Category Archives: Human skin

March 12, 2018

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Today we have  interesting reviews by Thomas S.B. about gut microbiome and by F. Newberry about microbiome and virome contribution to myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. Another highlight for viruses is a commentary by Y.Z. Zhang on how metagenomics has changed our understanding of RNA viruses. Check these recommendations as well as many other articles in today’s digest.

General microbiome

Analysis: Microbiome Research in a Social World – Diana Crow – Cell

Commentary: The Past and Future Biology of the Human Microbiome in an Age of Extinctions – Martin J. Blaser – Cell

Perspective: Major New Microbial Groups Expand Diversity and Alter our Understanding of the Tree of Life – Cindy J. Castelle – Cell

Review: The Biology of CRISPR-Cas: Backward and Forward – Frank Hille – Cell

Human skin microbiome

The Microbiome in Dermatology – Shenara Musthaq – Clinics in Dermatology

Fragile skin microbiomes in megacities are assembled by a predominantly niche-based process – Hye-Jin Kim – Science Advances

Human nearly-sterile sites 

Review: Altered microbiome in chronic kidney disease: systemic effects of gut-derived uremic toxins – Wei Ling Lau – Clinical Science

Human urinary microbiome

Microbial metagenome of urinary tract infection – Ahmed Moustafa – Scientific Reports

Human gut microbiome

Neuroinflammation, Gut Microbiome, and Alzheimer’s Disease – Li Lin – Molecular Neurobiology

Gut microbiota and its implications in small bowel transplantation – Chenyang Wang – Frontiers of Medicine

Festschrift for Ronan O’Connell: pouchitis, ulcerative colitis and the microbiome – Aonghus Lavelle – Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -)

Lipid nanoparticles to counteract gastric infection without affecting gut microbiota – Catarina Leal Seabraa – European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Gut microbiota dysbiosis is associated with Henoch-Schönlein Purpura in children – Xingcui Wanga – International Immunopharmacology

Gut Microbiota Signature in Heart Failure Defined From Profiling of 2 Independent Cohorts – Martin Kummen – Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Toxin profile of fecal Clostridium perfringens strains isolated from children with autism spectrum disorders – Góra Bartłomiej – Anaerobe

Exploration of fecal microbiota transplantation in the treatment of refractory diarrhea after renal transplantation  – Bo Gu – Transplantation Proceedings

Review: The Human Gut Microbiome: From Association to Modulation – Thomas S.B. Schmidt – Cell

Animal experiments

Gut microbiota mediates diurnal variation of acetaminophen induced acute liver injury in mice – Shenhai Gong – Journal of Hepatology

Microbiota composition, gene pool and its expression in Gir cattle (Bos indicus) rumen under different forage diets using metagenomic and metatranscriptomic approaches – Ramesh J. Pandit – Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Animal microbiome 

Understanding the Intestinal Microbiome in Health and Disease – Marcio Carvalho Costa – Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice

The association between gut microbiome, sex, age and body condition scores of horses in Maiduguri and its environs – Esther Solomon Mshelia – Microbial Pathogenesis

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Phenolic compounds as antioxidants and chemopreventive drugs from Streptomyces cellulosae strain TES17 isolated from rhizosphere of Camellia sinensis – Riveka Rani – Microbiome

A decade of Streptococcus thermophilus phage evolution in an Irish dairy plant – Katherine Lavelle – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Simultaneous application of two herbicides and green compost in a field experiment: Implications on soil microbial community – C. García-Delgado – Applied Soil Ecology

Distribution of prokaryotic communities throughout the Chernozem profiles under different land uses for over a century – Mikhail V. Semenov – Applied Soil Ecology

Water and extremophile microbiome

Brief Communication: Potential for primary productivity in a globally-distributed bacterial phototroph – E. D. Graham – The ISME Journal

Incubation with macroalgae induces large shifts in water column microbiota, but minor changes to the epibiota of co-occurring macroalgae – Melissa Y Chen – Molecular Ecology

The sponge holobiont in a changing ocean: from microbes to ecosystems – L. Pita – Microbiome

Microbiome dynamics in a large artificial seawater aquarium – Nastassia V. Patin – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Conserved genomic and amino acid traits of cold adaptation in subzero-growing Arctic permafrost bacteria – Isabelle Raymond-Bouchard – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Built environment

Phenol removal performance and microbial community shift during pH shock in a moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) – Hao Zhou – Journal of Hazardous Materials

Evaluation of process performance, energy consumption and microbiota characterization in a ceramic membrane bioreactor for ex-situ biomethanation of H2 and CO2 – Natalia Alfaro – Bioresource Technology

Food microbiology

Assessing the functionality and genetic diversity of lactococcal prophages – Philip Kelleher – International Journal of Food Microbiology

The bacterial biota of laboratory-reared edible mealworms (Tenebrio molitor L.): From feed to frass – Andrea Osimani – International Journal of Food Microbiology

Phages and viruses

Review: Does the microbiome and virome contribute to myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome? – Fiona Newberry –  Clinical Science

Commentary: Using Metagenomics to Characterize an Expanding Virosphere – Yong-Zhen Zhang – Cell

Techniques

Rapid detection of Klebsiella pneumoniae, Klebsiella oxytoca, Raoultella ornithinolytica and other related bacteria in food by lateral-flow test strip immunoassays – Tatsuya Tominaga

Microbes in the news 

Virus from a pond treats man with antibiotic-resistant infection

Manipulating gut microbes may reduce intestinal parasitic infections

Study Shows Gut Bacteria Can Spread to Other Organs And Trigger Disease

Social stress leads to changes in gut bacteria

Could Our Gut Be the Source of a New Generation of Drugs?

Microbes and art

This watercolour painting was created by artistic bacteria

 

February 28, 2018

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Have a good Wednesday! After few days of inactivity, we bring this digest with several reviews from different aspects of microbiome research. We included also some papers about microbiota and antibiotic resistance, microbiota and metabolism, and more.

 

Human and General microbiome

Review: Microbiota and Metabolism — What’s New in 2018 – Alexis Bretin – American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism

Review: Eicosanoids in the GI Tract – John L Wallace – British Journal of Pharmacology

Review: Gut : liver : brain axis: the microbial challenge in the hepatic encephalopathy – Andrea Mancini – Food and Function

Meeting update: faecal microbiota transplantation–bench, bedside, courtroom? – Nik Sheng Ding – . Frontline Gastroenterology

Mini-Review: Involvement of Corticotropin-Releasing Factor and Receptors in Immune Cells in Irritable Bowel Syndrome – Mahanand Chatoo – Frontiers in Endocrinology

Gut microbiome composition in lean patients with NASH is associated with liver damage independent of caloric intake: A prospective pilot study – S.M.B.Duarte – Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Study protocol: Antifibrotic and molecular aspects of rifaximin in alcoholic liver disease: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial – Bjørn Stæhr Madsen – Trials

Gut microbiota characterisation in obese patients before and after bariatric surgery – G. Campisciano – Beneficial Microbes

Effect of sodium fluoride on oral biofilm microbiota and enamel demineralization – Thomas Thurnheer – Archives of Oral Biology

Review: Human Gut Microbiota in Health and Alzheimer’s Disease – Leszek Szablewski –  Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease

Fecal microbiota profile in atopic asthmatic adult patients – A.M. Okba – European annals of allergy and clinical immunology

Cervicovaginal microbiota composition correlates with the acquisition of high-risk human papillomavirus types – Xiaojie Huang – International journal of cancer

Review: Dysbiosis of gut microbiota in promoting the development of colorectal cancer – Shaomin Zou – Gastroenterology Report

