Category Archives: Phages and viruses

June 29, 2018

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A variety of reviews on the human skin and gut microbiota, effects of probiotics on depressive behaviors, microbiota changes in deer populations in China.

Human skin microbiome

Review: Microbiome in the Gut-Skin Axis in Atopic Dermatitis – So-Yeon Lee – Allergy and Asthma Immunology Research

Human gut microbiome

Pre-print: The Genetic Basis for the Cooperative Bioactivation of Plant Lignans by a Human Gut Bacterial Consortium – Elizabeth N Bess – bioRxiv

Review: Mechanistic Insights in the Success of Fecal Microbiota Transplants for the Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infections – Amoe Baktash – Frontiers in Microbiology

Review: Reciprocal Interactions Between Gut Microbiota and Host Social Behavior – Emmanuelle Münger – Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Review: Gut microbiota bile acid metabolism controls cancer immunosurveillance – Anna Dart – Nature Reviews Microbiology

Animal experiments

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Affects the Rat Gut Microbiome – María Callejo – Scientific Reports

Animal microbiome

Comparative Analysis of Gut Microbiota Changes in Père David’s Deer Populations in Beijing Milu Park and Shishou, Hubei Province in China – Meishan Zhang – Frontiers in Microbiology

Ixodes scapularis does not harbor a stable midgut microbiome – Benjamin D Ross – The ISME Journal

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Different Height Forms of Spartina alterniflora Might Select Their Own Rhizospheric Bacterial Communities in Southern Coast of China – Li’an Lin – Microbial Ecology

Survey of sediment oxygenation in rhizospheres of the saltmarsh grass – Spartina anglica – Ketil Koop-Jakobsen – Science of the Total Environment

Probiotics/prebiotics

Probiotics decrease depressive behaviors induced by constipation via activating the AKT signaling pathway – Nana Xu – Metabolic Brain Disease

Phages and viruses

Pre-print: Seroprevalence of fourteen human polyomaviruses determined in blood donors – Sergio S Kamminga – bioRxiv

Bioinformatics

A distinct abundant group of microbial rhodopsins discovered using functional metagenomics – Alina Pushkarev – Nature

Techniques

Selection of validated hypervariable regions is crucial in 16S-based microbiota studies of the female genital tract – Simon Graspeuntner – Scientific Reports

More microbes

Cryo-EM structure of an essential Plasmodium vivax invasion complex – Jakub Gruszczyk – Nature

Microbes in the news

Genetically modified bacteria enlisted in fight against disease – Sara Reardon – Nature

A short course of laxatives has long-lasting effects on microbiome – Nature

June 28, 2018

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Microbial adaptation to snake and spider venom, a 1.5-year study of fungi in space at the International Space Station, US National Postdoc Survey results.

General microbiome

Quantitative assessment of individual populations within polymicrobial biofilms – Susana Patrícia Lopes – Scientific Reports

Human nearly-sterile sites

Streptococcus mutans in Umbilical Cord Blood, Peripheral Blood, and Saliva from Healthy Mothers – Marcelly Milhomem Mendes – Current Microbiology

Animal microbiome

Pre-print: Microbial adaptation to venom is common in snakes and spiders – E Esmaeilishirazifard – bioRxiv

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Colonisation dynamics of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and dark septate endophytes in the sugarcane crop cycle – Anders Claassens – Rhizosphere

Response Surface Modelling through Box-Behnken approach to optimize bacterial quorum sensing inhibitory action of Tribulus terrestris root extract – Kayeen Vadakkan – Rhizosphere

Multi ‘omics comparison reveals metabolome biochemistry, not microbiome composition or gene expression, corresponds to elevated biogeochemical function in the hyporheic zone – Emily B Graham – Science of the Total Environment

Pre-print: Co-culture of soil biofilm isolates enables the discovery of novel antibiotics – Chun-Hui Gao – bioRxiv

Pre-print: Microbial interkingdom interactions in roots promote Arabidopsis survival – Paloma Duran – bioRxiv

Water and extremophile microbiome

Persisting responses of salt marsh fungal communities to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill – Candice Y Lumibao – Science of the Total Environment

Microbes in space

Integrity of the DNA and Cellular Ultrastructure of Cryptoendolithic Fungi in Space or Mars Conditions: A 1.5-Year Study at the International Space Station – Silvano Onofri – Life

Food microbiology

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

Probiotics/prebiotics

The anxiolytic effect of probiotics: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the clinical and preclinical literature – Daniel J Reis – PLOS ONE

Phages and viruses

Pre-print: Megaphage infect Prevotella and variants are widespread in gut microbiomes – Audra E Devoto – bioRxiv

Bacteria art

Fifty Percent Human – how art brings us in touch with our microbial cohabitants – Sonja Bäumel – Microbial Biotechnology

Scottish fashion student who grows dresses from tea brews up storm in fashion world – Daily Record

artist reimagines the human microbiome as an intricately cut paper coral reef – design bloom

The next big home design trend? Bacteria – Co.Design

Science, career, and publishing

Pre-print: Career Choice, Gender, and Mentor Impact: Results of the U.S. National Postdoc Survey – Sean C McConnell – bioRxiv

June 27, 2018

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In today’s Microbiome Digest you can read about: cyanobacterial blooms by J. Huisman, designer microbial consortia by W. Kong,  the significance of the intestinal microbiome for vaccinology by Vanessa C. Harris, indigenous microbes residing in oil sands by Xiaoxuan Yu, effects of sliver nanoparticles on soil microbiome by J.Y. Xu,  WHAM!: a web-based visualization tool for metagenomics by J.C. Devlin. Yet another interesting read you can find in Science & Publishing  –> “Death of scientific journals after 350 years” by S. Silver. Enjoy!

General microbiome

Designing microbial consortia with defined social interactions –  Wentao Kong – Nature Chemical Biology

Pregnancy and early life

Antibiotics in early life: dysbiosis and the damage done – Hadar Neuman – FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Human ear microbiota

The unsolved problem of otitis media in indigenous populations: A systematic review of upper respiratory and middle ear microbiota in indigenous children – Andrea Coleman – bioRxiv

Human respiratory microbiome

Does lung microbiome play a causal or casual role in asthma? – Maria Di Cicco – Pediatric Pulmonology

Human gut microbiome

Alterations in the gut bacterial microbiome in fungal Keratitis patients – Sama Kalyana Chakravarthy – PLOS One

Altered intestinal microbiota composition, antibiotic therapy and intestinal inflammation in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis – Maiara Brusco de Freitas – PLOS One

Nonaplex PCR using Cliffhanger primers to identify diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli from crude lysates of human faecal samples – Uffe Vest Schneider – PLOS One

Review: The Significance of the Intestinal Microbiome for Vaccinology: From Correlations to Therapeutic Applications – Vanessa C. Harris – Drugs

Review: Update on the Gastrointestinal Microbiome in Systemic Sclerosis – Chiara Bellocchi – Current Rheumatology Reports

Gut microbiota components are associated with fixed airway obstruction in asthmatic patients living in the tropics – Emiro Buendía – Scientific Reports

Role of Microbiota and Tryptophan Metabolites in the Remote Effect of Intestinal Inflammation on Brain and Depression – Barbora Waclawiková – Pharmaceuticals

The study of bacteria in biopsies from Slovak colorectal adenoma and carcinoma patients – L. Wachsmannova-  Neoplasma

Amplification of Antimicrobial Resistance in Gut Flora of Patients Treated with Ceftriaxone – J. Meletiadis – Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Animal experiments 

Metabolome disruption of pregnant rats and their offspring resulting from repeated exposure to a pesticide mixture representative of environmental contamination in Brittany – Nathalie Bonvallot – PLOS One

Dietary supplementation with raspberry extracts modifies the fecal microbiotain obese diabetic db/db mice –    Jose F. Garcia-Mazcorro – Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Effects of dietary yeast nucleotides supplementation on intestinal barrier function, intestinal microbiota, and humoral immunity in specific pathogen-free chickens – Che Wu – Poultry Science

Magnesium lithospermate B improves the gut microbiome and bile acid metabolic profiles in a mouse model of diabetic nephropathy – Jing Zhao – Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Animal microbiome

