance genes. – K Winglee – Microbiome

Continued Alcohol Misuse in Human Cirrhosis is Associated with An Impaired Gut-Liver Axis. – JS Bajaj – Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research

Fructooligosaccharide (FOS) and Galactooligosaccharide (GOS) Increase Bifidobacterium but Reduce Butyrate Producing Bacteria with Adverse Glycemic Metabolism in healthy young population. – F Liu – Scientific Reports

 

Animal experiments 

Experimental colitis delays and reduces the severity of collagen-induced arthritis in mice – J Hablot – PLoS One

Identification of a mouse Lactobacillus johnsonii strain with deconjugase activity against the FXR antagonist T-β-MCA – M DiMarzio – PLoS One

The effect of age on the intestinal mucus thickness, microbiota composition and immunity in relation to sex in mice – M Elderman – PLoS One

Review:Role of the gastrointestinal microbiota in small animal health and disease. – A Redfern – The Veterinary Record

Gut Microbiota and IL-17A: Physiological and Pathological Responses. – B Douzandeh-Mobarrez – Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins

 

Animal microbiome 

The microbiota of water buffalo milk during mastitis – C Catozzi – PLoS One

What determines sclerobiont colonization on marine mollusk shells? – VO Agostini – PLoS One

Season, but not symbiont state, drives microbiome structure in the temperate coral Astrangia poculata. – KH Sharp – Microbiome

Metagenomic analysis of bacterial community structure and diversity of lignocellulolytic bacteria in Vietnamese native goat rumen. – HT Do – Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Comparative analysis of midgut bacterial communities in three aedine mosquito species from dengue-endemic and non-endemic areas of Rajasthan, India. – SS Charan – Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Microbiome of Pacific Whiteleg shrimp reveals differential bacterial community composition between Wild, Aquacultured and AHPND/EMS outbreak conditions. – F Cornejo-Granados – Scientific Reports

 

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Evolution with a seed bank: the population genetic consequences of microbial dormancy – WR Shoemaker – bioRxiv

Longispora urticae sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere soil of Urtica urens L., and emended descriptions of the species Longispora albida and Longisporafulva. – C Piao – International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Actinomycetes benefaction role in soil and plant health. – AA Bhatti – Microbial Pathogenesis

Environmental parameters altered by climate change affect the activity of soil microorganisms involved in bioremediation – I Alkorta – FEMS Microbiology Letters

Micropredator niche differentiation between bulk soil and rhizosphere of an agricultural soil depends on bacterial prey. – L Zhang – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Soil microbial communities drive the resistance of ecosystem multifunctionality to global change in drylands across the globe. – M Delgado-Baquerizo  – Ecology Letters

Paenibacillus arcticus sp. nov., isolated from Arctic soil. – IT Cha – International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Mineral phosphorus fertilization modulates interactions between maize, rhizosphere yeasts and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi – M Sarabia – Rhizosphere

Zinc Solubilizing Bacillus cereus and related species Modulates Growth, Yield and Zinc Biofortification of Soybean and Wheat Seeds Cultivated in Central India – R Khande – Rhizosphere

Utilisation of mucilage C by microbial communities under drought – MA Ahmed – Biology and Fertility of Soils

 

Built environment

Walker occupancy has an impact on changing airborne bacterial communities in an underground pedestrian space, as small-dust particles increased with raising both temperature and humidity – T Okubo – PLoS One

 

Food microbiology

Diversity and dynamics stability of bacterial community in traditional solid-state fermentation of Qishan vinegar – X Gan – Annals of Microbiology

 

Phages and viruses

Isolation and identification of enteroviruses from sewage and sewage-contaminated water samples from Ibadan, Nigeria, 2012-2013. – JA Adeniji – bioRxiv

The virome of Drosophila suzukii, an invasive pest of soft fruit – NC Medd – bioRxiv

Immune Loss as a Driver of Coexistence During Host-Phage Coevolution – JL Weissman – bioRxiv

 

Bioinformatics

Bioinformatics in the Netherlands: the value of a nationwide community  – CWG  van Gelder – Briefings in Bioinformatics

 

Techniques

Longitudinal multiparameter single-cell analysis of macaques immunized with pneumococcal protein-conjugated or unconjugated polysaccharide vaccines reveals distinct antigen specific memory B cell repertoires – B Lia – PLoS One

Methods matter: Influential purification and analysis parameters for intracellular parasite metabolomics – MA Carey – bioRxiv

COREMIC: a web-tool to search for a root-zone associated CORE MICrobiome – RR Rodrigues – bioRxiv

Quorum sensing improves current output with Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. – N Chabert – Microbial Biotechnology

Transcriptome analysis of Pseudostellaria heterophylla in response to the infection of pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum. – X Qin – BMC Plant Biology

Regulatory networks underlying mycorrhizal development delineated by genome-wide expression profiling and functional analysis of the transcription factor repertoire of the plant symbiotic fungus Laccaria bicolor. – Y Daquerre – BMC Genomics

 

Microbes in the news

Rocks, not bacteria, triggered Earth’s oxidation – Cosmos

The Table At Your Favorite Restaurant May Be Way Grosser Than You ThoughtThe Table At Your Favorite Restaurant May Be Way Grosser Than You Thought – Men’s Health

Researchers unlock potential pathway to treat flesh-eating bacteria – Phys.org

Revealed: The nasty infections you can pick up at the gym – and how to avoid deadly bacteria lingering on your workout gear  – Daily Mail Online

Flagship seeks $500M for sixth fund; unveils another microbiome firm – Fierce Biotech

CAN SPRAYING BACTERIA IN YOUR FACE ACTUALLY HAVE HEALTH BENEFITS? – CDA Press

Space-Grown Bacteria Could Pose Major Problems for Astronauts – Health Line

See jerkface bacteria hiding in tumors and gobbling chemotherapy drugs – Ars Technica

How BIOHM’s At Home Candida Test Is Giving Consumers Peace of Mind – Forbes

September 15, 2017

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Events and jobs

 
Assistant or Associate Professor – Microbiology/Infectious Disease, Farmington, US

 
General microbiome

 
Review: Human microbiota in aging and infection: A review – Elisavet Stavropoulou  – Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

 