In Brief: Microbiome: Principles of microbiota engraftment – Andrea Du Toit – Nature Reviews Microbiology

Clearance of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae versus Vancomycin-resistant enterococci carriage after fecal microbiota transplant: a prospective comparative study – Aurélien Dinh – The Journal of Hospital Infection

Alterations of the human gut Methanobrevibacter smithii as a biomarker for inflammatory bowel diseases – Shaghayegh Baradaran Ghavami – Microbial Pathogenesis

Forum: Inadequate Production of H2 by Gut Microbiota and Parkinson Disease – Sergej M.Ostojic – Trends in endocrinology and metabolism

Review: Brain Feeding Circuits after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass – Mohammed K.Hankir – Trends in endocrinology and metabolism

Temporal variability of oral microbiota over 10 months and the implications for future epidemiologic studies – Emily Vogtmann – Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention

Review: Psoriatic arthritis: tissue-directed inflammation? – Giacomo Cafaro – Clinical Rheumatology

 

Animal Microbiome

Intestine farnesoid X receptor agonist and the gut microbiota activate G-protein bile acid receptor-1 signaling to improve metabolism – Preeti Pathak – Hepatology

Primary murine mucosal response during cephalosporin-induced intestinal colonization by Enterococcus faecium – Antoni P. A. Hendrickx – MicrobiologyOpen

Respiratory Disease following Viral Lung Infection Alters the Murine Gut Microbiota – Helen T. Groves – Frontiers in Immunology

Tartary buckwheat protein prevented dyslipidemia in high-fat diet-fed mice associated with gut microbiota changes – Xiao-Li Zhou – Food and chemical toxicology

When Darwin’s Special Difficulty Promotes Diversification in Insects – Frederic Legendre – Systematic Biology

Commensal Microbes Induce Serum IgA Responses that Protect against Polymicrobial Sepsis – Joel R.Wilmore – Cell host and microbe

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor preserves intestinal mucosal barrier function and alters gut microbiota in mice – Chen Li – The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Microbiota-mediated modulation of organophosphate insecticide toxicity by species-dependent lactobacilli interactions in a Drosophila melanogaster insect model – Brendan A. Daisley – Applied And Environmental Microbiology

Assessing bacterial community dynamics across the gastrointestinal tract of dairy calves during pre-weaning development – Juliana Dias – Applied And Environmental Microbiology

Microbial community dynamics during rearing of black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) and its impact on exploitation potential – Jeroen De Smet – Applied And Environmental Microbiology

Microbiota promote secretory cell determination in the intestinal epithelium by modulating host Notch signaling – Joshua V. Troll – Development

Hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic effect of S-allyl-cysteine sulfoxide (alliin) in DIO mice – Baiqiang Zhai – Scientific Reports

 

Pathogen research

Immunization with intestinal microbiota-derived Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli reduces bacteria-specific recolonization of the intestinal tract – Julio Adrián Garfias-López – Immunology Letters

Salmonella-mediated inflammation eliminates competitors for fructose-asparagine in the gut – Jikang Wu – Infection and immunity

Treatment of Clostridium difficile infection with a small molecule inhibitor of toxin UDP-glucose hydrolysis activity – Ilana L. Stroke – Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

Review: Treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile colitis: a narrative review – Roy J Hopkins – Gastroenterology Report

Review: Pseudomonas syringae: what it takes to be a pathogen – Xiu-Fang Xin – Nature Reviews Microbiology

 

Food Microbiome

Review: Seafood spoilage microbiota and associated volatile organic compounds at different storage temperatures and packaging conditions – Olumide A.Odeyemi – International journal of food microbiology

 

Water Microbiome

A closer look at the antibiotic-resistant bacterial community found in urban wastewater treatment systems – Amir H. Tehrani – MicrobiologyOpen

 

Extremophiles

Transitory microbial habitat in the hyperarid Atacama Desert – Dirk Schulze-Makuch – PNAS

 

Other papers

Microbial diversity in biodeteriorated Greek historical documents dating back to the 19th and 20th century: A case study – Kiriaki Karakasidou – MicrobiologyOpen

A novel affordable reagent for room temperature storage and transport of fecal samples for metagenomic analyses – Mo Han – Microbiome

Identification of a highly active tannase enzyme from the oral pathogen Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. polymorphum – Julen Tomás-Cortázar – Microbial Cell Factories

Effect of Bacillus subtilis C-3102 on loose stools in healthy volunteers – M. Hatanaka – Beneficial Microbes

In situ biomolecule production by bacteria; a synthetic biology approach to medicine – Yensi Flores Bueso – Journal of Controlled Release

February 23, 2018

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This Friday: A nice set of papers focused in pathogens such as Salmonella and C. difficile, several papers about soil/root microbiome and more…

Human Microbiome

Review: Skin microbiota and human 3D skin models – Franziska Rademacher – Experimental Dermatology

News and Views: Gut microbiota: Beyond metagenomics, metatranscriptomics illuminates microbiome functionality in IBD – Aonghus Lavelle – Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Letter: Concomitant resolution through fecal microbiota transplantation of Clostridium difficile and OXA-48-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae –  Giovanni Bruno – Infectious Diseases

Oral cholera vaccination promotes homing of IgA+ memory B cells to the large intestine and the respiratory tract – M van Splunter – Mucosal Immunology

Review: Signalling from the periphery to the brain that regulates energy homeostasis – Ki-Suk Kim – Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Research Highlight: Colorectal cancer: Bacterial biofilms and toxins prompt a perfect storm for colon cancer – Iain Dickson – Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Research Highlight: Metabolism: The small intestine — a new player in fructose metabolism – Ivone Leong – Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Akkermansia muciniphila-derived extracellular vesicles influence gut permeability through the regulation of tight junctions – Chaithanya Chelakkot – Experimental & Molecular Medicine

 

Animal Microbiome / Animal Experiments

Effects of a galacto-oligosaccharide-rich diet on fecal microbiota and metabolite profiles in mice – W. Cheng – Food and Function

Impact of oral fidaxomicin administration on the intestinal microbiota and susceptibility to Clostridium difficile colonization in mice – N. J. Ajami – Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Interplay between gut microbiota and p66Shc affects obesity-associated insulin resistance – Stefano Ciciliot – The FASEB Journal

CD Obesity-Prone Rats, but not Obesity-Resistant Rats, Robustly Ferment Resistant Starch Without Increased Weight or Fat Accretion – Diana Obanda – Obesity

Dietary live yeast and increased water temperature influence the gut microbiota of rainbow trout – David Huyben – Journal of Applied Microbiology

Remodeling of the Candida glabrata cell wall in the gastrointestinal tract affects the gut microbiota and the immune response – Rogatien Charlet – Scientific Reports

Absence of receptor guanylyl cyclase C enhances ileal damage and reduces cytokine and antimicrobial peptide production during oral Salmonella Typhimurium infection – Shamik Majumdar – Infection and Immunity

Thermal regime and host clade, rather than geography, drive Symbiodinium and bacterial assemblages in the scleractinian coral Pocillopora damicornis sensu lato – Kelly Brener-Raffalli – Microbiome

Chitin Oligosaccharide Modulates Gut Microbiota and Attenuates High-Fat-Diet-Induced Metabolic Syndrome in Mice – Junping Zheng – Marine Drugs

Targeting the PXR–TLR4 signaling pathway to reduce intestinal inflammation in an experimental model of necrotizing enterocolitis – Kezhen Huang – Pediatric Research

Hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic effect of S-allyl-cysteine sulfoxide (alliin) in DIO mice – Baiqiang Zhai –  Scientific Reports

 