Evaluation of the impact of dental prophylaxis on the oral microbiota of dogs – Rebecca Flancman – PLOS One

Improving the standards for gut microbiome analysis of fecal samples: insights from the field biology of Japanese macaques on Yakushima Island – Takashi Hayakawa – Primates

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Indigenous microorganisms residing in oil sands tailings biodegrade residual bitumen – Xiaoxuan Yu – Chemosphere

Interactive effects of Magnaporthe inoculation and nitrogen doses on the plant enzyme machinery and phyllosphere microbiome of resistant and susceptible rice cultivars – Shobit Thapa – Archives of Microbiology

Large-scale replicated field study of maize rhizosphere identifies heritable microbes – William A. Walters – PNAS

Long-term effects of sliver nanoparticles on the abundance and activity of soil microbiome – Jing Yang Xu – Journal of Environmental Sciences

Long-term effects of environmentally relevant concentrations of silver nanoparticles on microbial biomass, enzyme activity, and functional genes involved in the nitrogen cycle of loamy soil – Anna-Lena Grün – Journal of Environmental Sciences

Sphingomonas tabacisoli sp. nov., a member of the genus Sphingomonas, isolated from rhizosphere soil of Nicotiana tabacum L. – Xing-Kui Zhou – International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Effects of Bacillus subtilis and nanohydroxyapatite on the metal accumulation and microbial diversity of rapeseed (Brassica campestris L.) for the remediation of cadmium-contaminated soil – Wei Liu – Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Interactive effects of Magnaporthe inoculation and nitrogen doses on the plant enzyme machinery and phyllosphere microbiome of resistant and susceptible rice cultivars – Shobit Thapa – Archives of Microbiology

Water and extremophile microbiome

Heliorhodopsins are absent in diderm (Gram-negative) bacteria: Some thoughts and possible implications for activity – Jose Flores-Uribe – bioRxiv

Comparative genomics analyses indicate differential methylated amine utilisation trait within the member of the genus Gemmobacter – Eileen Kröber – bioRxiv

Functional annotation of hypothetical proteins from the Exiguobacterium antarcticum strain B7 reveals proteins involved in adaptation to extreme environments, including high arsenic resistance – Wana Lailan Oliveira da Costa – PLOS One

Factors affecting infection of corals and larval oysters by Vibrio coralliilyticus – Blake Ushijima – PLOS One

“Twisted Tales: Insights into Genome Diversity of Ciliates Using Single-Cell ‘omics” –  Xyrus X Maurer-Alcalá – Genome Biology and Evolution

Integrated methodological approach reveals microbial diversity and functions in aerobic groundwater microcosms adapted to vinyl chloride – Xikun Liu – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Specialized proteomic responses and an ancient photoprotection mechanism sustain marine green algal growth during phosphate limitation – Jian Guo –  Nature Microbiology

Warming and oligotrophication cause shifts in freshwater phytoplankton communities – Laura Verbeek – Global Change Biology

Review: Cyanobacterial blooms – Jef Huisman – Nature Reviews Microbiology

Research letter: Airborne Microbes Contribute to N2 Fixation in Surface Water of the Northern Red Sea – Eyal Rahav – Geophysical Research Letters

Bloom of a denitrifying methanotroph, “Candidatus Methylomirabilis limnetica”, in a deep stratified lake – Jon S. Graf – Environmental Microbiology

Extensive nitrification and active ammonia oxidizers in two contrasting coastal systems of the Baltic Sea – Elisabeth Happel – Environmental Microbiology

Microbial life under ice: Metagenome diversity and in situ activity of Verrucomicrobia in seasonally ice‐covered lakes – Patricia Tran – Environmental Microbiology

Rapid thermal adaptation in a marine diatom reveals constraints and tradeoffs – Daniel R. O’Donnell – Global Change Biology

A Virus Infecting Marine Photoheterotrophic Alphaproteobacteria (Citromicrobium spp.) Defines a New Lineage of ssDNA Viruses – Qiang Zheng – Frontiers in Microbiology / Virology

Built environment 

Coupled laboratory and field investigations resolve microbial interactions that underpin persistence in hydraulically fractured shales – Mikayla A. Borton – PNAS

Phages and viruses

Two point mutations in the Hantaan virus glycoproteins afford the generation of a highly infectious recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus vector – Megan M Slough – bioRxiv

ΦCrAss001, a member of the most abundant bacteriophage family in the human gut, infects Bacteroides – Andrey Shkoporov – bioRxiv

In silico characterisation of the two-component system regulators of Streptococcus pyogenes – Sean J. Buckley- PLOS One

Host-microbiome interactions

Opinion: Classic Models for New Perspectives: Delving into Helminth–Microbiota–Immune System Interactions – Alba Cortés – Trends in Parasitology

Review: Helminth–Bacterial Interactions: Cause and Consequence – Alexis Rapin – Trends in Immunology

Bioinformatics

WHAM!: a web-based visualization suite for user-defined analysis of metagenomic shotgun sequencing data – Joseph C. Devlin – BMC Genomics

MicroPheno: predicting environments and host phenotypes from 16S rRNA gene sequencing using a k-mer based representation of shallow sub-samples – Ehsaneddin Asgari – Bioinformatics

Science, publishing, and career 

The Impact of Grant Funding on the Publication Activity of Awarded Applicants: A Systematic Review of Comparative Studies and Meta-analytical Estimates – Ruslan Saygitov – bioRxiv

Death of scientific journals after 350 years – Simon Silver – FEMS Microbiology Letters

June 26, 2018

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Today’s Microbiome Digest cover the topics on bioinformatics; methods and models; trials and therapies; infection and immunity; microbiome of human gut, human vagina, insect, animals, plant, marine; food and nutrition; bioremediation and metabolomics.

 

EVENTS- JOBS – PhD POSITIONS:

Event – Organoids: Modelling Organ Development and Disease in 3D Culture – EMBO| EMBL Symposia

 

NEWS and VIEWS:

Pairing off: a bottom-up approach to the human gut microbiome– Clare Abreu – Molecular Systems Biology

 

BIOINFORMATICS:
Zero-inflated generalized Dirichlet multinomial regression model for microbiome compositional data analysis – Tang ZZ – Biostatistics

 

METHODS and MODELS:

Book Chapter – Methods for Microbiota Analysis: Sample Collection and Laboratory Methods – Saleh Ibrahim – The Microbiome in Rheumatic Diseases and Infection

Review: Culturing the human microbiota and culturomics – Lagier JC – Nature Reviews Microbiology

Using glycolysis enzyme sequences to inform Lactobacillus phylogeny – Katelyn Brandt – Microbial Genomics

Multicenter study establishing the clinical validity of a nucleic-acid amplification-based assay for the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis – Cartwright CP – Diagnostics Microbiology and Infectious Disease.

PATENT – SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DEVELOPING AND USING A MICROBIOME-BASED ACTION COMPONENT FOR PATIENT HEALTH – Warren Tracy, Jantzen Tammi Gregory Katherine

 

TRIALS and THERAPIES:

Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy as a new approach for the treatment of vulvovaginal candidiasis: preliminary results – Aline Silva Sousa – Lasers in Medical Science

Review – Prevention of Cystitis: Travelling between the Imaginary and Reality – Vecchio M – Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

 

INFECTIONS and IMMUNITY:

Book Chapter – The Impact of Infections on Reproduction and Fertility – VE Jones – Clinical Reproductive Science

Intestinal barrier disruption and dysregulated mucosal immunity contribute to kidney fibrosis in chronic kidney disease – Yang J – Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

In Press: Treatment and Prevention of Recurrent Lower Urinary Tract Infections in Women: A Rapid Review with Practice Recommendations – Ariana l Smith – The Journal of Urology

Book Chapter – Immunology of the Microbiome: Implications for Rheumatoid Arthritis and Other Autoimmune Diseases – Daniel M Altmann – The Microbiome in Rheumatic Diseases and Infection

 

VAGINAL MICROBIOME:

Description of three new Peptoniphilus species cultured in the vaginal fluid of a woman diagnosed with bacterial vaginosis: Peptoniphilus pacaensis sp. nov., Peptoniphilus raoultii sp. nov., and Peptoniphilus vaginalis sp. nov. – Diop K – Microbiology Open

 

GUT MICROBIOME: 

Preview – Gut microbiota as a missing link between nutrients and traits of human – Hea-Jong Chung – Frontiers in Microbiology

Preview – The gut-brain axis, the human gut microbiota and their integration in the development of obesity – Edward S Bliss – Frontiers in Microbiology

Review – The Gut Microbiome as a Target for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes – Ömrüm Aydin – Current Diabetes reports

Beneficial metabolic effects of 2’, 3’, 5’-tri-acetyl-N6-(3-hydroxylaniline) adenosine in multiple biological matrices and intestinal flora of hyperlipidemic hamsters– Tianqi Li – Journal of Proteome Research

 

ANIMAL MICROBIOME:

Preview – Dynamics of gut microbiota diversity during the early development of an avian host: evidence from a cross-foster experiment – Aimeric Teyssier – Frontiers in Microbiology

Enterococcus faecium WEFA23 from infant lessens high-fat-diet-induced hyperlipidemia via cholesterol 7-alpha-hydroxylase gene by altering the composition of gut microbiota in rats – Fuqing Huang – ScienceDirect

Evaluation of the impact of dental prophylaxis on the oral microbiota of dogs – Flancman R – PloS One

Microbial diversity and community composition of caecal microbiota in commercial and indigenous Indian chickens determined using 16s rDNA amplicon sequencing – Ramesh J Pandit – Microbiome

 

GENERAL MICROBIOME:

Review – Role of nutrition, infection, and the microbiota in the efficacy of oral vaccines – Amrita Bhattacharjee – Clinical Science

Commensal Microbiota Enhance Both Osteoclast and Osteoblast Activities – Yoko Uchida – Molecules

 

PLANT/ROOT/SOIL MICROBIOME:

Editorial – The contribution of plant microbiota to economy growth – Angela Sessitsch – Microbial Biotechnology

Colonization cues of leaf- and root-inhabiting bacterial microbiota of Atractylodes lancea derived in vitro and in vivo – Yong Jia – Plant and Soil

Preview – Complete Genome Sequence of Industrial Biocontrol Strain Paenibacillus polymyxa HY96-2 and Further Analysis of Its Biocontrol Mechanism – Yuanchan Luo – – Frontiers in Microbiology

Genome Sequence of Bacillus megaterium Strain YC4-R4, a Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacterium Isolated from a HighSalinity Environment – Juan Ignacio Vílchez – GenomeAnnouncements

 

INSECT MICROBIOME:

Exposure of soil collembolans to microplastics perturbs their gut microbiota and alters their isotopic composition – DongZhu – Soil Biology and Biochemistry

 

SKIN MICROBIOME:

Book Chapter – Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis – Madhura Castelino – The Microbiome in Rheumatic Diseases and Infection

 

MARINE MICROBIOME:
Metagenomics Sheds Light on the Ecology of Marine Microbes and Their Viruses – Felipe Hernandes Coutinho – Trends in Microbiology

 

NEONATAL/INFANT MICROBIOME:

Communication – Maternal Intrapartum Antibiotic Administration and Infantile Colic: Is there a Connection? – Leppälehto E – Neonatology

Review – Intrauterine Inflammation, Epigenetics, and Microbiome Influences on Preterm Infant Health – Lu L – Current Pathobiology Reports

 

CROSS – POPULATION MICROBIOME:
Similarities and differences in gut microbiome composition correlate with dietary patterns of Indian and Chinese adults – Abhishek Jain – AMB Express

 

PHAGES/VIRUSES:

Genome Sequence of the Pseudomonas protegens Phage GP100 – Jordan Vacheron – GenomeAnnouncements

 

FOOD and NUTRITION:

Plasma and urine metabolite profiling reveals the protective effect of Clinacanthus nutans in an ovalbumin-induced anaphylaxis model: 1H-NMR metabolomics approach – Leng Wei Khoo – Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis

Drivers that establish and assembly the lactic acid bacteria biota in cheeses – Marco Gobbetti – Trends in Food Science & Technology

The food safety of DP-356Ø43 soybeans on SD rats reflected by physiological variables and fecal microbiota during a 90-day feeding study – Zou S – Regul Toxicol Pharmacol

Fermented Soybean Suppresses Visceral Fat Accumulation in Mice – Kushida M – Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Combined Use of C. butyricum Sx-01 and L. salivarius C-1-3 Improves Intestinal Health and Reduces the Amount of Lipids in Serum via Modulation of Gut Microbiota in Mice – Long M – Nutrients

Review – Dietary polyphenols: A novel strategy to modulate microbiota-gut-brain axis – Diana Serra – Trends in Food Science & Technology

 

METABOLOMICS:

Non-invasive urinary metabolomic profiles discriminate biliary atresia from infantile hepatitis syndrome – Wei-Wei Li – Metabolomics

Metabolomics of the amniotic fluid: Is it a feasible approach to evaluate the safety of Chinese medicine during pregnancy? – Jinjun Shan – Journal of Applied Toxicology

Article – A validated, fast method for quantification of sterols and gut microbiome derived 5α/β-stanols in human faeces by isotope dilution LC-high resolution MS – Schoett HF – Analytical Chemistry

 

BIOREMEDIATION:

Bioprospecting for microbes with potential hydrocarbon remediation activity on the northwest coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, using DNA sequencing – Mariela Beatriz Reyes-Sosa – Science of The Total Environment

 

ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY:
Skin and nasal vestibule colonisation by Staphylococcus aureus and its susceptibility to drugs in atopic dermatitis patients – Wrobel J – Annals of Agriculture and Environmental Medicine

 

 

June 25, 2018

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Today’s Microbiome Digest features the sea turtle microbiome, the bacteria responsible for degrading bioplastics, a new clinical center for phage therapy, the gut-microbiome-brain axis in an Alzheimer’s Disease model, and a preprint about image duplication in scientific publishing.

Pregnancy and early life

Late-onset Sepsis in Preterm Infants Can Be Detected Preclinically by Fecal Volatile Organic Compound Analysis: A Prospective, Multicenter Cohort Study. – Daniel J C Berkhout- Clinical Infectious Diseases

Human vaginal microbiome

Abnormal vaginal microbioma is associated with severity of localized provoked vulvodynia. Role of aerobic vaginitis and Candida in the pathogenesis of vulvodynia. – Gilbert G. G. Donders- European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Human gut microbiome

* Gut microbiota regulates maturation of the adult enteric nervous system via enteric serotonin networks – Filipe De Vadder – PNAS

Linking the Gut Microbiota to a Brain Neurotransmitter – Kelly G. Jameson – Trends in Neurosciences

Can epilepsy be treated by antibiotics? – Hilde M. H. Braakman – Journal of Neurology

* Changes in intestinal microbiota in HIV-1-infected subjects following cART initiation: influence of CD4+ T cell count – Yongjia Ji – Emerging Microbes & Infections

Review: Human gut microbiome: hopes, threats and promises – Patrice D Cani – Gut

Review: New treatments and therapeutic targets for IBS and other functional bowel disorders – Magnus Simrén – Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Animal experiments

Effects of chronic noise exposure on the microbiome-gut-brain axis in senescence-accelerated prone mice: implications for Alzheimer’s disease – Bo Cui – Journal of Neuroinflammation

Bacterial methionine metabolism genes influence Drosophila melanogaster starvation resistance – Alec M. Judd – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

The benign helminth Hymenolepis diminuta ameliorates chemically induced colitis in a rat model system – Kateřina Jirků Pomajbíková – Parasitology

Protective role of commensal bacteria in Sjögren Syndrome – Mahira Zaheer – Journal of Autoimmunity

Lactobacillus murinus HF12 colonizes neonatal gut and protects rats from necrotizing enterocolitis. – Mubina Isani – PLOS One

Animal microbiome

Identification of bacteria present in ulcerative stomatitis lesions of captive sea turtles Chelonia mydas – D. X. Vega-Manriquez – Veterinary Research Communications