Phylogeographic, genomic, and meropenem susceptibility analysis of Burkholderia ubonensis – Erin P. Price – PLOS

 
Pregnancy and early life

 
The relation between cesarean birth and child cognitive development – Cain Polidano – Scientific Reports

 

Simultaneously Monitoring Immune Response and Microbial Infections During Pregnancy through Plasma cfRNA Sequencing – Wenying Pan – Clinical Chemistry

 
Human respiratory microbiome

 
Oral microbiomeTooth Be Told, Genetics Influences Oral Microbiome – Emily R. Davenport – Cell Host & Microbe

 
Host Genetic Control of the Oral Microbiome in Health and Disease – Andres Gomez – Cell Host & Microbe

 

Human nearly-sterile sites 

 

Evaluation of the Bacterial Diversity in the Human Tongue Coating Based on Genus-Specific Primers for 16S rRNA Sequencing – Beili Sun – BioMed Research International

 

Review: Microbiota-Derived Uremic Retention Solutes: Perpetrators of Altered Nonrenal Drug Clearance in Kidney Disease – Alexander J. Prokopienko – Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology

 

Human gut microbiome

 
Microbial metabolites as mimickers of human molecules – Katrina Ray – Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

 
The intestinal microbiota regulates body composition through NFIL3 and the circadian clock – Yuhao Wang – Science

 
The Landscape of Type VI Secretion across Human Gut Microbiomes Reveals Its Role in Community Composition – Adrian J. Verster – Cell Host & Microbe

 
Butyrate-producing bacteria supplemented in vitro to Crohn’s disease patient microbiota increased butyrate production and enhanced intestinal epithelial barrier integrity – Annelies Geirnaert – Scientific Reports

 
Linking Spatial Structure and Community-Level Biotic Interactions through Cooccurrence and Time Series Modeling of the Human Intestinal Microbiota – Eric J. de Muinck –  mSystems
Review: Microbiota and neurodegenerative diseases – Moira Marizzonip – Current Opinion in Neurology

 
Effect of cytomegalovirus and Epstein–Barr virus replication on intestinal mucosal gene expression and microbiome composition of HIV-infected and uninfected individuals – Gianella Sara – AIDS

 
Systematic Review and Meta-analysis: Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Treatment of Active Ulcerative Colitis – Narula Neeraj – Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

 
Signatures in the gut microbiota of Japanese infants who developed food allergies in early childhood – Masaru Tanaka – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

 
Quantity and source of dietary protein influence metabolite production by gut microbiota and rectal mucosa gene expression: a randomized, parallel, double-blind trial in overweight humans – Martin Beaumont – The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Analysis of Mucosa-Associated Microbiota in Colorectal Cancer – Kehan Xu – Medical Science Monitor

 
Animal experiments 

 
Short-term dietary methionine supplementation affects one-carbon metabolism and DNA methylation in the mouse gut and leads to altered microbiome profiles, barrier function, gene expression and histomorphology – Isabelle R. Miousse – Genes & Nutrition

 
Development of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Is Linked to a Longitudinal Restructuring of the Gut Metagenome in Mice – Thomas Sharpton – mSystems

 
Development of a Stable Lung Microbiome in Healthy Neonatal Mice – Matea Kostric – Microbial Ecology

 

Animal microbiome

 

Seasonal variation in nutrient utilization shapes gut microbiome structure and function in wild giant pandas – Qi Wu  – Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B

 
Plant, root, and soil microbiome

 
Soil microbial community responses to acid exposure and neutralization treatment – Doyun Shin – Journal of Environmental Management

 
Spatial patterns of hypolithic cyanobacterial diversity in Northern Australia –  Keith Christian – Ecology & Evolution

 

Food microbiology

 

Short-Term Intake of a Fructose-, Fat- and Cholesterol-Rich Diet Causes Hepatic Steatosis in Mice: Effect of Antibiotic Treatment – Annette Brandt – Nutrients

 
Overview of craft brewing specificities and potentially associated microbiota – Lindsey Rodhouse – Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

 

Probiotics / prebiotics
Isolation of probiotic piliated Lactobacillus rhamnosus strains from human faecal microbiota using SpaAantiserum-based colony immunoblotting – Zhen-quan Yang – Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

 

Phages and viruses
CRISPR-based Herd Immunity Limits Phage Epidemics in Bacterial Populations – Pavel Payne – bioRxiv

 
Bioinformatics
A comparison of sequencing platforms and bioinformatics pipelines for compositional analysis of the gut microbiome – Imane Allali – BMC Microbiology

 
Minimizing mixing intensity to improve the performance of rice straw anaerobic digestion via enhanced development of microbe-substrate aggregates – Moonkyung Kim – Bioresource Technology

 
Long term effects of cerium dioxide nanoparticles on the nitrogen removal, micro-environment and community dynamics of a sequencing batch biofilm reactor – Yi Xu – Bioresource Technology

 

Microbes in the news 
NIPGR scientists identify bacteria that can devour fungi

 
Are Genes to Blame for Cavity-causing Bacteria?

 
Microbes on the market (news about biotech companies)

 
Newly Launched CoreBiome Touts Microbiome ‘Profiling’ Services

 
Inventor converts waste plastics to fertilizer, fuel

 
Science, publishing, and career

 
The hundred most-cited publications in microbiota of diabetes research: A bibliometric analysis – Jiaxing Tian – Medicine

September 11, 2017

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General microbiome

The evolutionary logic of sepsis – Lajos Rózsa, Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Pan-genome analysis of Bacillus for microbiome profiling – Yihwan Kim, Scientific Reports

Using CRISPR-Cas systems as antimicrobials – David Bikard, Current Opinion in Microbiology

Pregnancy and early life

The composition of the vaginal microbiome in first trimester pregnant women influences the level of autophagy and stress in vaginal epithelial cells – Dimitrios Nasioudis, Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Multi-site human microbiome

Veterinary antibiotics in food, drinking water, and the urine of preschool children in Hong Kong – Na Li, Environment International

Acne vulgaris patients have a distinct gut microbiota in comparison with healthy controls – Y. Deng, Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Immune mechanisms of food allergy and its prevention by early intervention – Victor Turcanu, Current Opinion in Immunology