Human Pathogens

Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection: current and alternative therapeutic strategies – Fernando Gil – Future Medicine

Emergence of an Extensively Drug-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Clone Harboring a Promiscuous Plasmid Encoding Resistance to Fluoroquinolones and Third-Generation Cephalosporins – Elizabeth J. Klemm – mBio

Metronidazole-Loaded Polyethyleneimine and Chitosan-Based Liquid Crystalline System for Treatment of Staphylococcal Skin Infections – Francesca Damiani Victorelli –  Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology

Cost-Effectiveness of Competing Treatment Strategies for Clostridium difficile Infection: A Systematic Review – Phuc Le – Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

 

Food Microbiome

Antibiotic Resistance Genetic Markers and Integrons in White Soft Cheese: Aspects of Clinical Resistome and Potentiality of Horizontal Gene Transfer –  Ana Caroline L. de Paula – Genes

Effect of the environment microbiota on the flavour of light-flavour Baijiu during spontaneous fermentation – Xiao-Na Pang – Scientific Reports

 

Plant and Environmental Microbiomes

Pseudomonas rhizophila S211, a New Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacterium with Potential in Pesticide-Bioremediation – Wafa Hassen – Frontiers in Microbiology

Indigenous Pseudomonas spp. Strains from the Olive (Olea europaea L.) Rhizosphere as Effective Biocontrol Agents against Verticillium dahliae: From the Host Roots to the Bacterial Genomes – Carmen Gómez-Lama Cabanás – Frontiers in Microbiology

Preprint: Network hubs in root-associated fungal metacommunities – Hirokazu Toju – BioRxiv

Preprint: Microbial Treatment of Soil Contaminated with Spent engine Oil / Biotreatment of Soil Contaminated with Spent Engine by Microorganisms – Abiodun A. Ayandele – BioRxiv

Bacterial Preferences for Specific Soil Particle Size Fractions Revealed by Community Analyses – Michael Hemkemeyer – Frontiers in Microbiology

Peatland Acidobacteria with a dissimilatory sulfur metabolism – Bela Hausmann – The ISME Journal

Systemic Homeostasis in Metabolome, Ionome, and Microbiome of Wild Yellowfin Goby in Estuarine Ecosystem – Feifei Wei – Scientific Reports

 

Microbes in General

Review: Ethanolamine Utilization in Bacteria – Karan Gautam Kavala – mBio

Review: The Genome-Scale Integrated Networks in Microorganisms – Tong Hao – Frontiers in Microbiology

 

February 15, 2018

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An especially interesting article on engineered bacteria in the treatment of colon cancer today: Chun Loong Ho and colleagues engineered an E. coli strain to bind to colon cancer cells and constitutively secrete an enzyme that can turn dietary derived glucosinolates (from cruciferous vegetables) into cancer fighting isothiocynates. Mice exposed to carcinogens and fed both the engineered bacteria and broccoli developed fewer and smaller colorectal tumors than exposed mice who were fed 1) neither bacteria or brocoli, 2) only bacteria, or 3) only broccoli.  Engineered probiotics anyone?

Also : A cultured community developed from wastewater that can reduce the greenhouse gas N2O to N2 and help mitigate global warming; the majority of Daphnia microbiomes are not passed from parent to offspring but absorbed from the surrounding environment; and the impacts of CRISPR-Cas9 selection pressure on phage evolution.

Events and jobs

Postdoctoral Scholars of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences – University of Nevada Las Vegas

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General microbiome

Review: The genome, microbiome and evolutionary medicine – Robert C. Brunham – cmaj

Pregnancy and early life

Survey of Staphylococcus aureus in a general pediatric population and focus on isolates with three clinically relevant toxin-encoding genes – Anne Filleron – World Journal of Pediatrics

Human skin microbiome

Review: Impact of Skin Microbiome on Attractiveness to Arthropod Vectors and Pathogen Transmission – Niels O. Verhulst – Skin and Arthropod Vectors

Human gut microbiome

Intestinal Microbial Community Differs between Acute Pancreatitis Patients and Healthy Volunteers – Xi Mei Zhang – Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

The microbiome in chronic kidney disease patients undergoing hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis – Liliana Simões-Silva – Pharmacological Research

Review: Intestinal Microbiome Shifts, Dysbiosis, Inflammation, and Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease – Emma T. Saltzman – Frontiers in Microbiology

Does Low-Protein Diet Influence the Uremic Toxin Serum Levels From the Gut Microbiota in Nondialysis Chronic Kidney Disease Patients? – Ana Paula Black – Journal of Renal Nutrition

The Effect of Oligofructose-Enriched Inulin on Faecal Bacterial Counts and Microbiota-Associated Characteristics in Celiac Disease Children Following a Gluten-Free Diet: Results of a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial – Natalia Drabińska – Nutrients

Preprint: Spatial variation of the native colon microbiota in healthy adults – Kaitlin J Flynn – bioRxiv

Preprint: The intestinal microbiota predisposes to traveller’s diarrhoea and to the carriage of multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae after travelling to tropical regions – Stefano Leo – bioRxiv

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Animal experiments

Influence of Eimeria falciformis Infection on Gut Microbiota and Metabolic Pathways in Mice – Guangping Huang – Infection and Immunity

The Antimicrobial Peptide CRAMP Is Essential for Colon Homeostasis by Maintaining Microbiota Balance – Teizo Yoshimura – The Journal of Immunology

Animal microbiome

*Good Daphnia parents do not control the offspring microbiome – Angela E. Douglas – Journal of Animal Ecology

Effect of antibiotic withdrawal in feed on chicken gut microbial dynamics, immunity, growth performance and prevalence of foodborne pathogens – Sanjay Kumar – PLOSone

Review: The Microbial Zoo in the C. elegans Intestine: Bacteria, Fungi and Viruses – Hongbing Jiang – Viruses

Effects of parental care on resource allocation into immune defense and buccal microbiota in mouthbrooding cichlid fishes – Isabel S. Keller – Evolution

Inter-domain microbial diversity within the coral holobiont Siderastrea siderea from two depth habitats – Guido Bonthond – PeerJ

Effect of ginkgo extract supplementation on in vitro rumen fermentation and bacterial profiles under different dietary conditions – Seongjin Oh – Animal Science Journal

Review: Animal host–microbe interactions – Bethany J. Hoye – Journal of Animal Ecology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Oilseed rape cultivation increases the microbial richness and diversity in soils contaminated with cadmium – Xin Wang – Journal of Soils and Sediments

Comparison of Rumen and Manure Microbiomes and Implications for the Inoculation of Anaerobic Digesters – Emine Gozde Ozbayram – Microorganisms

Bacterial Microbiota of Rice Roots: 16S-Based Taxonomic Profiling of Endophytic and Rhizospheric Diversity, Endophytes Isolation and Simplified Endophytic Community – Felix Moronta-Barrios – Microorganisms

Water and extremophile microbiome

Small eukaryotic phytoplankton communities in tropical waters off Brazil are dominated by symbioses between Haptophyta and nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria – Catherine Gérikas Ribeiro – The ISME Journal

Distribution Patterns of Microbial Community Structure Along a 7000-Mile Latitudinal Transect from the Mediterranean Sea Across the Atlantic Ocean to the Brazilian Coastal Sea – Jin Zhou – Microbial Ecology

The vertical distribution of prokaryotes in the surface sediment of Jiaolong cold seep at the northern South China Sea – Yuzhi Wu – Extremophiles

A comparative hierarchical analysis of bacterioplankton and biofilm metacommunity structure in an interconnected pond system – Caroline Souffreau – Environmental Microbiology