Characterization of the Microbiota of Oyster Larvae (Crassostrea virginica) and Tank Water from an Aquaculture System with High and Low Larval Survival Rates – Padmini Ramachandran – Genome Announcements

Early colonisation and temporal dynamics of the gut microbial ecosystem in Standardbred foals – S. Quercia – Equine Veterinary Journal

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Microbial communities responsible for the degradation of poly(lactic acid)/poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) blend mulches in soil burial respirometric tests – Lenka Jeszeová – World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Phylogenetic diversity and investigation of plant growth-promoting traits of actinobacteria in coastal salt marsh plant rhizospheres from Jiangsu, China – Yuan Gong – Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Dynamics of soil microbial recovery from cropland to orchard along a 20-year chronosequence in a degraded karst ecosystem. – Hongkai Liao – Science of The Total Environment

Investigation of viable taxa in the deep terrestrial biosphere suggests high rates of nutrient recycling. – Margarita Lopez-Fernandez – FEMS Microbial Ecology

Distinct impacts of reductive soil disinfestation and chemical soil disinfestation on soil fungal communities and memberships. – Jun Zhao – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

* Dispersal-competition tradeoff in microbiomes in the quest for land colonization – Francisco Dini-Andreote – Scientific Reports

Water and extremophile microbiome

Linking patterns of net community production and marine microbial community structure in the western North Atlantic. – Seaver Wang – The ISME Journal

Probiotics/Prebiotics

Composition and metabolism of fecal microbiota from normal and overweight children are differentially affected by melibiose, raffinose and raffinose-derived fructans. – Kaarel Adamberg – Anaerobe

Review: Nutraceuticals in Colorectal Cancer: A Mechanistic Approach – Marco Rossi – European Journal of Pharmacology

Science, publishing, and career

* Analysis and Correction of Inappropriate Image Duplication: The Molecular and Cellular Biology Experience – Arturo Casadevall – bioRxiv

Microbes in the news

U.S. center will fight infections with viruses – Kelly Servick – Science

Alyson’s non-microbiology pick

Neanderthal brain organoids come to life – Jon Cohen – Science

June 19, 2018

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In today’s digest you can read about: the field of CRISPR-CAS antimicrobials by E. Pursey, “microbiota influencers” by G. Rizzatti, bioplastic producing bacterial communities by V. Kumar, mixotrophic behavior of the harmful benthic dinoflagellate by B. Lee and many many diverse and interesting articles. Enjoy!

General microbiome

CRISPR-Cas antimicrobials: Challenges and future prospects – Elizabeth Pursey – PLOS Pathogens

Considering Microbial CO2 during Microbe-Plant Cocultivation – Birgit Piechulla – Plant Physiology

Metabolic model-based analysis of the emergence of bacterial cross-feeding via extensive gene loss – Colin P. McNally  – BMC Systems Biology

Pregnancy and early life

Prevalence of antibiotic resistance in commensal Escherichia coli among the children in rural hill communities of Northeast India – Ashish Kumar Singh – PLOS One

Shared and Distinct Features of Human Milk and Infant Stool Viromes – Pia S. Pannaraj – Frontiers in Microbiology

Preterm infant gut microbial patterns related to the development of necrotizing enterocolitis – Tristan P. Lindberg – The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine

Human respiratory microbiome

Multi-omic profiling to assess the effect of iron starvation in Streptococcus pneumoniae TIGR4 – Irene Jiménez-Munguía – PeerJ

Human gut microbiome

Addendum: “I will survive”: A tale of bacteriophage-bacteria coevolution in the gut – Luisa De Sordi – Gut Microbes

The Gut-Associated Microbiome of the Eastern Spruce Budworm Does Not Influence Larval Growth or Survival – Melbert T Schwarz – bioRxiv

Prioritizing and modelling of putative drug target proteins of Candida albicans by systems biology approach – Tariq Ismail – Acta Biochimica Polonica

Antibiotic and Modulation of Microbiota: A New Paradigm? – Gianenrico Rizzatti – Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Streptomyces, shared microbiome member of soil and gut, as “old friends” against colon cancer – Alireza Bolourian – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Gut Microbial-related Choline Metabolite Trimethylamine-N-oxide is Associated with Progression of Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis in HIV Infection – Zhilei Shan – The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Role of Microbiota in Sexually Dimorphic Immunity – Marlies Elderman – Frontiers in Immunology

Early results of fecal microbial transplantation protocol implementation at a community-based university hospital – Rodrigo Duarte-Chavez – Journal of Global Infectious Diseases

Gut microbiota modulate neurobehavior through changes in brain insulin sensitivity and metabolism – Marion Soto – Molecular Psychiatry

The Rise and Rise of Eosinophilic Gut Diseases Including Eosinophilic Esophagitis Is Probably Not Explained by the Disappearance of Helicobacter pylori, so Who or What’s to Blame? – Nicholas J. Talley – The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Effect of administration of a probiotic preparation on gut microbiota and immune response in healthy women in India: an open-label, single-arm pilot study – Ankita Singh – BMC Gastroenterology

Animal experiments

Toxin-positive Clostridium difficile latently infect mouse colonies and protect against highly pathogenic C. difficile – Lucie Etienne-Mesmin – Gut microbiome

Animal microbiome

A comparative analysis of microbial profile of Guinea fowl and chicken using metagenomic approach – Sarayu Bhogoju – PLOS One

Tracking sources of Clostridium botulinum type E contamination in seal meat – Daniel Leclair – International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Applying predictive models to decipher rhizobacterial modifications in common reed die-back affected populations – Giovanni Bacci – Science of The Total Environment

Bioplastic reservoir of diverse bacterial communities revealed along altitude gradient of Pangi-Chamba trans-Himalayan region – Vijay Kumar – FEMS Microbiology Letters

Antagonism and antibiotic resistance drive a species-specific plant microbiota differentiation in Echinacea spp – Valentina Maggini – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Divergent Responses of the Diazotrophic Microbiome to Elevated CO2 in Two Rice Cultivars – Yongjie Yu – Frontiers in Microbiology

Synthesis and detoxification of nitric oxide in the plant beneficial rhizobacterium Bacillus amyloliquefaciens SQR9 and its effect on biofilm formation – Xiaoyan Dong – Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Understanding the Strategies to Overcome Phosphorus–Deficiency and Aluminum–Toxicity by Ryegrass Endophytic and Rhizosphere Phosphobacteria – Patricio J. Barra – Frontiers in Microbiology

Soil viruses are underexplored players in ecosystem carbon processing – Gareth Trubl – bioRxiv

Dispersal limitation and thermodynamic constraints govern spatial structure of permafrost microbial communities –  Eric M Bottos – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Changes of soil microbial and enzyme activities are linked to soil C, N and P stoichiometry in afforested ecosystems – F.Z. Zhao – Forest Ecology and Management

Responses of soil microbial communities to nutrient limitation in the desert-grassland ecological transition zone – Cui Y – The Science of the Total Environment

Observed metabolic asymmetry within soybean root nodules reflects unexpected complexity in rhizobacteria-legume metabolite exchange – Dušan Veličković – The ISME Journal

Antibacterial activity of soil bacteria isolated from Kochi, India and their molecular identification – Davis Gislin – Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

Brassica napus Growth in Lead-Polluted Soil: Bioaccumulation in Plant Organs at Different Ontogenetic Stages and Lead Fractionation in Soil – Gisele V. Ferreyroa – Water, Air, & Soil Pollution

Editorial: “Plant-Microbe-Insect Interaction: Source for Bio-fertilizers, Bio-medicines and Agent Research” – Gero Benckiser – Frontiers in Plant Science

Broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity by Burkholderia cenocepacia TAtl-371, a strain isolated from the tomato rhizosphere – Fernando Uriel Rojas-Rojas – Microbiology

Improvement of Ni phytoextraction by Alyssum murale and its rhizosphere microbial activities by applying nitrogen fertilizer – Ali Kanso – Ecological Research

Water and extremophile microbiome

Abundance determines the functional role of bacterial phylotypes in complex communities – Damian W. Rivett  – Nature Microbiology