Intestinal microbiome-gut-brain axis and irritable bowel syndrome – Moser G., Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift

Human skin microbiome

Integrated metabolome-microbiome analyses to evaluate the alleviating effects of short-term green tea supplementation for UVB-induced erythema – E. Jung, Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Isomerization of urocanic acid by ultraviolet radiation and its role in modulation of skin microbiome, antimicrobial peptides, and immune function – V. Patra, Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Universal transcriptomic analysis of host-microbiome interactions in psoriasis – T. Furnholm, Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Skin microbiota alteration link to skin symptoms after a harsh cleanser – A.G. Gueniche, Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Forensic human identification using skin microbiomes – Sarah E. Schmedes, Applied Environmental Microbiology

Human gut microbiome

“Clostridium mediterraneense” a new bacterial species isolated from the human gut – Sokhna Ndongo, New Microbes and New Infections

Definition, Pathogenesis and Management of that cursed Dyspepsia – Pramoda Koduru, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Gastrointestinal Conditions in the Female Athlete – Barry Kent Diduch, Clinics in Sports Medicine

Human oral microbiome

Location-Specific Oral Microbiome Possesses Features Associated with Chronic Kidney Disease – Jianzhong Hu, Kidney International Reports

The salivary microbiome is consistent between subjects and resistant to impacts of short-term hospitalization – Damien J. Cabral, Scientific Reports

Animal experiments

Effects of dietary fructooligosaccharide on the growth, antioxidants, immunity and disease resistance of Chinese mitten crab – Erteng Jia, Aquaculture

The microbiota influences cell death and microglial colonization in the perinatal mouse brain – Alexandra Castillo-Ruiz, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Differences in amino acid catabolism by gut microbes with/without prebiotics inclusion in GDDY-based diet affect feed utilization in rainbow trout – Omolola C. Betiku, Aquaculture

Effects of organic acids and essential oils blend on growth, gut microbiota, immune response and disease resistance of Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) against Vibrio parahaemolyticus – Wangquan He, Fish & Shellfish Immunology

Imazalil exposure induces gut microbiota dysbiosis and hepatic metabolism disorder in zebrafish – Cuiyuan Jin, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology

Local immune response of two mucosal surfaces of the European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax, fed tryptophan- or methionine-supplemented diets – R. Azeredo, Fish & Shellfish Immunology

Segment specific responses of intestinal epithelium transcriptome to in-feed antibiotics in pigs – Kaifan Yu, Physiological Genomics

Animal microbiome

Inside the guts of the city: Urban-induced alterations of the gut microbiota in a wild passerine – Aimeric Teyssier, Science of The Total Environment

Bacterial microbiota associated with Rhipicephalus sanguineus(s.l.) ticks from France, Senegal and Arizona – Magalie René-Martellet, Parasites & Vectors

Introduced ascidians harbor highly diverse and host-specific symbiotic microbial assemblages – James S. Evans, Scientific Reports

The interactions between gut microbiota and entomopathogenic fungi: a potential approach for biological control of Blattella germanica (L.) – Fan Zhang, Pest Management Science

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Volatiles of roots of wild-growing and cultivated Armoracia macrocarpa and their antimicrobial activity, in comparison to horseradish, A. rusticana – Silvana Petrović, Industrial Crops and Products

Rhizospheric metagenome of the terrestrial mangrove fern Acrostichum from Indian Sunderbans – Sayak Ganguli, Genomics Data

Paddy soil microbial communities driven by environment- and microbe-microbe interactions: A case study of elevation-resolved microbial communities in a rice terrace – Weimin Sun, Science of The Total Environment

Identifying the active microbiome associated with roots and rhizosphere soil of oilseed rape – Konstantia Gkarmiri, Applied Environmental Microbiology

Effect of Extracellular Electron Shuttles on Arsenic-Mobilizing Activities in Soil Microbial Communities – Shigeki Yamamura, Journal of Hazardous Materials

Water and extremophile microbiome

Microbiological studies of hot springs in India: a review – Poddar A., Archives of Microbiology

Impact of pyrene and cadmium co-contamination on prokaryotic community in coastal sediment microcosms – Qifang Ding, Chemosphere

Food microbiology

Analysis of bacterial and fungal communities in Marcha and Thiat, traditionally prepared amylolytic starters of India – Shankar Prasad Sha, Scientific Reports

Probiotics / prebiotics

Passion fruit by-product and fructooligosaccharides stimulate the growth and folate production by starter and probiotic cultures in fermented soymilk – Marcela Albuquerque Cavalcanti Albuquerque, International Journal of Food Microbiology

Gut microbiota alterations from different Lactobacillus probiotic-fermented yoghurt treatments in slow-transit constipation – Chen-Jian Liu, Journal of Functional Foods

Microbes in the news

Scientists to Study Health of Plant-Bacteria Symbiosis in California –  Iqbal Pittalwala, UCR Today

Sugars in breast milk may fight harmful bacteria directly – Laura Sanders, Science News

Atopic dermatitis associated with different bacteria depending on disease severity – Andrew Bowser, Dermatology Times

Park Service using lasers to remove Jefferson Memorial’s grimy coating – Jack Moore, WTOP

Startups focus on the microbiome as an organic solution to increase crop yields – Jonathan Shieber, Tech Crunch

September 9, 2017

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Pregnancy and early life

Pre-pregnancy weight, gestational weight gain, and the gut microbiota of mothers and their infants – MA Stanislawski – Microbiome

 

Human oral microbiome

The tongue microbiome in healthy subjects and patients with intra-oral halitosis – SK Seerangaiyan – Journal of Breath Research

Effects of lactoferrin and lactoperoxidase-containing food on the oral microbiota in the elderly – M Nakano – Microbiology & Immunology

Unraveling the human salivary microbiome diversity in Indian populations – A Sarkar – PLoS One

 

 

Human gut microbiome

Review: Influence of gut microbiota on the development and progression of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis – F de Faria Ghetti – European Journal of Nutrition

Markers of intestinal permeability are already altered in early stages of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Studies in children – A Nier – PLoS One

Review: the human intestinal virome in health and disease – SR Carding – AP &T

Meds Modify Microbiome, Mediating Their Effects – NM Koropatkin – Cell Metabolism

 