Chemical and Microbial Quality of Groundwater in Siloam Village, Implications to Human Health and Sources of Contamination – John Ogony Odiyo – International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Microbial Ecology

Host genetic variation strongly influences the microbiome structure and function in fungal fruiting-bodies – Mari Pent – Environmental Microbiology

Fungus-associated bacteriome in charge of their host behavior – Kristin Schulz-Bohm – Fungal Genetics and Biology

Resistome

Antibiotic-mediated changes in the fecal microbiome of broiler chickens define the incidence of antibiotic resistance genes – Wenguang Xiong – BMC Microbiome

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Probiotics / prebiotics

Effect of VSL#3 Probiotic in a Patient with Glycogen Storage Disease Type Ia and Irritable Bowel Disease-like Disease – Miguel Carnero-Gregorio – Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins

New Insight into Biofilm Formation Ability, the Presence of Virulence Genes and Probiotic Potential of Enterococcus sp. Dairy Isolates – Nikola Popović – Frontiers in Microbiology

Effectiveness and Safety of a Probiotic-Mixture for the Treatment of Infantile Colic: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial with Fecal Real-Time PCR and NMR-Based Metabolomics Analysis – Maria Elisabetta Baldassarre – Nutrients

Fecal Microbiome Transplants

Long-term follow-up of the effects of fecal microbiota transplantation in combination with soluble dietary fiber as a therapeutic regimen in slow transit constipation – Xueying Zhang – Science China Life Sciences

Bioinformatics

Identification of fungi in shotgun metagenomics datasets – Paul D. Donovan – PLOSone

MetaLonDA: a flexible R package for identifying time intervals of differentially abundant features in metagenomic longitudinal studies – Ahmed A. Metwally – BMC Microbiome

Biotechnology

*Engineered commensal microbes for diet-mediated colorectal-cancer chemoprevention – Chun Loong Ho – Nature Biomedical Engineering

*Unexpected evolutionary benefit to phages imparted by bacterial CRISPR-Cas9 – Pan Tao – Science Advances

Waste and Pollution

*Life on N2O: deciphering the ecophysiology of N2O respiring bacterial communities in a continuous culture – Monica Conthe – The ISME Journal

Metagenomic analysis of microbial community and function involved in cd-contaminated soil – Gang Feng – BMC Microbiology

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Microbes in the news

Humpback microbiome linked to seasonal, environmental changes – Phys.org

 

February 12, 2018

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A rich Digest to start your work week. Highlights include a review in Lancet cautionary about precision nutrition, an NIH metagenome FTP site, and a sampling of songbirds that reveals high prevalence of antibiotic resistant bacteria.

Events

Intellectual Property x The Microbiome – SF Bay Area Microbiome Meetup

General microbiology

Expanding our Understanding of the Role of the Microbiome in Health and Disease – Rob Knight – Archives of Medical Research

* NIH Metagnome FTP site

* The Ecosystem Services of Animal Microbiomes – E.A. McKenney et al. – Molecular Ecology

Preprint: Experimental Evolution of Cell Shape in Bacteria – Paul Richard Yulo et al. – bioRxiv

Human skin microbiome

In vitro: Yeasts from skin colonization are able to cross the acellular dermal matrix – Isabele Carrilho Jarros et al. – Microbial Pathogenesis

Human vaginal microbiome

Review: Immunology of the Uterine and Vaginal Mucosae – Jordan Z. Zhou et al. – Trends in Immunology

Human gut microbiome

The Role of Diet in the Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome : A Systematic Review – Rajdeep Singh et al. – Gastroenterology Clinics of North America

Review: Metabolic Surgery : Weight Loss, Diabetes, and Beyond – Manan Pareek et al. – Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Review: Environmental Noise and the Cardiovascular System – Thomas Münzel et al. – Journal of the American College of Cardiology

The effects of synbiotic supplementation on insulin resistance/sensitivity, lipid profile and total antioxidant capacity in women with gestational diabetes mellitus: a randomized double blind placebo controlled clinical trial – Zohoor Nabhani et al. – Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

* Precision nutrition for prevention and management of type 2 diabetes – Dong D Wang and Frank B Hu – The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

The Small Intestine Converts Dietary Fructose into Glucose and Organic Acids – Cholsoon Jang et al. – Cell Metabolism

Review: Therapeutic implications of the gastrointestinal microbiome – Purna C Kayshap and Eamonn MM Quigley – Current Opinion in Pharmacology

Risk factors for Clostridium difficile infection in intestinal transplant recipients during the first year post transplant – Luis Guzman et al. – Transplant Infectious Disease

Metabolomics

Review: Advances in computational metabolomics and databases deepen the understanding of metabolisms – Hiroshi Tsugawa – Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Animal experiments

Rat: Onion quercetin monoglycosides alter microbial activity and increase antioxidant capacity – Katarzyna Grzelak-Błaszczyk et al. – The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Preview: Cultivating a Relationship with Gut Bacteria – Catherine E. Schretter and Sarkis K. Mazmanian – Cell Metabolism

Effect of two seaweed polysaccharides on intestinal microbiota in mice evaluated by illumina PE250 sequencing – Zhongshan Zhang et al. – International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Green Tea Polyphenols Modulate Colonic Microbiota Diversity and Lipid Metabolism in High-Fat Diet Treated HFA Mice – Li Wang et al. – Journal of Food Science

Animal microbiome

* Antibiotic resistant bacteria are widespread in songbirds across rural and urban environments – Diana L. Carter et al. – Science of The Total Environment

Effects of chlorogenic acids-enriched extract from Eucommia ulmoides leaves on growth performance, stress response, antioxidant status and meat quality of lambs subjected or not to transport stress – H.W. Liu et al. – Animal Feed Science and Technology

Characterisation of Bergeyella spp. isolated from the nasal cavities of piglets – M. Lorenzo de Arriba et al. – The Veterinary Journal

Horse: The relationships between faecal egg counts and gut microbial composition in UK Thoroughbreds infected by cyathostomins – L.E. Peachey et al. – International Journal for Parasitology

The effects singular or combined administration of fermentable fiber and probiotic on mucosal immune parameters, digestive enzyme activity, gut microbiota and growth performance of Caspian white fish (Rutilus frisii kutum) fingerlings – Ali Taheri Mirghaed et al. – Fish & Shellfish Immunology

Diagnostics and Treatments in Chronic Diarrhea and Weight Loss in Horses – Olimpo Oliver-Espinosa – Veterinary Clinics: Equine Practice

Plant, root and soil microbiome

Diversifying crop rotation increased metabolic soil diversity and activity of the microbial community – Luciana D’Acunto et al. – Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

The impact of reconstructed soils following oil sands exploitation on aspen and its associated belowground microbiome – Franck Stefani et al. – Scientific Reports

Water and extremophile microbiome

Antibiotic resistome in landfill leachate from different cities of China deciphered by metagenomic analysis – Renxin Zhao et al. – Water Research

Microbiomes in extremely acidic environments: functionalities and interactions that allow survival and growth of prokaryotes at low pH – Raquel Quatrini and D Barrie Johnson – Current Opinion in Microbiology

Effect of heat shock on hot water plumbing microbiota and Legionella pneumophila control – Pan Ji et al. – Microbiome

Food microbiology

Variability within the dominant microbiota of sliced cooked poultry products at expiration date in the Belgian retail – Wim Geeraerts et al. – Food Microbiology

Modelling the growth of Listeria monocytogenes in Mediterranean fish species from aquaculture production – Araceli Bolívar et al. – International Journal of Food Microbiology

Prebiotic in fruit juice: processing challenges, advances, and perspectives – Thatyane Vidal Fonteles and Sueli Rodrigues – Current Opinion in Food Science

Technology

Multi-omics approach to elucidate the gut microbiota activity. Metaproteomics and metagenomics connection – Maria Guirro et al. – Electrophoresis

Microbes in the news

Can Your Gut Protect You Against Cancer? – Michelle Schoffro Cook – Care2

Millions of Mosquitoes to Be Released in Florida for Good Cause – Inside Edition

Using Special UV Light in Public Spaces Could Kill Flu Viruses, Bacteria – Jakob Nielson – Apex Tribune

 

February 10, 2018

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Check out the Environmental Microbiology * The New Microscopy themed issue from
Events and jobs from Current Opinion in Microbiology! Other highlights include bioinformatic and wet lab techniques, including fecal water preparation for metabolomics and SMRT, as well as a new version of Kraken with k-mer coverage (KrakenHLL)!