Metabolic Diversity within the Globally Abundant Marine Group II Euryarchaea Drives Ecological Patterns – Benjamin J Tully – bioRxiv

Diversity of bacterial communities and dissolved organic matter in a temperate estuary – Helena Osterholz – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Clean Low-Biomass Procedures and Their Application to Ancient Ice Core Microorganisms – Zhi-Ping Zhong – Frontiers in Microbiology

Genetic diversity and co-occurrence patterns of marine cyanopodoviruses and picocyanobacteria – Yingting Sun – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Proteome response of a metabolically flexible anoxygenic phototroph to Fe(II) oxidation – Casey Bryce – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Genome rearrangement shapes Prochlorococcus ecological adaptation – Wei Yan – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

High CO2 Under Nutrient Fertilization Increases Primary Production and Biomass in Subtropical Phytoplankton Communities: A Mesocosm Approach – Nauzet Hernández-Hernández – Frontiers in Microbiology

Genetic Analyses of the rbcL and psaA Genes From Single Cells Demonstrate a Rhodophyte Origin of the Prey in the Toxic Benthic Dinoflagellate Ostreopsis – Bora Lee – Frontiers in Marine Science

Ubiquitous abundance distribution of non-dominant plankton across the global ocean – Enrico Ser-Giacomi – Nature Ecology & Evolution

Copiotrophic marine bacteria are associated with strong iron‐binding ligand production during phytoplankton blooms – Shane L. Hogle – Limnology and Oceanography

Dynamics and interactions of highly resolved marine plankton via automated high-frequency sampling – David M. Needham – The ISME Journal

Distinct patterns and processes of abundant and rare eukaryotic plankton communities following a reservoir cyanobacterial bloom – Yuanyuan Xue – The ISME Journal

Coral Microbiomes as Bioindicators of Reef Health – Sofia Roitman – Population Genomics

Microbial community structure and functional potential along a hypersaline gradient – Jeffrey A. Kimbrel – Frontiers in Microbiology

Comparative genomics of Pseudomonas sp. strain SI-3 associated with macroalga Ulva prolifera, the causative species for green tide in the Yellow Sea – Huihui Fu – Frontiers in Microbiology

Probiotics / prebiotics

Pilot assessment of probiotics for pregnant women in Rwanda – Amy McMillan – PLOS One

Phages and viruses

Low spatial structure and selection against secreted virulence factors attenuates pathogenicity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa – Elisa T Granato – bioRxiv

Identification of anti-norovirus genes in mouse and human cells using genome-wide CRISPR activation screening –  Robert Orchard – bioRxiv

Biotechnology

Simultaneous autotrophic removal of sulphate and nitrate at different voltages in a bioelectrochemical reactor (BER): Evaluation of degradation efficiency and characterization of microbial communities – Hao Xua – Bioresource Technology

Evaluation of A Novel Split-Feeding Anaerobic/Oxic Baffled Reactor (A/OBR) For Foodwaste Anaerobic Digestate: Performance, Modeling and Bacterial Community – Shaojie Wang – Scientific Reports

Viewpoint: Synthetic Biology for Natural Compounds – Xinrui Zhao – Biochemistry

Bioinformatics

iMetaLab 1.0: A web platform for metaproteomics data analysis – Bo Liao – Bioinformatics

Taxonomy annotation and guide tree errors in 16S rRNA databases – Robert Edgar​ – PeerJ

The Microbial Genomes Atlas (MiGA) webserver: taxonomic and gene diversity analysis of Archaea and Bacteria at the whole genome level – Luis M Rodriguez-R – Nucleic Acids Research

Techniques

Whole-Cell MALDI-TOF MS Versus 16S rRNA Gene Analysis for Identification and Dereplication of Recurrent Bacterial Isolates – Michal Strejcek – Frontiers in Microbiology

Low-power portable devices for metagenomics analysis: Fog computing makes bioinformatics ready for the Internet of Things –  Ivan Merelli – Future Generation Computer Systems

Microbes in the news 

Unique microbe could thrive on Mars, help future manned missions

In a Warming World, Deadly Bacteria Are More Resistant to Antibiotics

Microbes on the market

Startup aims to make allies of human gut’s microbes

Department of Energy Announces $40 Million for Bio-Based Research

Tina’s non-microbiology picks

Towards an Evolutionary Perspective in Teaching and Popularizing Microbiology – Fernando Bueno Ferreira Fonseca de Fraga – Journal of  Microbiology & Biology Education

 

June 18, 2018

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Have a good Monday! Today in Microbiome Digest: reviews about the relationship between microbiome and brain function, vaccine response and dermatology. Studies about psoriasis and the gut microbiology, the effect of osmotic changes on the gut microbiota, protocols for oral microbiota profiling in lab classes, the role of indole in gut inflammation and more…

Human and General Microbiome

Review: Bile acids and FXR in functional gastrointestinal disorders – Paula Mosińska – Digestive and Liver Disease

Review: The Microbiome in Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience – Amar Sarkar – Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Review: The influence of the intestinal microbiome on vaccine responses – Petra Zimmermann – Vaccine

Review: Close Encounters of Three Kinds: Bacteriophages, Commensal Bacteria, and Host Immunity – Eric C. Keen – Trends in Microbiology

The microbiome in dermatology – Shenara Musthaq – Clinics in Dermatology

Is psoriasis a bowel disease? Successful treatment with bile acids and bioflavonoids suggests it is – P. Haines Ely – Clinics in Dermatology

Microbial markers in colorectal cancer detection and/or prognosis – Romain Villéger – World Journal of Gastroenterology

Neurotransmitter modulation by the gut microbiota – Philip Strandwitz – Brain Research

Intestinal microbiota assessment in cirrhotic patients from a Mexican mestizo population – C. Pérez-Monter – Revista de Gastroenterología de México (Article in Spanish)

Profiling the Urinary Microbiota in Male Patients With Bladder Cancer in China – Peng Wu – Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Analysis of human C24 bile acids metabolome in serum and urine based on enzyme digestion of conjugated bile acids and LC-MS determination of unconjugated bile acids – Pingping Zhu – Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Tobacco-smoking-related prevalence of methanogens in the oral fluid microbiota – Ghiles Grine – Scientific Reports

Effect of rectal douching/enema on rectal gonorrhoea and chlamydia among a cohort of men who have sex with men on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis – Adiba Hassan – Sexually Transmitted Infections

Effect of administration of a probiotic preparation on gut microbiota and immune response in healthy women in India: an open-label, single-arm pilot study – Ankita Singh – BMC Gastroenterology

The urinary microbiome in women with mixed urinary incontinence compared to similarly aged controls – Yuko M. Komesu – International Urogynecology Journal

The influence of in vitro pectin fermentation on the human fecal microbiome – So-Jung Bang – AMB Express

Host genetics and microbiome associations through the lens of genome wide association studies – Omer Weissbrod – Current Opinion in Microbiology

Cutibacterium acnes and the shoulder microbiome – Boyang Qiu – Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

 

Animal Microbiome / Animal Experiments

Transient Osmotic Perturbation Causes Long-Term Alteration to the Gut Microbiota – Carolina Tropini – Cell

Probiotics L. acidophilus and B. clausii Modulate Gut Microbiota in Th1- and Th2-Biased Mice to Ameliorate Salmonella Typhimurium-Induced Diarrhea – Biswaranjan Pradhan – Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins

Altered microRNA regulation of short chain fatty acid receptors in the hypertensive kidney is normalized with hydrogen sulfide supplementation – Gregory J. Weber – Pharmacological Research

The effect of antibiotics on social aversion following early life inflammation – Amanda C. Kentner – Physiology & Behavior

Analysis of the Gut Microbial Diversity of Dairy Cows During Peak Lactation by PacBio Single-Molecule Real-Time (SMRT) Sequencing – Weicheng Li – Current Microbiology

Diet Modifies Colonic Microbiota and CD4+ T Cell Repertoire to Induce Flares of Colitis in Mice With Myeloid-cell Expression of Interleukin 23 – Lili Chen – Gastroenterology

Chronic exposure to fungicide propamocarb induces bile acid metabolic disorder and increases trimethylamine in C57BL/6J mice – Sisheng Wu – Science of The Total Environment