Animal experiments

Maternal treatment with short-chain fatty acids modulates the intestinal microbiota and immunity and ameliorates type 1 diabetes in the offspring – JC Needell – PLoS One

The intestinal microbiota determines the colitis-inducing potential of T-bet-deficient Th cells in mice – J Zimmermann – European Journal of Immunology

A study of the prebiotic-like effects of tomato juice consumption in rats with diet-induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). – FJ García-Alonso – Food & Function

Patterns of host gene expression associated with harboring a foregut microbial community. – KD Kohl – BMC Genomics

 

Animal microbiome 

Bacterial community composition and distribution in different segments of the gastrointestinal tract of wild-caught adult Penaeus monodon – P Mongkol – Aquaculture Research

Enrichment of beneficial bacteria in the skin microbiota of bats persisting with white-nose syndrome – V Lemieux-Labonté – Microbiome

 

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Soil microbiomes associated with Verticillium wilt suppressive broccoli and chitin amendments are enriched with potential biocontrol agents.  – P Inderbitzin – Phytopathology

Olive mill waste and glyphosate-based herbicide addition to olive grove soils: effects on microbial activities and their responses to drying–rewetting cycles – N Boukhdoud – Soil Use and Management

Changes in soil microbial communities after 10 years of winter wheat cultivation versus fallow in an organic-poor soil in the Loess Plateau of China – H Tian – PLoS One

Host Genotype and Nitrogen Form Shape the Root Microbiome of Pinus radiata. – M Gllart – Microbial Ecology

Microbacterium hibisci sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere of mugunghwa (Hibiscus syriacus L.). – ZF Yan – Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.

 

Water microbiome and extremophile 

Microbial ecological associations in the surface sediments of Bohai strait –  B Wang – Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology

Contrasting seasonal drivers of virus abundance and production in the North Pacific Ocean. – PJ Gainer – PLoS One

 

Built environment 

Bacteria and archaea communities in full-scale thermophilic and mesophilic anaerobic digesters treating food wastewater: key process parameters and microbial indicators of process instability – J Lee – Bioresource Technology

 

 

Phages and viruses

Temperate phages as frequency-dependent weapons in bacterial competition – XY Li – bioRxiv

 

Techniques

A novel approach for predicting microbe-disease associations by bi-random walk on the heterogeneous network. – S Zou – PLoS One

Machine learning leveraging genomes from metagenomes identifies influential antibiotic resistance genes in the infant gut microbiome – SF Rahman – bioRxiv

Application of real-time PCR (qPCR) for characterization of microbial populations and type of milk in dairy food products. – C Agrimonti – Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Identification of regulatory targets for the bacterial Nus factor complex – G Baniulyte – bioRxiv

Early nasopharyngeal microbial signature associated with severe influenza in children: a retrospective pilot study – S Langevin – The Journal of General Virology

Infection via mosquito bite alters Zika virus replication kinetics in rhesus macaques – D Dudley – bioRxiv

Denitrifying metabolism of the methylotrophic marine bacterium Methylophaga nitratireducenticrescens strain JAM1 – F Mauffrey – bioRxiv

 

Microbes in the news 

Mimicry: by gut bacteria metabolites – Nutra Ingredients

Bacterial ‘aphrodisiac’ sends single-celled organism into mating frenzy – Nature News

Bacteria Use Brainlike Bursts of Electricity to Communicate – Quanta Magazine

Bacteria in Children’s Throats Found Strongly Associated with Bone and Joint Infections – Geneng News

How Farmers Can Help Ensure That We Don’t All Die From Super-Powered Bacteria – Fast Company

Harvey’s Floodwaters Contaminated With Nasty, Dangerous Bacteria – Houston Press

FOR THE FIRST TIME, GUT BACTERIA HAS BEEN SPOTTED EATING CHEMICALS IN THE BRAIN – Collective Evolution

University of Idaho research may slow antibiotic resistance to drugs – The Spokesman

 

September 3, 2017

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Events and jobs

PhD position – Jana Seifert, UNIVERSITÄT HOHENHEIM

PhD position – Amélia Camarinha Silva, UNIVERSITÄT HOHENHEIM

Microbiology Instructor – City College, Florida

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor (Clinical Microbiology) – University of Arizona

General microbiome

Targeting the Microbiome for Mental Health: Hype or Hope? – Jane A. Foster, Biological Psychiatry

Multi-site human microbiome

Biogeography & Environmental Conditions Shape Phage & Bacteria Interaction Networks Across The Human Microbiome – Geoffrey D. Hannigan, bioRxiv

Human gut microbiome

Gut Protozoa: Friends or Foes of the Human Gut Microbiota? – Magali Chabé, Trends in Parasitology

Intestinal Lactobacillus in health and disease, a driver or just along for the ride? – Dustin D. Heeney, Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Human oral microbbiome

Periodontal disease and periodontal bacteria as triggers for rheumatoid arthritis – Zijian Cheng, Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology

Animal experiments

Dietary broccoli impacts microbial community structure and attenuates chemically induced colitis in mice in an Ah receptor dependent manner – Troy D. Hubbard, Journal of Functional Foods

Gut health benefits of brown seaweed Ecklonia radiata and its polysaccharides demonstrated in vivo in a rat model – Suvimol Charoensiddhi, Journal of Functional Foods

Yacon flour (Smallanthus sonchifolius) attenuates intestinal morbidity in rats with colon cancer – Mariana Grancieri, Journal of Functional Foods

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Acclimatization of micropropagated plants of Etlingera elatior(Jack) R. M. Sm. inoculated with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi – A.R. da Silva, South African Journal of Botany

Effective rhizoinoculation and biofilm formation by arsenic immobilizing halophilic plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB) isolated from mangrove rhizosphere: A step towards arsenic rhizoremediation – Ivy Mallick, Science of The Total Environment

Food microbiology

Acetic acid bacteria in fermented foods and beverages – Jonas De Roos, Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Microbial ecology of cereal vinegar fermentation: insights for driving the ecosystem function – Zhen-Ming Lu, Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Probiotics / prebiotics

Bugging allergy; role of pre-, pro- and synbiotics in allergy prevention – Christina E. West, Allergology International

The effect of probiotics and zinc supplementation on the immune response to oral rotavirus vaccine: A randomized, factorial design, placebo-controlled study among Indian infants – Robin P. Lazarus, Vaccine

Microbes in the News

Study finds high levels of multidrug-resistant bacteria on Indian poultry farms – Stephanie Soucheray, CIDRAP News

Topical antibiotics and antiseptics disrupt the skin microbiome – Cheryl Guttman Krader, Dermatology Times

August 31, 2017

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Today we have a lot of interesting job offers, a lot of news, many papers from Nature’s Scientific Reports and several reviews from Immunological Reviews and to mention each time more and more papers dealing with wastewater treatments. Enjoy your (still) summer microbiome reading.