Jobs and events
PhD scholarships in Microbiome Synthetic Biology – Danmarks Tekniske Universitet

Human respiratory microbiome
Dysbiosis of inferior turbinate microbiota is associated with high total IgE levels in allergic rhinitis patients – Dong-Wook Hyun – Infection and Immunity

Human skin microbiome
Epidermal lipid composition, barrier integrity and eczematous inflammation are associated with skin microbiome configuration  – Hansjörg Baurecht – Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Human oral microbiome
Presence of archaea and selected bacteria in infected root canal system – Ewa Brzezińska-Błaszczyk – Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Human gut microbiome
Review: Understanding the Microbiome: Emerging Biomarkers for Exploiting the Microbiota for Personalized Medicine against Cancer – Meenakshi Rajpoot – Seminars in Cancer Biology

Animal microbiome
Exploring virulence of new and less studied species of Metarhizium spp. from Brazil for two-spotted spider mite control – Thiago Castro – Experimental and Applied Acarology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Soil metagenome-derived 3-hydroxypalmitic acid methyl ester hydrolases suppress extracellular polysaccharide production in Ralstonia solanacearum – Myung Hwan Lee – Journal of Biotechnology

Effects of rhizosphere interactions of grass interspecies on the soil microbial properties during the natural succession in the Loess Plateau – Chao Zhang – European Journal of Soil Biology

Degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil mesocosms by microbial/plant bioaugmentation: Performance and mechanism – Fan-xin Kong – Chemosphere

The influence of tree species on soil properties and microbial communities following afforestation of abandoned land in northeast China – Na Yang – European Journal of Soil Biology

Diversity of the bacterial microbiome in the roots of four Saccharum species: S. spontaneum, S. robustum, S. barberi, and S. officinarum – Meng Dong – Frontiers in Microbiology

Water and extremophile microbiome
Current Opinion in Microbiology has a themed issue called Environmental Microbiology * The New Microscopy with many articles of interest, some including:

First Investigation of Microbial Community Composition in the Bridge (Gadeok Channel) between the Jinhae-Masan Bay and the South Sea of Korea – Jiyoung Lee – Ocean Science Journal

The effect of temperature on the microbial communities of peak biogas production in batch biogas reactors – Guangliang Tian – Renewable Energy

The Effects of Antibiotics on Microbial Community Composition in an Estuary Reservoir during Spring and Summer Seasons – Zheng Xu – Water

Built environment
Review: Advances in concrete materials for sewer systems affected by microbial induced concrete corrosion: A review – Cyrill Grengg – Water Research

Microbial interactions
Comparative study on nutrient depletion-induced lipidome adaptations in Staphylococcus haemolyticus and Staphylococcus epidermidis – Yu Luo – Scientific Reports

The integrated analysis of transcriptome and proteome for exploring the biodegradation mechanism of 2, 4, 6-trinitrotoluene by Citrobacter sp – Hung-Yu Liao – Journal of Hazardous Materials

Probiotics / prebiotics / antibiotics
Evolutionary trajectories to amoxicillin-clavulanic acid resistance in Escherichia coli are affected by growth media – Alasdair TM Hubbard – biorXiv

Bioinformatics
ComPAS: Community Preserving Sampling for Streaming Graphs – Sandipan Sikdar – arXiv

KrakenHLL: Confident and fast metagenomics classification using unique k-mer counts – Florian P Breitwieser – bioRxiv

Techniques
Efficient non-cytotoxic fluorescent staining of halophiles – Ivan Maslov – Scientific Reports

Metabonomic Evaluation of Fecal Water Preparation Methods: The Effects of Ultracentrifugation – Sandi Yen – Current Metabolomics

SMRT-Cappable-seq reveals complex operon variants in bacteria – Bo Yan – bioRxiv

Microbes in the news
Are Hand Dryers Actually Full of Bacteria? A Viral Photo Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story – Maggie Astor – New York Times

Bacteria-infected mosquitoes might be good thing for Miami – Jennifer Kay – ABC News
Miami releases bacteria-infected mosquitoes to help fight Zika virus – KGUN9

UV Light That Is Safe for Humans but Bad for Bacteria and Viruses – GEN News

Stanford Global Health awards seed funding to nine projects – Stanford Medicine News Center

Microbes on the market
Seres Therapeutics Inc. (MCRB) Settles Into New 52-Week Low on February 08 Session – Equities.com

Tiffany’s other picks
Zika Virus Alters DNA Methylation of Neural Genes in an Organoid Model of the Developing Human Brain – Sylvie Janssens – mSystems

 

February 9, 2018

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Transcriptomics in wildlife, skin microbiota, phages and a lot more for today’s digest!

Events and jobs

MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGIST – Florida Hospital – Orlando, USA

Assistant Professor in Metagenomics and Bioinformatics, tenure-track position – Kansas State University – Manhattan, USA

General microbiome

Review: Linking the Gut Microbiota to Bone Health in Anorexia Nervosa – NC Aurigemma – Current Osteoporosis Reports

Research Agenda for Microbiome Based Research for Multidrug-resistant Organism Prevention in the Veterans Health Administration System – AE Kates – Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

Tumour-associated and non-tumour-associated microbiota: Addendum – B Flemer – Gut Microbes

Preprint: An Escherichia coli nitrogen starvation response is important for mutualistic coexistence with Rhodopseudomonas palustris – AL McCully – bioRxiv

 

Human skin microbiome

Nature-oriented daycare diversifies skin microbiota in children – no robust association with allergies. – J Lehtimäki – Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Epidermal lipid composition, barrier integrity and eczematous inflammation are associated with skin microbiome configuration – H Baurecht – The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology

 

Human gut microbiome

Review: Pathophysiology of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders: A Holistic Overview – G Holtmann – Karger

Preprint:  Stronger connectivity of the resident gut microbiome lends resistance to invading bacteria – CM Herren – bioRxiv

Animal experiments 

Enteric Immunity : Happy Gut, Healthy Animal – CCL Chase – Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice

Influence of changes in the intestinal microflora on the immune function in mice – S Kishida – Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

In Vivo Assessment of Resistant Starch Degradation by the Caecal Microbiota of Mice Using RNA-Based Stable Isotope Probing—A Proof-of-Principle Study – E Herrmann – Nutrients

Animal microbiome 

A novel approach to wildlife transcriptomics provides evidence of disease-mediated differential expression and changes to the microbiome of amphibian populations – LJ Campbell – Molecular Ecology

The bacterial community associated with the sheep gastrointestinal nematode parasite Haemonchus contortus – G Sinnathamby – PLoS One

Mucus glycosylation and immunity, and bacterial microbiota associated to the skin of experimentally ulcered gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata). – ST Tapia-Paniagua – Fish & Shellfish Immunology

