Salivary microbiome in Behcet’s disease, microbial RNA in human blood, acetate implied in metabolic syndrome, effects of fire retardant on plant–microbe interactions, and a book about the marine microbiome.
Events
ASM Microbe TweetUp: Friday June 17, 11.45-12:30, in the Peer-to-Peer Exchange Zone (in the Exhibition Hall)
Focused meeting: Molecular Biology of Archaea 5, London, UK, 1-3 August 2016
Pregnancy and birth
Infant Early Gut Colonization by Lachnospiraceae: High Frequency of Ruminococcus gnavus – Valeria Sagheddu – Frontiers in Pediatrics
Review: The microbiome during pregnancy and early postnatal life – Josef Neu – Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
Review: The human milk microbiome and factors influencing its composition and activity – Carlos Gomez-Gallego – Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
Human blood microbiome
Total RNA Sequencing reveals microbial communities in human blood and disease specific effects – Serghei Mangul – bioRxiv
Human mouth microbiome
A Study of the Variation in the Salivary Peptide Profiles of Young Healthy Adults Acquired Using MALDI-TOF MS – Andrei Prodan – PLOS ONE
Sequencing of 16S rRNA reveals a distinct salivary microbiome signature in Behçet’s disease – Patrick Coit – Clinical Immunology
Human gut microbiome
Review: What’s bugging your teen? —The microbiota and adolescent mental health – Karen-Anne McVey Neufeld – Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
Bio-banking gut microbiome samples – Shankar Bolan – EMBO Reports
Animal experiments
Acetate mediates a microbiome–brain–β-cell axis to promote metabolic syndrome – Rachel J. Perry – Nature
Press: How altered gut microbes cause obesity – Science Daily
Fecal Transplant Shows Gut Microbes Cause Obesity – In Rats, Anyway – Science 2.0
Sex-specific Effects of Arsenic Exposure on the Trajectory and Function of the Gut Microbiome – Liang Chi – Chemical Research in Toxicology
Taxonomic assessment of rumen microbiota using total RNA and targeted amplicon sequencing approaches – Fuyong Li – Frontiers in Microbiology
Environmental filtering decreases with fish development for the assembly of gut microbiota – Qingyun Yan – Environmental Microbiology
Animal microbiome
Bacterial Community Diversity Harboured by Interacting Species – Mikaël Bili – PLOS ONE
Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Cascading effects of fire retardant on plant–microbe interactions, community composition, and invasion – Abigail Marshall – Ecological Applications
Temperature sensitivity of soil microbial communities: An application of macromolecular rate theory to microbial respiration – Charlotte J. Alster – Journal of Geophysical Research
Selection and evaluation of microorganisms for biocontrol of Verticillium dahliae in olive – A Varo – Journal of Applied Microbiology
Influence of plant genotype on the cultivable fungi associated to tomato rhizosphere and roots in different soils – Anna Poli – Fungal Biology
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in buffelgrass pasture under intercropping and shading systems in Brazilian semiarid conditions – Karen M.S. Menezes – Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
Evolution of High Cellulolytic Activity in Symbiotic Streptomyces through Selection of Expanded Gene Content and Coordinated Gene Expression – Adam J. Book – PLOS Biology
Press: Chemistry lessons from bacteria may improve biofuel production – Science Daily
Review: Streptomyces as a plant’s best friend? – Tom Viaene – FEMS Microbiology Ecology
Water and extremophile microbiome
Light availability regulates the response of algae and heterotrophic bacteria to elevated nutrient levels and warming in a northern boreal peatland – Lily Y. Gu – Freshwater Biology
Metagenomic covariation along densely sampled environmental gradients in the Red Sea – Luke R Thompson – bioRxiv
Microbial community structure of Arctic seawater as revealed by pyrosequencing – Yang Li – Acta Oceanologica Sinica
A snapshot on spatial and vertical distribution of bacterial communities in the eastern Indian Ocean – Jing Wang – Acta Oceanologica Sinica
Pond Crash Forensics: Presumptive identification of pond crash agents by next generation sequencing in replicate raceway mass cultures of Nannochloropsis salina – Laura T. Carney – Algal Research
Detection of antibiotic-resistant bacteria endowed with antimicrobial activity from a freshwater lake and their phylogenetic affiliation – Zothanpuia – PeerJ
Microbial diversity in lake–river ecotone of Poyang Lake, China – Xiaolan Huang – Environmental Earth Sciences
Book: The Marine Microbiome. An Untapped Source of Biodiversity and Biotechnological Potential – Lucal J. Stal, Mariana Silvia Cretoiu – Springer
Food microbiology
Bacterial dynamics and functional analysis of microbial metagenomes during ripening of Dutch-type cheese – Davide Porcellato – International Dairy Journal
Pollution and waste microbiology
Chronic exposure to triclosan sustains microbial community shifts and alters antibiotic resistance gene levels in anaerobic digesters – Daniel Carey – Environ Sci Processes Impacts
Computational models of microbiome research, bioinformatics
Synergistic elimination of bacteria by phage and the immune system – Chung Yin (Joey) Leung – bioRxiv
A new way to publish metagenomics studies – Folker Meyer – BioMed Central
Techniques
RNA-stable isotope probing: from carbon flow within key microbiota to targeted transcriptomes – Tillmann Lueders – Current Opinion in Biotechnology
More microbiology
Centenary of the death of Elie Metchnikoff: A visionary and an outstanding team leader –
Jean-Marc Cavaillon – Microbes and Infection
Microbes in the news
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Students Isolate Potentially Novel Soil-Dwelling Viruses – PR Web
Yuck factor may boost hand hygiene compliance: Interview with Ashley Gregory – EurekAlert
Europe orders Italians to cut down olive trees infected with bacteria – Nick Squires – The Telegraph
It’s Not Just Restaurants—Scientists Are Fascinated With Fermented Foods Too – Jane Lear – Take Part
Science, publishing, and career
Differences in incomes of physicians in the United States by race and sex: observational study – Dan P. Ly – British Medical Journal
Press: White male doctors earn 35 percent more than black male doctors – Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu – STAT News
Just a short Microbiome Digest in between funeral ceremonies today. But today also brought good news: Microbiome Digest / Bik’s Picks received the “Microbiome Pioneer Award” today at 
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