Events and jobs

Laboratory Manager (Microbiology), Sydney, Australia

Algae Technician, MBD Energy Limited, Townsville 

PhD position: Synthetic Microbiology/Biotechnology, Germany

PhD position (m/f) in the field of microbiota-host interaction in laying hens, Germany

PhD position in the field of microbial ecology of the fowl gastrointestinal tract,  Germany

Post-Doctoral Research Associate, King’s College London , UK

Synthetic Biologist / Geneticist: Ginkgo Bioworks, Boston, MA

General microbiome

Numerous uncharacterized and highly divergent microbes which colonize humans are revealed by circulating cell-free DNA – Mark Kowarsky – PNAS

Maintenance of microbial cooperation mediated by public goods in single and multiple traits scenarios – Özhan Özkaya – Journal of Bacteriology

Pregnancy and early life

The oral microbiome and adverse pregnancy outcomes – Charles M Cobb – International Journal of Women’s Health

Human respiratory microbiome

The nasal microbiota of dairy farmers is more complex than oral microbiota, reflects occupational exposure, and provides competition for staphylococci – Sanjay K. Shukla –  PLOS One

Sphenoid sinus microbiota in pituitary apoplexy: a preliminary study – Gavin J. Humphreys – Pituitary

Oral microbiology

Review: Studying the human oral microbiome: challenges and the evolution of solutions – Angela ML Benn – Australian Dental Journal

Human vaginal microbiome

The human vaginal microbial community – Mario Vaneechoutte – Research in Microbiology

Replication and refinement of a vaginal microbial signature of preterm birth in two racially distinct cohorts of US women – Benjamin J. Callahan – PNAS

Comparison of vaginal microbiota sampling techniques: cytobrush versus swab – Anita Mitra – Scientific Reports

Human nearly-sterile sites 

Dominance of ST131 Escherichia coli carrying blaCTX-M in patients with bloodstream infections caused by cephalosporin-resistant strains in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore: whole genome analysis of isolates from a randomised trial –  Patrick Harris – bioRxiv

Temporal Stability and Composition of the Ocular Surface Microbiome – Jerome Ozkan – Scientific Reports

Human gut microbiome

Review:Interactions between bile salts, gut microbiota, and hepatic innate immunity – Kristin Schubert – Immunological Reviews

Review:Deciphering interactions between the gut microbiota and the immune system via microbial cultivation and minimal microbiomes – Thomas Clavel – Immunological Reviews

Review: Gut microbiota: Role in pathogen colonization, immune responses, and inflammatory disease – Joseph M. Pickard – Immunological Reviews

Gut microbiota and chronic kidney disease: implications for novel mechanistic insights and therapeutic strategies – Wei Pan –  International Urology and Nephrology

Ecophylogenetics Reveals the Evolutionary Associations between Mammals and their Gut Microbiota – Christopher Andrew Gaulke -bioRxiv

Unveiling the gut microbiota composition and functionality associated with constipation through metagenomic analyses – Leonardo Mancabelli –  Scientific Reports

Influence of gut microbiota on neuropsychiatric disorders – María Carmen Cenit – World Journal of Gastroenterology

Fecal microbiota transplantation for Clostridium difficile infection in patients with ileal pouches – Nan Lan – Gastroenterology Report

The Intestinal Microbiome in Infectious Diseases: The Clinical Relevance of a Rapidly Emerging Field – Vanessa C Harris – Open Forum Infectious Diseases

A novel approach for the prediction of species-specific biotransformation of xenobiotic/drug molecules by the human gut microbiota – Ashok K. Sharma – Scientific Reports

Animal experiments

Metagenomic Analysis of Cecal Microbiome Identified Microbiota and Functional Capacities Associated with Feed Efficiency in Landrace Finishing Pigs – Zhen Tan – Frontiers in Microbiology

Characterization of the ecological role of genes mediating acid resistance in Lactobacillus reuteri during colonization of the gastrointestinal tract – Janina A. Krumbeck – Environmental Microbiology

Animal microbiome

High Spatial and Temporal Variations of Microbial Community along the Southern Catfish Gastrointestinal Tract: Insights into Dynamic Food Digestion – Zhimin Zhang – Frontiers in Microbiology

Unraveling the gut microbiome of the long-lived naked mole-rat – Tewodros Debebe – Scientific Reports

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Effects of cationic surfactant on the bioaccumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in rice and the soil microbial community structure – Ni Ni – RSC Advances

The impact of adsorption on the exposure assessment of Bacillus thuringiensis in the water-sediment system: a mathematical model approach – Stefano Cervelli – Biology and Fertility of Soils

Phylogenetic diversity and antagonistic traits of root and rhizosphere pseudomonads of a bean from Iran for controlling Rhizoctonia solani – Vahid Keshavarz-Tohid – Research in Microbiology

Petroleum Contamination and Plant Identity Influence Soil and Root Microbial Communities While AMF Spores Retrieved from the Same Plants Possess Markedly Different Communities – Bachir Iffis – Frontiers in Microbiology

Taxonomic and functional shifts in the beech rhizosphere microbiome across a natural soil toposequence – Y. Colin – Scientific Reports

Microbial communities with distinct denitrification potential in spruce and beech soils differing in nitrate leaching – Jiří Bárta – Scientific Reports

The rhizospheric microbial community structure and diversity of deciduous and evergreen forests in Taihu Lake area, China – Wei Z – PLOS One

Taxonomic and functional shifts in the beech rhizosphere microbiome across a natural soil toposequence – Y. Colin – Scientific Reports