Modulation of gut microbiota by dietary supplementation with tuna oil and algae oil alleviates the effects of D-galactose-induced ageing – H Zhang – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Probiotic treatment during neonatal age provides optimal protection against experimental asthma through the modulation of microbiota and T cells: Neonatal exposure to probiotics prevents asthma – CFCG Nunes – International Immunology

Plant, root and soil microbiome

Activating biochar by manipulating the bacterial and fungal microbiome through pre-conditioning. – AK Jaiswal – New Phytologist

 

Food microbiology

Growth potential of Listeria monocytogenes in twelve different types of RTE salads: impact of food matrix, storage temperature and shelf life – M Ziegler – bioRxiv

Phages and viruses

Lysogeny is prevalent and widely distributed in the murine gut microbiota – M-S Kim – The ISME Journal

Preprint: A T7 phage factor required for managing RpoS in Escherichia coli  – A Tabib-Salazar – bioRxiv

Preprint: Genotypic and phenotypic diversity within the neonatal HSV-2 population – LN Akhtar – bioRxiv

Techniques

Distribution of triclosan-resistant genes in major pathogenic microorganisms revealed by metagenome and genome-wide analysis – R Khan – PLoS One

Microbes in the news

Reality check: Are hand dryers in public bathrooms full of bacteria and fungi? – Global News

Consider skipping orange juice in the morning  – Channel NewsAsia

‘Dozens of bacteria:’ After 2 days, snow is no longer safe to eat, study reveals  – Fox6 Now

Termites’ unique gut ‘factory’ key to global domination – Phys.org

Bacteria persist as stowaways – Innovations Report

Genomic Analysis Finds Hospital Plumbing Harbors Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria – Genome Web

Skin microbiome announces agenda – Cosmeticsdesign.com

TIPS ON BECOMING A CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY DIRECTOR – ASM

 

February 7, 2018

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Today we have many “gut microbiota” and “water microbiome” articles, as well as quite a few reviews in “Food microbiology” sector. One article (among many interesting today) I would like to highlight is the one from Guillaume Bernard and how unraveling the microbial dark matter should be identified as a central priority for biologists.

Jobs

Microbiology Technician -R&D, Lille, France

Consultant Medical Microbiologist, Birmingham, UK

Events

1st International Conference on Microbial Food and Feed Ingredients (MiFFI2018): 2-4 May 2018, Denmark

12th Vaccine Congress, Budapest, Hungary

General microbiome

Synergistic gold–copper detoxification at the core of gold biomineralisation in Cupriavidus metallidurans  – L. Bütof – Metallomics

The role of the type VI secretion system vgrG gene in the virulence and antimicrobial resistance of Acinetobacter baumannii ATCC 19606 – Jianfeng Wang – PLOS One

Genome-Based Characterization of Biological Processes That Differentiate Closely Related Bacteria – Marike Palmer – Frontiers in Microbiology

Microbial dark matter investigations: how microbial studies transform biological knowledge and empirically sketch a logic of scientific discovery – Guillaume Bernard – Genome Biology and Evolution

Draft genome sequence of Paenibacillus strain LK1, a phytohormone producing bacterium – Kun Liu – 3 Biotech

Pregnancy and early life

Review: Urinary tract infection during pregnancy: current concepts on a common multifaceted problem – Kallirhoe Kalinderi – Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Human respiratory microbiome

In children, the microbiota of the nasopharynx and brochoalveolar lavage fluid are both similar and different – Kirsten M. Kloepfer – Pediatric Pulmonology

At the Root: Defining and Halting Progression of Early Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – Fernando J. Martinez – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Oral microbiome

Transcriptome of healthy gingival tissue from edentulous sites in patients with a history of generalized aggressive periodontitis – Tiago Taiete – Journal of Periodontology

Evaluation of oxidative status in patients with chronic periodontitis and polycystic ovary syndrome: A cross-sectional study – Ebru Saglam – Journal of Periodontology

Selection of appropriate metagenome taxonomic classifiers for ancient microbiome research – Irina Marie Velsko – bioRxiv

Presence of the esp gene in Enterococcus faecium derived from oropharyngeal microbiota of haematology patients – Milica Jovanović – Archives of Oral Biology

Short-term microbiological effects of photodynamic therapy in non-surgical periodontal treatment of residual pockets: A split-mouth RCT – Mônica Grazieli Corrêa – Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Human skin microbiome

Platelet activation and aggregation by the opportunistic pathogen Cutibacterium (Propionibacterium) acnes – Frida Petersson – PLOS One

Human vaginal microbiome

Dysbiosis of the Vaginal Microbiota and Higher Vaginal Kynurenine/Tryptophan Ratio Reveals an Association with Chlamydia trachomatis Genital Infections – Noa Ziklo – Frontiers in Celular & Infection Microbiology

Human gut microbiome

Report: Patients with familial adenomatous polyposis harbor colonic biofilms containing tumorigenic bacteria – Christine M. Deje – Science

Bacteroides fragilis Toxin Coordinates a Pro-carcinogenic Inflammatory Cascade via Targeting of Colonic Epithelial Cells – Liam Chung – Cell Host & Microbe

Longitudinal microbiome analysis of single donor fecal microbiota transplantation in patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection and/or ulcerative colitis – Michael Mintz – PLOS One

Infectious bursal disease virus infection leads to changes in the gut associated-lymphoid tissue and the microbiota composition – Li Li – PLOS One

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 subclade 8b strains in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, produced larger amounts of Shiga toxin 2 than strains in subclade 8a and other clades – Shinichiro Hirai – PLOS One

Gut microbiome and depression: what we know and what we need to know – Gal Winter – Reviews in the Neurosciences

Connection between BMI related plasma metabolite profile and gut microbiota – Filip Ottosson – The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Overview and systematic review of studies of microbiome in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder – Tanya T. Nguyen – Journal of Psychiatric Research

Maturation of the gut microbiome and risk of asthma in childhood – Jakob Stokholm – Nature Communications

Anaerobic 4-hydroxyproline utilization: discovery of a new glycyl radical enzyme in the human gut microbiome uncovers a widespread microbial metabolic activity – Yolanda Y. Huang – Gut Microbes

Micro Integral Membrane Protein (MIMP), a Newly Discovered Anti-Inflammatory Protein of Lactobacillus Plantarum, Enhances the Gut Barrier and Modulates Microbiota and Inflammatory Cytokines – Yin M. – Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry

Detection of stable community structures within gut microbiota co-occurrence networks from different human populations – Matthew A. Jackson – PeerJ

Animal experiments 

Comparative genomics reveals differences in mobile virulence genes of Escherichia coli O103 pathotypes of bovine fecal origin – Lance W. Noll – PLOS One

Shift of uterine microbiota associated with antibiotic treatment and cure of metritis in dairy cows – Soo Jin Jeon – Veterinary Microbiology

Microbiota-derived Metabolic Factors Reduce Campylobacteriosis in Mice  – Xiaolun Sun – Gastroenterology

Comprehensive Profiling of Fecal Metabolome of Mice by Integrated Chemical Isotope Labeling-Mass Spectrometry Analysis – Bi-Feng Yuan – Analitical Chemistry

Influence of a diet enriched with virgin olive oil or butter on mouse gut microbiota and its correlation to physiological and biochemical parameters related to metabolic syndrome – Isabel Prieto – PLOS One

Injectable antimicrobials in commercial feedlot cattle and their effect on the nasopharyngeal microbiota and antimicrobial resistance – Devin B.Holman – Veterinary Microbiology

IL-6-mediated signaling pathways limit Chlamydia muridarum infection and exacerbate its pathogenicity in the mouse genital tract  – Xin Sun – Microbes and Infection