Distribution of Salmonella Enteritidis in internal organs and variation of cecum microbiota in chicken after oral challenge – Jinxin Zeng – Microbial Pathogenesis

The comparative genomics of Bifidobacterium callitrichos reflects dietary carbohydrate utilization within the common marmoset gut – Korin Albert – Microbial Genomics

The gut microbiota metabolite indole alleviates liver inflammation in mice – Martin Beaumont – The FASEB Journal

Alpha-Ketoglutarate in Low-Protein Diets for Growing Pigs: Effects on Cecal Microbial Communities and Parameters of Microbial Metabolism – Jiashun Chen – Frontiers in Microbiology

Berberine Regulates Treg/Th17 Balance to Treat Ulcerative Colitis Through Modulating the Gut Microbiota in the Colon

Screening of multimeric β-xylosidases from the gut microbiome of a higher termite, Globitermes brachycerastes – Huantian Cui – Frontiers in Pharmacology

Impact of Gut Microbiota and Diet on the Development of Atherosclerosis in Apoe-/- Mice – Annika Lindskog Jonsson – Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Saturated long-chain fatty acid-producing bacteria contribute to enhanced colonic motility in rats – Ling Zhao – Microbiome

News in Brief: Antibiotics Protect Against Liver Tumors in Mice in Cancer Discovery

 

Water Microbiome

Methanogenic community shifts during the transition from sewage mono-digestion to co-digestion of grass biomass – Justus Hardegen – Bioresource Technology

 

Protocols and Methodologies

Simple Protocol for Molecular Fingerprinting of Human Oral Microbiota Samples in Lab Classes – Ana C. Henriques – Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education

Sample tracking in microbiome community profiling assays using synthetic 16S rRNA gene spike-in controls – Dieter M. Tourlousse – Scientific Reports

Taxonomy-aware feature engineering for microbiome classification – Mai Oudah – BMC Bioinformatics

 

June 15, 2018

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Secondary metabolite biosynthetic genes from novel soil bacteria, a human viral protein cluster metagenomic database, sleep apnea symptoms alter the gut microbiota and metabolome.

Pregnancy and early life

16S ribosomal RNA-based gut microbiome composition analysis in infants with breast milk jaundice – Miao Duan – Open Life Sciences

Human respiratory microbiome

Pre-print: New insights into human nostril microbiome from the expanded Human Oral Microbiome Database (eHOMD): a resource for species-level identification of microbiome data from the aerodigestive tract – Isabel Fernández Escapa – bioRxiv

Human oral microbiome

Review: Live and let die: hydrogen peroxide production by the commensal flora and its role in maintaining a symbiotic microbiome – Sylvio Redanz – Molecular Oral Microbiology

Human nearly-sterile sites

Cultural Isolation and Characteristics of the Blood Microbiome of Healthy Individuals – Stefan Panaiotov – Advances In Microbiology

Human gut microbiome

Sex differences in NSAID-induced perturbation of human intestinal barrier function and microbiota – Shoko Edogawa – The FASEB Journal

Animal experiments

Intermittent Hypoxia and Hypercapnia, a Hallmark of Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Alters the Gut Microbiome and Metabolome – Anupriya Tripathi – mSystems

IL-1R and MyD88 Contribute to the Absence of a Bacterial Microbiome on the Healthy Murine Cornea – Stephanie J Wan – Frontiers in Microbiology

Aflatoxin B1 Disrupts Gut-Microbial Metabolisms of Short-Chain Fatty Acids, Long-Chain Fatty Acids, and Bile Acids in Male F344 Rats – Jun Zhou – Toxicological Sciences

Metabolome and gut microbiota variation with long-term intake of Panax ginseng extracts on rats – Yifan Sun – Food & Function

Animal microbiome

Partial incubation during egg laying reduces eggshell microbial loads in a temperate‐breeding passerine – Patricia B Bollinger – Journal of Avian Biology

Bacterial and Fungal Midgut Community Dynamics and Transfer Between Mother and Brood in the Asian Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis), an Invasive Xylophage – Charles J Mason – Microbial Ecology

Succession of embryonic and the intestinal bacterial communities of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) reveals stage‐specific microbial signatures – Jep Lokesh – MicrobiologyOpen

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Novel soil bacteria possess diverse genes for secondary metabolite biosynthesis – Alexander Crits-Christoph – Nature

Environment and host as large-scale controls of ectomycorrhizal fungi – Sietse van der Linde – Nature

Studies on Quantitative Analysis of Rhizosphere and Non-Rhizosphere Mycoflora at Different Stages of Plant Growth in Different Varieties of Pigeon Pea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] – V Jalander – International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience

The Functional Potential of the Rhizospheric Microbiome of an Invasive Tree Species, Acacia dealbata – Casper N Kamutando – Microbial Ecology

Review: Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria: Blessing to Agriculture – Twisha S Patel – International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience

Inorganic Nitrogen Application Affects Both Taxonomical and Predicted Functional Structure of Wheat Rhizosphere Bacterial Communities – Vanessa N Kavamura – Frontiers in Microbiology

Water and extremophile microbiome

Metagenomics Reveals the Influence of Land Use and Rain on the Benthic Microbial Communities in a Tropical Urban Waterway – Gourvendu Saxena – mSystems

Phages and viruses

The Human Virome Protein Cluster Database (HVPC): A Human Viral Metagenomic Database for Diversity and Function Annotation – Ali H A Elbehery – Frontiers in Microbiology

Bioinformatics

BioSankey: Visualization of Microbial Communities Over Time – Alexander Platzer – Journal of Integrative Bioinformatics

Pre-print: Understanding trivial challenges of microbial genomics: An assembly example – Delphine Lariviere – bioRxiv

Microbes in the news

Faecal transplants could help preserve vulnerable species – Sara Reardon – Nature

Science, career, and publishing

Pre-print: Researchers preferentially collaborate with same-gendered colleagues across the life sciences – Luke Holman – bioRxiv

Pre-print: Attitudes, Perceptions and Barriers to Research and Publishing among Research and Teaching Staff: A Case Study – Stanley Irobekhian Reuben Okoduwa – bioRxiv

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Events and jobs

Computational scientists (from post-master to postdoc fellowships) in metagenomics and microbial genomics : Trento, Italy – The Laboratory of Computational Metagenomics

General microbiome

Meta-analysis of human genome-microbiome association studies: the MiBioGen consortium initiative – Jun Wang, Microbiome Announcement

Microbial ecology

Everything is not everywhere: a tale on the biogeography of cyanobacteria – Karine Felix Ribeiro, Hydrobiologia

A Meta‐Analysis of Temperature Sensitivity as a Microbial Trait – Charlotte J. Alster, Global Change Biology

Microbial island biogeography: isolation shapes the life history characteristics but not diversity of root-symbiotic fungal communities – John Davison, ISME

Bacillus thuringiensis produces the lipopeptide thumolycin to antagonize microbes and nematodes – Dehong Zheng, Microbiological Research

Qualitative analysis of biosurfactants from Bacillus species exhibiting antifungal activity – Ambrin Sarwar, Plos One

Antarctic cryptoendolithic fungal communities are highly adapted and dominated by Lecanoromycetes and Dothideomycetes – Claudia Coleine, Frontiers in Microbiology

Pregnancy and early life

The Microbiome and Metabolome of Preterm Infant Stool Are Personalized and Not Driven by Health Outcomes, Including Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Late-Onset Sepsis – Stephen Wandro, mSphere

The role of breast milk in the colonization of neonatal gut and skin with coagulase-negative staphylococci – Hiie Soeorg, Pediatric Research

Multisite human microbiome

Prion-like Propagation of α-synuclein in the gut-brain axis – Ying Chen, Brain Research Bulletin

Microbiome-Gut-Brain Axis and Toll-Like Receptors in Parkinson’s Disease – Valentina Caputi, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Current Insights in Microbiome Shifts in Sjogren’s Syndrome and Possible Therapeutic Interventions – Christina Tsigalou, Frontiers in Immunology