Water and extremophile microbiome 

Seasonal Succession and Spatial Patterns of Synechococcus Microdiversity in a Salt Marsh Estuary Revealed through 16S rRNA Gene Oligotyping – Katherine R. M. Mackey – Frontiers in Microbiology

Independent Shifts of Abundant and Rare Bacterial Populations across East Antarctica Glacial Foreland – Wenkai Yan – Frontiers in Microbiology

Microbial community structure and diversity within hypersaline Keke Salt Lake environments – Rui Han – Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Cyanobacterial Allelochemicals But Not Cyanobacterial Cells Markedly Reduce Microbial Community Diversity – Filipa Dias – Frontiers in Microbiology

A microfluidics-based in situ chemotaxis assay to study the behaviour of aquatic microbial communities – Bennett S. Lambert –  Nature Microbiology

Anaerobic methanotrophic communities thrive in deep submarine permafrost – Matthias Winkel – bioRxiv

Microbial communities in peatlands along a chronosequence on the Sanjiang Plain, China – Xue Zhou – Scientific Reports

Microbial communities in marine sediments modify success of an invasive macrophyte – Paul E. Gribben – Scientific Reports

Built environment 

Novosphingobium clariflavum sp. nov., isolated from a household product plant –  Xin Zhang – International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Probiotics / prebiotics

Bifidobacterium longum W11: an antibiotic-resistant probiotic – Francesco Di Pierro – Nutrafoods

Lactobacillus plantarum LP‑Onlly alters the gut flora and attenuates colitis by inducing microbiome alteration in interleukin‑10 knockout mice – Hongqi Chen – Molecular Medicine Reports

Bacillus As Potential Probiotics: Status, Concerns, and Future Perspectives – Fouad M. F. Elshaghabee – Frontiers in Microbiology

Probiotics administration following sleeve gastrectomy surgery: A randomized double-blind trial – S Sherf-Dagan – International Journal of Obesity

Phages and viruses

Infection with purified Piscine orthoreovirus demonstrates a causal relationship with heart and skeletal muscle inflammation in Atlantic salmon – Øystein Wessel  – PLOS One

HPeV-3 predominated among Parechovirus A positive infants in the summer of 2013-2014 in Queensland, Australia – Donna M. McNeale – bioRxiv

Review: A bacteriophages journey through the human body – Jeremy J. Barr – Immunological Reviews

Mouse hepatitis virus nsp14 exoribonuclease activity is required for resistance to innate immunity – James Brett Case – bioRxiv

Bioinformatics

microPop: Modelling microbial populations and communities in R – Helen Kettle – Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Biotechnology

Biodegradation of mono-, di- and trifluoroacetate by microbial cultures with different origins – Diogo A.M. Alexandrino – New Biotechnology

Metagenomic mining pectinolytic microbes and enzymes from an apple pomace-adapted compost microbial community – Man Zhou – Biotechnology for Biofuels

Wastewater microbiology

Unravelling diversity and metabolic potential of microbial consortia at each stage of leather sewage treatment – Hebin Liang – RSC Advances

Influence of microbial community diversity and function on pollutant removal in ecological wastewater treatment – Yaohui Bai – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Techniques

A Comparison of Methods to Analyze Aquatic Heterotrophic Flagellates of Different Taxonomic Groups – Alexandra Jeuck – Protist

Fast and Simple Tool for the Quantification of Biofilm-Embedded Cells Sub-Populations From Fluorescent Microscopic Images – Mikhail Bogachev – bioRxiv

Microbes in the news 

Gut bacteria that “talk” to human cells may lead to new treatments

Gut Microbiome Differences in REM Sleep Behavior Disorder, Parkinson’s, and Healthy Controls

Scientists Made Music From the Human Microbiome, and It’s Seriously Cool

Over 50% of Bacteria and Viruses inside Human Body are Unknown to Science

August 25, 2017

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Highlight of the day goes to Anna Karenina principle on microbiomes by J.R. Zaneveld as a Perspective in Nature Microbiology: “When healthy our microbiomes look alike, but when stressed each one of us has our own microbial snowflake”.

Events and jobs

Food Microbiology Microscopist II, EMSL Analytical, Inc. ,Cinnaminson, NJ 

Research Associate, University of Bristol – School of Biochemistry

General microbiome

Perspectives: Stress and stability: applying the Anna Karenina principle to animal microbiomes – Jesse R. Zaneveld – Nature Microbiology

Sugar metabolism of the first thermophilic Planctomycetes Thermogutta terrifontis: comparative genomic and transcriptomic approache – Alexander Elcheninov – bioRxiv

Horizontally Acquired Genes Are Often Shared between Closely Related Bacterial Species – Evgeni Bolotin –  Frontiers in Microbiology

Pregnancy and early life

Early gut mycobiota and mother-offspring transfer – Kasper Schei -Microbiome

Oral Microbiology

Genetic influences on the human oral microbiome – Brittany A. Demmitt – BMC Genomics

 

Human gut microbiome

Beyond gut feelings: how the gut microbiota regulates blood pressure – Francine Z. Marques – Nature Reviews Cardiology

Animal microbiome 

Upper and lower respiratory tract microbiota in horses: bacterial communities associated with health and mild asthma (inflammatory airway disease) and effects of dexamethasone – Stephanie L. Bond – BMC Microbiology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Transient exposure to oxygen or nitrate reveals ecophysiology of fermentative and sulfate-reducing benthic microbial populations – Zainab Abdulrahman Beiruti – Environmental Microbiology

Water and extremophile microbiome

Prey range and genome evolution of Halobacteriovorax marinus predatory bacteria from an estuary – Brett G. Enos – bioRxiv

Genomic insights into potential interdependencies in microbial hydrocarbon and nutrient cycling in hydrothermal sediments – Nina Dombrowski –  Microbiome

Prey range and genome evolution of Halobacteriovorax marinus predatory bacteria from an estuary – Brett G. Enos – bioRxiv

Bacteria-induced mixing in natural waters – T. Sommer – Geophysical Research Letters

Food microbiology

Unraveling the correlation between microbiota succession and metabolite changes in traditional Shanxi aged vinegar – Zhiqiang Nie – Scientific Reports

Microbes in the news

Space travel microbes turn urine into polymers

Is The Secret To A Healthier Microbiome Hidden In The Hadza Diet?