Gut microbial composition can differentially regulate bile acid synthesis in humanized mice – Dae Joong Kang – Hepatology Communications

Gut Microbiota Offers Universal Biomarkers across Ethnicity in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Diagnosis and Infliximab Response Prediction – Youlian Zhou – mSystems

Intratumoral bacteria may elicit chemoresistance by metabolizing anticancer agents – Leore T. Geller – Molecular & Cellular Oncology

Interaction of genotype and diet on small intestine microbiota of Japanese quail fed a cholesterol enriched diet – Shasha Liu – Scientific Reports

Dietary supplementation with a nucleotide-rich yeast extract modulates gut immune response and microflora in weaned pigs in response to a sanitary challenge – S. M. Waititu – Animal

Animal microbiome 

Cellulose-dependent expression and antibacterial characteristics of surfactin from Bacillus subtilis HH2 isolated from the giant panda – Ziyao Zhou – PLOS One

Assessment of the gorilla gut virome in association with natural simian immunodeficiency virus infection – Mirela D’arc – BMC Retrovirology

Temperature variation, bacterial diversity and fungal infection dynamics in the amphibian skin – Ana V. Longo – Molecular Ecology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Effects of an EPSPS-transgenic soybean line ZUTS31 on root-associated bacterial communities during field growth – Gui-Hua Lu – PLOS One

Linking Nitrogen Load to the Structure and Function of Wetland Soil and Rhizosphere Microbial Communities – Eric R. Hester – mSystems

Abiotic Stresses Shift Belowground Populus-Associated Bacteria Toward a Core Stress Microbiome – Collin M. Timm – mSystems

Metagenomic and Metatranscriptomic Analyses of Diverse Watermelon Cultivars Reveal the Role of Fruit Associated Microbiome in Carbohydrate Metabolism and Ripening of Mature Fruits – Thangasamy Saminathan – Frontiers in Plant Science

Links between nanoscale and macroscale surface properties of natural root mucilage studied by atomic force microscopy and contact angle – Robin Kaltenbach – Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Induced Salt Tolerance of Perennial Ryegrass by a Novel Bacterium Strain from the Rhizosphere of a Desert Shrub Haloxylon ammodendron – Ao-Lei He – International Journal of Molecular Science

Water and extremophile microbiome 

High growth potential and nitrogen removal performance of marine anammox bacteria in shrimp-aquaculture sediment – LuongVan Duc – Chemosphere

Establishment and convergence of photosynthetic microbial biomats in shallow unit process open-water wetlands – Zackary L.Jones – Water Research

Review: Bioactive compounds from marine macroalgae and their hypoglycemic benefits – ChaoZhao – Trends in Food Science & Technology

A Short Comparison of Two Marine Planktonic Diazotrophic Symbioses Highlights an Un-quantified Disparity – Andrea Caputo – Frontiers in Marine Science

Evidence for Coupling of the Carbon and Phosphorus Biogeochemical Cycles in Freshwater Microbial Communities – O. Roger Anderson – Frontiers in Marine Science

Spatiotemporal dynamics of river viruses, bacteria and microeukaryotes – Thea Van Rossum  – bioRxiv

Trace Metal Requirements and Interactions in Symbiodinium kawagutii – Irene B. Rodriguez – Frontiers in Microbiology

Depth-Resolved Variations of Cultivable Bacteria and Their Extracellular Enzymes in the Water Column of the New Britain Trench – Qianfeng Liu – Frontiers in Microbiology

Cyanophage-encoded lipid desaturases: oceanic distribution, diversity and function – Sheila Roitman – The ISME Journal

Picoplankton distribution influenced by thermohaline circulation in the southern Adriatic – Tina Šilović – Continental Shelf Research

Evaluation of the relationship of picoplankton and viruses to environmental variables in a lagoon system (Çakalburnu Lagoon, Turkey) – Yucel-Gier – Chemistry and Ecology

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

Distribution of bacterial communities along the spatial and environmental gradients from Bohai Sea to northern Yellow Sea – Shu-Xian Yu – PeerJ

Environmental Factors Support the Formation of Specific Bacterial Assemblages on Microplastics – Sonja Oberbeckmann – Frontiers in Microbiology

Abrupt changes in the composition and function of fungal communities along an environmental gradient in the high Arctic – Oriol Grau – Molecular Ecology

Built environment 

Effects of copper on the composition and diversity of microbial communities in laboratory-scale swine manure composting – Yanan Yin – Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Characteristics of microbial community functional structure of a biological coking wastewater treatment system – Dev Raj Josh – Journal of Environmental Sciences

Stripping Away the Soil: Plant Growth Promoting Microbiology Opportunities in Aquaponics – Ryan P. Bartelme – Frontiers in Microbiology

Food microbiology

Review: Recent advances in understanding the anti-obesity activity of anthocyanins and their biosynthesis in microorganisms – Lianghua Xie – Trends in Food Science & Technology

Review: Combining reformulation, active packaging and non-thermal post-packaging decontamination technologies to increase the microbiological quality and safety of cooked ready-to-eat meat products – Claudia N.Horita – Trends in Food Science & Technology

Review: Impact of curcumin nanoformulation on its antimicrobial activity – Anderson Clayton da Silva – Trends in Food Science & Technology

Review: Antimicrobial potential of legume extracts against foodborne pathogens: A review – M.C.Pina-Pérez – Trends in Food Science & Technology

Long-term kinetics of Salmonella Typhimurium ATCC 14028 survival on peanuts and peanut confectionery products – Maristela S. Nascimento – PLOS One

Impact of Lactobacillus curvatus 54M16 on microbiota composition and growth of Listeria monocytogenes in fermented sausages – Marina Giello – Food Microbiology

Effects of microbial diversity on nitrite concentration in pao cai, a naturally fermented cabbage product from China – Zhaoxia Wang – Food Microbiology

Bacterial and fungal microbiota of spontaneously fermented Chinese products, Rubing milk cake and Yan-cai vegetable pickles – Xin Liu – Food Microbiology

Omics-Based Insights into Flavor Development and Microbial Succession within Surface-Ripened Cheese – A. S. Bertuzzi – mSytems

Variation in Raw Milk Microbiota Throughout 12 Months and the Impact of Weather Conditions – Nan Li – Scientific Reports

Phages and viruses

The Human Virome – Selene Zárate – Archives of Medical Research

Microreview: Contractile injection systems of bacteriophages and related systems – Nicholas M.I. Taylor – Molecular Microbiology

In vitro models for deciphering the mechanisms underlying the sexual transmission of viruses at the mucosal level – Julie Frouard – Virology

Bioinformatics

xenoGI: reconstructing the history of genomic island insertions in clades of closely related bacteria – Eliot C. Bush – BMC Bioinformatics

Microbes in the news

Scientists say Earth’s atmosphere is raining viruses and bacteria down on the entire planet

Medicines from engineered bacteria offer promise — and pitfalls

Microbes on the market 

uBiome, the Leader in Microbial Genomics, Launches New Research Study Allowing SmartGut™ Patients to Assess the Impact of Diet and Lifestyle on Gut Conditions

February 6, 2018

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General microbiome

Preprint: Selection of appropriate metagenome taxonomic classifiers for ancient microbiome research – IM Velsko – bioRxiv

Advances in metabolic engineering in the microbial production of fuels and chemicals from C1 gas – CM Humphreys – Current Opinion in Biotechnology

 

Human skin microbiome

Individual and household attributes influence the dynamics of the personal skin microbiota and its association network – MHY Leung – Microbiome

 