Comparison of Infant Gut and Skin Microbiota, Resistome and Virulome between Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Environments – Suchitra K. Hourigan, Frontiers in Microbiology

Human skin microbiome

Skin Microbiota in Obese Women at Risk for Surgical Site Infection After Cesarean Delivery – Kara M. Rood, Scientific Reports

Cutibacterium acnes (Propionibacterium acnes) and acne vulgaris: a brief look at the latest updates – B. Dréno, Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Characterisation of Cutibacterium acnes phylotypes in acne and in vivo exploratory evaluation of Myrtacine® – S. Pécastaings, Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Human oral microbiome

Analysis of the oral microbiome on the surface of modified dental polymers – Denise  Tornavoi de Castro, Archives of Oral Biology

Genetic Association with Subgingival Bacterial Colonization in Chronic Periodontitis – Franco Cavalla, Genes

Biological and cultural drivers of oral microbiota in Medieval and Post-Medieval London, UK – Andrew G Farrer, bioRxiv

Human gut microbiome

Breath methane concentrations and markers of obesity in patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders – Clive H. Wilder-Smith, United European Gastroenterology Journal

The Intersection Between Colonization Resistance, Antimicrobial Stewardship, and Clostridium difficile – Rossana Rosa, Current Infectious Disease Reports

Celiac Disease and Fecal Microbiota Transplantation: A New Beginning? – Shmuel Golfeyz MD, Correspondence

Gut microbiota metabolites, amino acid metabolites and improvements in insulin sensitivity and glucose metabolism: the POUNDS Lost trial – Yoriko Heianza, Nutrition

Cutting the Gordian Knot of the Microbiota – Kimberly S.Vasquez, Molecular Cell

Host: Microbiome co-metabolic processing of dietary polyphenols – An acute, single blinded, cross-over study with different doses of apple polyphenols in healthy subjects – Kajetan Trost, Food Research International

Clinical trials of kimchi intakes on the regulation of metabolic parameters and colon health in healthy Korean young adults – Hee-Young Kim, Journal of Functional Foods

Animal experiments

Propolis from Different Geographic Origins Suppress Intestinal Inflammation in a Model of DSS‐Induced Colitis is Associated with Decreased Bacteroides spp. in the Gut – Kai Wang, Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Effect of direct-fed microbials on culturable gut microbiotas in broiler chickens: a meta-analysis of controlled trials – Chhaiden Heak, Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

A dietary isothiocyanate-enriched moringa (Moringa oleifera) seed extract improves glucose tolerance in a high-fat-diet mouse model and modulates the gut microbiome – Asha Jaja-Chimedza, Journal of Functional Foods

The enteric microbiota regulates jejunal Paneth cell number and function without impacting intestinal stem cells – Alexi A. Schoenborn, Gut Microbes

Comprehensive longitudinal microbiome analysis of the chicken cecum reveals a shift from competitive to environmental drivers and a window of opportunity for Campylobacter – Umer Zeeshan Ijaz, bioRxiv

Microbial quantity impacts Drosophila nutrition, development, and lifespan – Erin S. Keebaugh, iScience

Absence of Gut Microbiota Reduces Emotional Reactivity in Japanese Quails (Coturnix japonica) – Narjis Kraimi, Frontiers in Physiology

Animal microbiome

Identification of circular single-stranded DNA viruses in faecal samples of Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis), moose (Alces alces) and snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) inhabiting the Colorado San Juan Mountains – Simona Kraberger, Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Diverse novel resident Wolbachia strains in Culicine mosquitoes from Madagascar – Claire L Jeffries, bioRxiv

Sample treatment optimization for fish stool metabolomics – Takeshi Hano, Journal of Chromatography B

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Two decades of altered snow cover does not affect soil microbial ability to catabolize carbon compounds in an oceanic alpine heath – E.R. Jasper Wubs, Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Grazing and resource availability control soil nematode body size and abundance‐mass relationship in semi‐arid grassland – W. S. Andriuzzi, Journal of Animal Ecology

Isolation and screening of antibiotic producing actinomycetes from rhizosphere and agricultural soils – Atsede Muleta, African Journal of Biotechnology

Responses of Bougainvillea spectabilis to elevated atmospheric CO2 under galaxolide (HHCB) pollution and the mechanisms of its rhizosphere metabolism – Minzhe Zhang, Journal of Soils and Sediments

Differential effect of the nitrogen form on the leaf gas exchange, amino acid composition, and antioxidant response of sweet pepper at elevated CO2 – María C. Piñero, Plant Growth Regulation

Viral metagenomics analysis and eight novel viral genomes identified from the Dushanzi mud volcanic soil in Xinjiang, China – Dan-Ting Yu, Journal of Soils and Sediments

Efficacy of Bacillus subtilis native strains for biocontrol of Phytophthora crown and root rot of pistachio in Iran – Mohammad Moradi, Tropical Plant Pathology

Modification of plant cell wall chemistry impacts metabolome and microbiome composition in Populus PdKOR1 RNAi plants – Allison M. Veach, Plant and Soil

Continuous application of different fertilizers induces distinct bulk and rhizosphere soil protist communities – Sai Guo, European Journal of Soil Biology

Microbial communities and natural fermentation of corn silages prepared with farm bunker-silo in Southwest China – Hao Guan, Bioresource Technology

Cultivated methanotrophs associated with rhizospheres of traditional rice landraces from Western India belong to Methylocaldum and Methylocystis – Monali C. Rahalkar, 3 Biotech

Metal(loid)-resistant bacteria reduce wheat Cd and As uptake in metal(loid)-contaminated soil – Xiao-Han Wang, Environmental Pollution

Enhanced removal of nitrate in the maize rhizosphere by plant growth-promoting Bacillus megaterium NCT-2, and its colonization pattern in response to nitrate – Shaohua Chu, Chemosphere

Bioactive luteoloside produced by Myroides odoratimimus, solvent-tolerant bacterium form the rhizosphere of Lonicera japonica –  Y. X. Zhao, Natural Product Research

Potential application of selected metal resistant phosphate solubilizing bacteria isolated from the gut of earthworm (Metaphire posthuma) in plant growth promotion – Jayanta  Kumar Biswas, Geoderma

Effects of Pseudomonas chenduensis and biochar on cadmium availability and microbial community in the paddy soil – Lingjuan Li, Science of The Total Environment

Continuous application of different fertilizers induces distinct bulk and rhizosphere soil protist communities – Sai Guo, European Journal of Soil Biology

Analysis on metabolic functions of stored rice microbial communities by BIOLOG ECO microplates – Zhiwen Ge, Frontiers in Microbiology

Effects of discrete bioactive microbial volatiles on plants and fungi – Birgit Piechulla, Plant, Cell, and Environment

Phylogenetic-scale disparities in the soil microbial diversity–ecosystem functioning relationship – Marta Goberna, ISME

Similar soil microbial community structure across different environments after long‐term succession: evidence from volcanoes of different ages – Shangqi Xu, Journal of Basic Microbiology

Water and extremophile microbiome

Comparison among the microbial communities in the lake, lake wetland, and estuary sediments of a plain river network – Wei Huang, Microbiology Open

The distinctive microbial community improves composting efficiency in a full-scale hyperthermophilic composting plant – Zhen Yu, Bioresource Technology

Co-occurrence Networks Among Bacteria and Microbial Eukaryotes of Lake Baikal During a Spring Phytoplankton Bloom – Ivan S. Mikhailov, Microbial Ecology

The Legacy Effects of Winter Climate on Microbial Functioning After Snowmelt in a Subarctic Tundra – Maria Väisänen, Microbial Ecology

Characterization of phototrophic microorganisms and description of new cyanobacteria isolated from the saline-alkaline crater-lake Dziani Dzaha (Mayotte, Indian Ocean) – M. Cellamare, FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Methanogens in the Antarctic Dry Valley Permafrost – Tatiana A. Vishnivetskaya, FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Bacterial Diversity in an Alpine Debris-Free and Debris-Cover Accumulation Zone Glacier Ice, North Sikkim, India – Mingma Thundu Sherpa, Indian Journal of Microbiology

Culturing the ubiquitous freshwater actinobacterial acI lineage by supplying a biochemical ‘helper’ catalase – Suhyun Kim, bioRxiv