IBM: Your Computer Can Help Scientists Study Connection Between Body Bacteria and Autoimmune Diseases

 

August 21, 2017

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New Microbiome Digest and many many interesting articles: metagenome analysis as a powerful tool for enzyme bioprospecting, application of DGGE on oral bacterial community; labeling of prokaryotic mRNA in live cells with FISH-TAMB…
While in non-microbiology picks read and join very interesting project Scientist Selfies. This project explores how scientists use Instagram and how scientists’ IG posts can potentially change public perceptions of scientists’.

Events and jobs

Postdoc position for Cell Factory Construction, Novozymes, Denmark

IBS-Nature Conference on Frontiers in Genome Engineering

General microbiome

Genetic cargo and bacterial species set the rate of vesicle-mediated horizontal gene transfer – Frances Tran – Scientific Reports

Review: Archaea Are Interactive Components of Complex Microbiomes – Christine Moissl-Eichinger – Trends in Microbiology

 

Pregnancy and early life

Human Milk Oligosaccharides Exhibit Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Properties against Group B Streptococcus – Dorothy L. Ackerman – ACS Infectious Diseases

Review: Development of the gut microbiota in infancy and its impact on health in later life – Masaru Tanaka –  Allergology International

Maternal microbiomes in preterm birth: Recent progress and analytical pipelines – Lindsay A. Parnell – Seminars in Perinatology

Oral microbiology

Application of denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis to the analysis of bacterial communities associated with asymptomatic and symptomatic pericoronitis –  Xin Zhang – Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

 

 

Human gut microbiome

Review: Food contact materials and gut health: Implications for toxicity assessment and relevance of high molecular weight migrants – Ksenia J. Groh – Food and Chemical Toxicology

Environmental Pollutant Benzo[a]Pyrene Impacts the Volatile Metabolome and Transcriptome of the Human Gut Microbiota – Clémence Defois – Frontiers in Microbiology

Animal experiments

AvBD1 nucleotide polymorphisms, peptide antimicrobial activities and microbial colonisation of the broiler chicken gut – Kevin Cadwell – BMC Genomics

Increased microbiome diversity at the time of infection is associated with improved growth rates of pigs after co-infection with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) – Rebecca A. Ober – Veterinary Microbiology

Changes in the Total Fecal Bacterial Population in Individual Horses Maintained on a Restricted Diet Over 6 Weeks – Kirsty Dougal – Frontiers in Microbiology

Animal microbiome

Analysis of microbiota of the swimming crab (Portunus trituberculatus) in South Korea to identify risk markers for foodborne illness – Suyeon Kim – LWT – Food Science and Technology

Diet and gut microbiota of two supralittoral amphipods Orchestia montagui and Talitrus saltator living in different microhabitats – Khaled F.A. Abdelrhman – Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Gut microbiome analysis as a tool for developing new probiotic products – Daniel Ramón – Journal of Biotechnology

Review: Human genetic variation and the gut microbiome in disease – Andrew Brantley Hall – Nature Reviews  Genetics

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Searching for signatures across microbial communities: Metagenomic analysis of soil samples from mangrove and other ecosystems – Madangchanok Imchen – Scienfic Reports

Microbial community structure and function respond more strongly to temporal progression than to the application of slurry in an Irish grassland – Aaron Fox – Applied Soil Ecology

Cheating and resistance to cheating in natural populations of the bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens – John B. Bruce – Evolution

Water and extremophile microbiome

Differences in temperature and water chemistry shape distinct diversity patterns in thermophilic microbial communities – Cecilia M. Chiriac –  Applied nad Environmental Microbiology

Planococcus ruber sp. nov., isolated from a polluted farmland soil sample – Xu Wang – International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Microbial diversity in acidic thermal pools in the Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka – Andrey V. Mardanov – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Aura-biomes are present in the water layer above coral reef benthic macro-organisms – Kevin Walsh – PeerJ

Physiological and ecological implications of an iron- or hydrogen-oxidizing member of the Zetaproteobacteria, Ghiorsea bivora, gen. nov., sp. nov – Jiro F Mori – The ISME

Food microbiology

Restoration of GABA production machinery in Lactobacillus brevis by accessible carbohydrates, anaerobiosis and early acidification – Qinglong Wu – Food Microbiology

Development of non-pathogenic bacterial biofilms on the surface of stainless steel which are inhibitory to Salmonella enterica – Yoonbin Kim – Food Microbiology

 

Bioinformatics

Metagenome Analysis: a Powerful Tool for Enzyme Bioprospecting – Aravind Madhavan –  Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Novel approaches for bioinformatic analysis of salivary RNA Sequencing data in the biomarker development process – Karolina Elżbieta Kaczor-Urbanowicz – Bioinformatics

Biotechnology

Biogas production from brewery spent grain as a mono-substrate in a two-stage process composed of solid-state anaerobic digestion and granular biomass reactors – Mario Panjičko – Journal of Cleaner Production

Revealing sludge and biofilm microbiomes in membrane bioreactor treating piggery wastewater by non-destructive microscopy and 16S rRNA gene sequencing – Tomohiro Inaba – Chemical Engineering Journal

Techniques

Characterization of syntrophic Geobacter communities using ToF-SIMS – Wenchao Wei – Biointerphases

Labeling of prokaryotic mRNA in live cells using fluorescent in situ hybridization of transcript-annealing molecular beacons (FISH-TAMB) – Rachel Harris – bioRxiv

Microbes in the news

No guts no glory: Harvesting the microbiome of athletes

Oil-eating bacteria help sea life thrive

Tina’s (non-microbiology) picks

 Research project “To Selfie or Not to Selfie” – How Can Scientists Foster Public Trust on Instagram? 