Human gut microbiome

The intestinal protist Blastocystis is not a common member of the healthy infant gut microbiota in a Westernized country (Ireland) – PD Scanlan – Parasitology

Preprint: When metabolism meets physiology: Harvey and Harvetta – I Thiele – bioRxiv

Connection between BMI related plasma metabolite profile and gut microbiota – F Ottosson – The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Animal experiments 

Review: Gut microbiome and depression: what we know and what we need to know – G Winter – Reviews in the Neurosciences

Potential of Lactobacillus plantarum ZDY2013 and Bifidobacterium bifidum WBIN03 in relieving colitis by gut microbiota, immune and anti-oxidative stress – Y Wang – Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Air-Dried Brown Seaweed, Ascophyllum nodosum, Alters the Rumen Microbiome in a Manner That Changes Rumen Fermentation Profiles and Lowers the Prevalence of Foodborne Pathogens – M Zhou – mSphere

Animal microbiome 

Antimicrobial resistance in companion animals – DI Rendle – Equine Veterinary Journal

Plant, root and soil microbiome

Drought neutralises plant–soil feedback of two mesic grassland forbs – EL Fry – Oecologica

Effects of different fertilizers on methane emissions and methanogenic community structures in paddy rhizosphere soil – J Yuan – Science of The Total Environment

Halotolerant microbial consortia able to degrade highly recalcitrant plant biomass substrate. – L Cortes-Tolalpa – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Microbial Diversity and Community Structure in Agricultural Soils Suffering from 4-year Pb Contamination – A Fengqiu – Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Evidence for species-specific plant responses to soil microbial communities from remnant and degraded land provides promise for restoration – ME Smith – Austral Ecology

Long term effects of Lespedeza bicolor revegetation on soil bacterial communities in Dexing copper mine tailings in Jiangxi Province, China – Z Wu – Applied Soil Ecology

Water microbiome and extremophile

Preprint: Spatiotemporal dynamics of river viruses, bacteria and microeukaryotes – TV Rossum – bioRxiv

Life on Phosphite: A Metagenomics Tale – Y Tapia-Torres – Trends in Microbiology

Biodegradation of n-alkanes on oil-seawater interfaces at different temperatures and microbial communities associated with the degradation. – S Lofthus – Biodegradation

Contrasting the genetic patterns of microbial communities in soda lakes with and without cyanobacterial bloom – AP Andreote – Frontiers in Microbiology

Microbial communities associated with the co-metabolism of free cyanide and thiocyanate under alkaline conditions – L Mekuto – 3 Biotech

Untapped bacterial diversity and metabolic potential within Unkeshwar hot springs, India – G Mehetre – Archives of Microbiology

Built environment 

Effects of wastewater constituents and operational conditions on the composition and dynamics of anodic microbial communities in bioelectrochemical systems – M Kokko – Bioresource Technology

Free-living bacteria and potential bacterial pathogens in sewage treatment plants – K Huang – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Crawling-induced floor dust resuspension affects the microbiota of the infant breathing zone – H Hyytiäinen – Microbiome

 

Techniques

Preprint: Coupling MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry protein and specialized metabolite analyses to rapidly discriminate bacterial function – CM Clark – bioRxiv

Preprint: Kaptive Web: user-friendly capsule and lipopolysaccharide serotype prediction for Klebsiella genomes – RR Wick – bioRxiv

The madness of microbiome: Attempting to find consensus “best practice” for 16S microbiome studies – J Pollock – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Microbes in the news

The possibilities of microorganisms – The Varsity

New insight into the molecular weapons of the plant microbiome – EurekAlert

Ohio State scientists to send ancient bacteria into space to unlock secrets about life on other planets – The Columbus Dispatch

Workbench for virus design – Phys.org

What does your poo microbiome do? – Phys.org

The Importance of Infants’ Exposure to Microorganisms – The New York Times

Treatment of nitrogen-polluted sediment using marine anammox bacteria – Science Daily

Microbes and the market

Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches Axiom Microbiome Array for Research – Cision PR Newswire

Worldwide Microbiome Sequencing Services Market Driven by Business Overview, Company Profile, Products, Services and Solutions Prediction To 2022 – Facts Week

Non-Microbiology Picks

Chilly Climates, Balancing Acts, and Shifting Pathways: What Happens to Women in STEM Doctoral Programs – M Cabay – Social Sciences

 

February 2, 2018

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Today’s digest is full of exciting microbiome papers and brilliant reviews, including an update on the Human Microbiome Project.

 

General Microbiome

Toward an integrative molecular approach to wildlife disease. DeCandia AL. Conservation Biology

Opinions: Genome watch: Keeping tally in the microbiome.Almeida A. Nature Reviews Microbiology

REVIEW: Cancer immunotherapy in 2017: The breakthrough of the microbiota.Kroemer G. Nature Reviews Immunology

BACTERIOPHAGES OF THE URINARY MICROBIOME.Miller-Ensminger T. Journla of Bacteriology

Gut Microbiome

REVIEW: Influence of functional food components on gut health.Wan MLY. Critical Reviews on Food Science and Nutrition

REVIEW:Gut Microbiota and the Neuroendocrine System. Farzi A. Neurotherapeutics.

Gut as an emerging organ for the treatment of diabetes.Haluzik M. Journal of Endocrinology

Human Microbiome Project

Host genetic variation and its microbiome interactions within the Human Microbiome Project.Kolde R. Genome Medicine

 Skin Microbiome

Commensal microbiota modulate gene expression in the skin.Meisel JS. Microbiome

Plant, Soil, and Water Microbiome

Effect of light wavelength on hot spring microbial mat biodiversity.Nishida A. PLos One

Temperature and nutrients as drivers of microbially mediated arsenic oxidation and removal from acid mine drainage. Tardy V. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Microbial Diversity of Hypersaline Sediments from Lake Lucero Playa in White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, USA.Sirisena KA. Microbial Ecology

Influence of Darkness and Aging on Marine and Freshwater Biofilm Microbial Communities Using Microcosm Experiments. Hede N. Microbial Ecology

REVIEW:Rhizobia: from saprophytes to endosymbionts.Poole P. Nature Reviews Microbiology

Differential depth distribution of microbial function and putative symbionts through sediment-hosted aquifers in the deep terrestrial subsurface.Probst AJ, Ladd B. Nature Microbiology

Inorganic carbon addition stimulates snow algae primary productivity.Hamilton TL. ISME Journal

Integrated multi-omic analysis of host-microbiota interactions in acute oak decline. Broberg M.Microbiome

Microbes participated in macrophyte leaf litters decomposition in freshwater habitat. Zhao B. FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Animal Microbiome and Experiments

Comparison of Microbial Communities in Swine Manure at Various Temperatures and storage times. Lim JS. Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Science

Effects of dietary fiber levels on cecal microbiota composition in geese.Li Y. Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Science

Planktonic microbial profiling in water samples from a Brazilian Amazonian reservoir. Cabral BCA. Microbiology Open

Impact of beneficial bacteria supplementation on the gut microbiota, colony development and productivity of Apis mellifera L.Alberoni D. Beneficial Microbes

Gut microbiota modulates type I interferon and antibody-mediated immune responses in chickens infected with influenza virus subtype H9N2.Yitbarek A. Beneficial Microbes

The Inner Workings of the Outer Surface: Skin and Gill Microbiota as Indicators of Changing Gut Health in Yellowtail Kingfish. Legrand TPRA. Frontiers in Microbiology

Antiobitics

Antibiotics Disturb the Microbiome and Increase the Incidence of Resistance Genes in the Gut of a Common Soil Collembolan.Zhu D. Environmental Science and Technology