Assessing the effect of pretreatments on the structure and functionality of microbial communities for the bioconversion of microalgae to biogas – Olivia Córdova, Frontiers in Microbiology

Great Salt Lake microbiology: a historical perspective – Bonnie K. Baxter, International Microbiology

Life from the ashes: survival of dry bacterial spores after very high temperature exposure – Lynda Beladjal, Extremophiles

Microbial and geochemical controls on waste rock weathering and drainage quality – Sharon Blackmore, Science of The Total Environment

Characterization and high-throughput sequencing of a trichlorophenol-dechlorinating microbial community acclimated from sewage sludge – Jiaxiu Song, Journal of Cleaner Production

Impacts of surface-applied residues on N-cycling soil microbial communities in miscanthus and switchgrass cropping systems – Karen A. Thompson, Applied Soil Ecology

Water is a critical factor in evaluating and assessing microbial colonization and destruction of Angkor sandstone monuments – Xiaobo Liu, International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation

Methanogenic community shifts during the transition from sewage mono-digestion to co-digestion of grass biomass – Justus Hardegen, Bioresource Technology

Bacterial lineages putatively associated with the dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes in a full-scale urban wastewater treatment plant – Carlos Narciso-da-Rocha, Environment International

Impact of organic waste composition on life cycle energy production, global warming and Water use for treatment by anaerobic digestion followed by composting – Sara A. Pace, Resources, Conservation and Recycling

1H NMR metabolomics of microbial metabolites in the four MW agricultural biogas plant reactors: A case study of inhibition mirroring the acute rumen acidosis symptoms – Boštjan Murovec, Journal of Environmental Management

Comparative Metagenomics Provides Insight into the Ecosystem Functioning of the Shark Bay Stromatolites, Western Australia – Joany Babilonia, Frontiers in Microbiology

Assessing the abundance of fungal populations in a full-scale membrane bioreactor (MBR) treating urban wastewater by using quantitative PCR (qPCR) – P. Maza-Márquez, Journal of Environmental Management

Food microbiology

Occurrence of lactic acid bacteria and yeasts at species and strain level during spontaneous fermentation of mawè, a cereal dough produced in West Africa – Marcel Houngbédji, Food Microbiology

Probiotics / prebiotics

Probiotics in IBD: Combining in vitro and in vivomodels for selecting strains with both anti-inflammatory potential as well as a capacity to restore the gut epithelial barrier – Mazen Zaylaa, Journal of Functional Foods

Can prebiotics assist in the management of cognition and weight gain in schizophrenia? – Amy Chia-Ching Kao, Psychoneuroendocrinology

Probiotic potentials of Lactobacillus plantarum isolated from fermented durian (Tempoyak), a Malaysian traditional condiment – Asmariah Ahmad, Food Science and Nutrition

Bioinformatics

Identifying Heritable Communities of Microbiome by Root-Unifrac and Wishart Distribution – Yunfan Tang, bioRxiv

PARTIE: a partition engine to separate metagenomic and amplicon projects in the Sequence Read Archive – Pedro J. Torres, Bioinformatics

Techniques

Dead or Alive? Molecular life-dead distinction in human stool samples reveals significantly different composition of the microbial community – Alexandra Perras, bioRxiv

Critical Assessment of Methods to Quantify Biofilm Growth and Evaluate Antibiofilm Activity of Host Defence Peptides – Evan F. Haney, Biomolecules

June 12, 2018

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Gut and General Microbiome

Screening for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: A Cohort Study Using Transient Elastography – Chiara Saroli Palumbo – Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Review: A critical appraisal of advances in the diagnosis of diverticular disease – Antonio Tursi – Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology  

Antimicrobial-Induced Cytopenia and Bone Marrow Hypocellularity in Patients with Cirrhosis – Anupama Patil – Bone Marrow Research

Colonic Mucosal Microbiota in Colorectal Cancer: A Single-Center Metagenomic Study in Saudi Arabia – Ahmed O. Alomair – Gastroenterology Research and Practice

Connecting homocysteine and obesity through pyroptosis, gut microbiome, epigenetics, peroxisome proliferator-activator receptor γ (PPARγ) and zinc finger protein 407 (Zfp407) – Anwesha Laha – Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Review: Sexual dimorphism of cardiometabolic dysfunction: Gut microbiome in the play? – Tzu-Wen L. Cross – Molecular Metabolism

Individuality and convergence of the infant gut microbiota during the first year of life – Eric J. de Muinck – Nature Communications

Reconstruction of the bifidobacterial pan-secretome reveals the network of extracellular interactions between bifidobacteria and the infant gut – Gabriele Andrea Lugli – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Commentary: Beyond Oxalobacter: the gut microbiota and kidney stone formation – Gwen Falony – Gut

Nutritional modulation of the intestinal microbiota: future opportunities for the prevention and treatment of neuroimmune and neuroinflammatory disease – Vincent C.Lombardi – The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

 

Reproductive and Urinary Tract Microbiome

Review: Implantation failure of endometrial origin: what is new? –  Jose Bellver – Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Detecting viral genomes in the female urinary microbiome – Andrea Garretto – Journal of General Virology

Commentary: Regional Caesarean Delivery Practices, the Maternal-Infant Microbiome, and Risk for Asthma – Rebecca Entz – Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

 

Skin Microbiome

Insights into the skin microbiome dynamics of leprosy patients during multi-drug therapy and in healthy individuals from Brazil – Paulo E. S. Silva – Scientific Reports

Skin Microbiota in Obese Women at Risk for Surgical Site Infection After Cesarean Delivery – Kara M. Rood – Scientific Reports

 

Oral and Respiratory Microbiome

Analysis of the oral microbiome on the surface of modified dental polymers – Denise Tornavoide Castro – Archives of Oral Biology

Bacterial biogeography of adult airways in atopic asthma – Juliana Durack – Microbiome

Review: Adenotonsillar microbiome: an update – James Jordan Johnston – Postgraduate Medical Journal

 

Animal Microbiome

The canine gut microbiome is associated with higher risk of gastric dilatation-volvulus and high risk genetic variants of the immune system – Meredith A. J. Hullar – PLOS ONE

Propolis from Different Geographic Origins Suppress Intestinal Inflammation in a Model of DSS‐Induced Colitis is Associated with Decreased Bacteroides spp. in the Gut – Kai Wang – Molecular Nutrition & Food Research

Deficiency of BrpA in Streptococcus mutans Reduces Virulence in Rat Caries Model – Zezhang T. Wen – Molecular Oral Microbiology

Huddling remodels gut microbiota to reduce energy requirements in a small mammal species during cold exposure – Xue-Ying Zhang – Microbiome

Abnormal gut microbiota composition contributes to cognitive dysfunction in SAMP8 mice – Gaofeng Zhan – Aging

The role of regulator FucP in Edwardsiella tarda pathogenesis and the inflammatory cytokine response in tilapia – Jiayan Wu – Fish & Shellfish Immunology

Malassezia pachydermatis from animals: Planktonic and biofilm antifungal susceptibility and its virulence arsenal – Raimunda Sâmia Nogueira Brilhante – Veterinary Microbiology

 

Beneficial Microbes

Oral administration of Bifidobacterium bifidum TMC3115 to neonatal mice may alleviate IgE-mediated allergic risk in adulthood – R.Y. Cheng – Beneficial Microbes

Three-Month Feeding Integration With Bifidobacterium Strains Prevents Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Healthy Newborns – Irene Aloisio – Frontiers in Nutrition

 

Bioinformatics and Genomics

Review: Interrogating the microbiome: experimental and computational considerations in support of study reproducibility – Carine Poussin – Drug Discovery Today

CowPI: A Rumen Microbiome Focussed Version of the PICRUSt Functional Inference Software – Toby J. Wilkinson – Frontiers in Microbiology

Benchmark Evaluation of True Single Molecular Sequencing to Determine Cystic Fibrosis Airway Microbiome Diversity – Andrea Hahn – Frontiers in Microbiology

Next-Generation Machine Learning for Biological Networks – Diogo M. Camacho – Cell