Is there enough transparency in #peerreview? Join the debate #PeerRevWk17

August 18, 2017

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Human Microbiome: Gut

Worse inflammatory profile in omnivores than in vegetarians associates with the gut microbiota composition – Ana Carolina Franco-de-Moraes – Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome (BMC)

News and views: Spondyloarthropathies: Ruminococcus on the horizon in arthritic disease – Lars Vereecke & Dirk Elewaut – Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Increased human intestinal barrier permeability plasma biomarkers zonulin and FABP2 correlated with plasma LPS and altered gut microbiome in anxiety or depression – Bruce R Stevens – Gut (BMJ)

 

Human Microbiome: Respiratory tract

Strain level Streptococcus colonization patterns during the first year of life – Meredith Wright – Frontiers in Microbiology

State of the art: The airway microbiota in early cystic fibrosis lung disease – Katherine B. Frayman – Pediatric Pulmonology (Wiley)

 

Human Microbiome: Mouth

The saliva microbiome profiles are minimally affected by collection method or DNA extraction protocols – Yenkai Lim – Scientific Reports

 

Built microbiome

Bacterial diversity among four healthcare-associated institutes in Taiwan – Chang-Hua Chen – Scientific Reports

 

Animal Microbiome

Host Ecology Rather Than Host Phylogeny Drives Amphibian Skin Microbial Community Structure in the Biodiversity Hotspot of Madagascar – Molly C. Bletz – Frontiers in Microbiology

Microbiota in the coelomic fluid of two common coastal starfish species and characterization of an abundant Helicobacter-related taxon – Satoshi Nakagawa – Scientific Reports

Stability in metabolic phenotypes and inferred metagenome profiles before the onset of colitis-induced inflammation – M. Glymenaki – Scientific Reports

Microbiome-mediated neutrophil recruitment via CXCR2 and protection from amebic colitis – Koji Watanabe – PLoS Pathogens

Gut microbiota of a long-distance migrant demonstrates resistance against environmental microbe incursions – Alice Risely – Molecular Ecology (Wiley)

Unraveling the Fecal Microbiota and Metagenomic Functional Capacity Associated with Feed Efficiency in Pigs – Hui Yang –  Frontiers in Microbiology

Research Highlight: Tell me who you are and I’ll tell you what you eat – Irene Vacca – Nature Reviews Microbiology

Mucus organisation is shaped by colonic content; a new view – J. B. J. Kamphuis – Scientific Reports

Effect of barley supplementation on the fecal microbiota, caecal biochemistry, and key biomarkers of obesity and inflammation in obese db/db mice – Jose F. Garcia-Mazcorro – European Journal of Nutrition

Associations Between Nutrition, Gut Microbiome, and Health in A Novel Nonhuman Primate Model – Jonathan B. Clayton – BioRxiv

Milk microbiome and bacterial load following dry cow therapy without antibiotics in dairy cows with healthy mammary gland – Erika C. R. Bonsaglia –  Scientific Reports

Space-type radiation induces multimodal responses in the mouse gut microbiome and metabolome – David Casero – Microbiome (BMC)

 

Probiotics, Prebiotics and Synbiotics

Secretome of intestinal bacilli: a natural guard against pathologies – Olga N. Ilinskaya – Frontiers in Microbiology

The Probiotic Combination of Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis CECT 7210 and Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BPL6 Reduces Pathogen Loads and Improves Gut Health of Weaned Piglets Orally Challenged with Salmonella Typhimurium – Emili Barba-Vidal –  Frontiers in Microbiology

Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum LI09 and Bifidobacterium catenulatum LI10 attenuate D-galactosamine-induced liver injury by modifying the gut microbiota – Daiqiong Fang – Scientific Reports

Administration of two probiotic strains during early childhood does not affect the endogenous gut microbiota composition despite probiotic proliferation – Martin Frederik Laursen – BMC Microbiology

A randomized synbiotic trial to prevent sepsis among infants in rural India – Pinaki Panigrahi – Nature

 

Pathogen Research

High-Resolution Microbiome Profiling for Detection and Tracking of Salmonella enterica – Christopher J. Grim – Frontiers in Microbiology

In situ architecture, function, and evolution of a contractile injection system – Désirée Böck – Science

 

Bioactive compounds

Onion Peel Ethylacetate Fraction and Its Derived Constituent Quercetin 4`-O-Β-D Glucopyranoside Attenuates Quorum Sensing Regulated Virulence and Biofilm Formation – Hanan AlYousef – Frontiers in Microbiology

Promysalin is a salicylate-containing antimicrobial with a cell-membrane-disrupting mechanism of action on Gram-positive bacteria – Rahul D. Kaduskar – Scientific Reports

 

Bacteriophages

Selection of Functional Quorum Sensing Systems by Lysogenic Bacteriophages in Pseudomonas aeruginosa  – Miguel-Angel Saucedo-Mora – Frontiers in Microbiology

Characterization and formulation into solid dosage forms of a novel bacteriophage lytic against Klebsiella oxytoca – Teagan L. Brown – PLoS ONE

 

Soil and Environmental Microbiology

Distinct Seasonal Patterns of Bacterioplankton Abundance and Dominance of Phyla α-Proteobacteria and Cyanobacteria in Qinhuangdao Coastal Waters Off the Bohai Sea – Yaodong He – Frontiers in Microbiology

The Rhizosphere Bacterial Microbiota of Vitis vinifera cv. Pinot Noir in an Integrated Pest Management Vineyard – Giorgia Novello – Frontiers in Microbiology

Perspective: How microbes survive in the open ocean – Jonathan P. Zehr – Science

Ecophysiology of freshwater Verrucomicrobia inferred from metagenome-assembled genomes – Shaomei He – BioRxiv

Impact of litter quantity on the soil bacteria community during the decomposition of Quercus wutaishanica litter – Quanchao Zeng – PeerJ preprints

Microbial phylogeny determines transcriptional response of resistome to dynamic composting processes – Cheng Wang – Microbiome (BMC)

 

Bioinformatics and Genomics

Abundance-based reconstitution of microbial pan-genomes from whole-metagenome shotgun sequencing data – Florian Plaza Oñate – BioRxiv

Evaluation of the impact of Illumina error correction tools on de novo genome assembly – Mahdi Heydari –  BMC Bioinformatics

 

Non-microbiology picks

A pathology atlas of the human cancer transcriptome – Mathias Uhlen – Science

Increasing Symptoms in Irritable Bowel Symptoms With Ingestion of Galacto-Oligosaccharides Are Mitigated by α-Galactosidase Treatment – C J Tuck – The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Lessons from between the white lines for isolated data scientists – Benjamin S Baumer ​- PeerJ preprints