Gut microbiota in acute malnutrition, social behavior and the chimpanzee pan-microbiome, arctic marine fungi, and learning ecological networks.
General microbiome
Immune-Microbiota Interactions: Dysbiosis as a Global Health Issue – Alan C. Logan – Current Allergy and Asthma Reports
Human oral microbiome
Long-term prospective cohort study on dental implants: clinical and microbiological parameters – Henri Tenenbaum – Clinical Oral Implants Research
Human reproductive tract microbiome
Alterations in the Genital Microbiota in Women With Spinal Cord Injury – Pires, Cristhiane V.G. – Obstetrics & Gynecology
Human gut microbiome
Gut Microbiota in Children Hospitalized with Oedematous and Non-Oedematous Severe Acute Malnutrition in Uganda – Kia Hee Schultz Kristensen – PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Editorial: Confounding Effects of Metformin on the Human Gut Microbiome in Type 2 Diabetes – Adil Mardinoglu – Cell Metabolism
Review: Impact of high fat diets, prebiotics and probiotics on gut microbiota and immune function, with relevance to elderly populations – Yue Liu – Nutrition and Aging
Review: Transkingdom control of viral infection and immunity in the mammalian intestine – Julie K. Pfeiffer – Science
Review: Micromanagement in the gut: microenvironmental factors govern colon mucosal biofilm structure and functionality – Rosemarie De Weirdt – NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes
Animal models
In rats: Alternating or continuous exposure to cafeteria diet leads to similar shifts in gut microbiota compared to chow diet – Nadeem O. Kaakoush – Molecular Nutrition & Food Research
In mice: Streptomycin treatment alters the intestinal microbiome, pulmonary T cell profile and airway hyperresponsiveness in a cystic fibrosis mouse model – Mark Bazett – Scientific Reports
Animal microbiome
Social behavior shapes the chimpanzee pan-microbiome – Andrew H. Moeller – Science Advances
Environmental drivers of microbial community shifts in the giant barrel sponge, Xestospongia muta, over a shallow to mesophotic depth gradient – Kathleen M. Morrow – Environmental Microbiology
Feeding cessation alters host morphology and bacterial communities in the ascidian Pseudodistoma crucigaster – Susanna López-Legentil – Frontiers in Zoology
Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Uncultivated margins are source of soil microbial diversity in an agricultural landscape –
Luciana D’Acunto – Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
Editorial: Deep influence of soil microbes – Karl Gruber – Nature Plants
Review: Soil microbes and community coalescence – Matthias C. Rillig – Pedobiologia
Water and extremophile microbiome
Linkages between mineralogy, fluid chemistry, and microbial communities within hydrothermal chimneys from the Endeavor Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge – T. J. Lin – Geochemistry, Geophysiscs, Geosystems
Exploration of microbial diversity and community structure of Lonar Lake: the only hypersaline meteorite crater lake within basalt rock – Dhiraj Paul – Frontiers in Microbiology
Vertical segregation and phylogenetic characterization of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea in the sediment of a freshwater aquaculture pond – Shimin Lu – Frontiers in Microbiology
Chytrids Dominate Arctic Marine Fungal Communities – B.T. Hassett – Environmental Microbiology
Built environment microbiome
Bacterial Monitoring in the International Space Station-“Kibo” Based on rRNA Gene Sequence – Nobuyasu Yamaguchi – Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences
Metagenomics and bioinformatics
Safe and complete contig assembly via omnitigs – Alexandru I. Tomescu – ArXiv
More microbiology and ecology
How clonal are bacteria over time? – B. Jesse Shapiro – BioRxiv
Transcription Factors Exhibit Differential Conservation in Bacteria with Reduced Genomes – Edgardo Galán-Vásquez – PLOS ONE
Learning Ecological Networks from Next-Generation Sequencing Data – Corinne Vacher – Advances in Ecological Research
Microbes in the news
Chimps Share Microbes When Socializing – Kate Yandell – The Scientist
How Your Social Life Changes Your Microbiome – Ed Yong – The Atlantic
Social Contact Helps Beneficial Gut Bacteria Spread – Brian Handwerk – Smithsonian
Prevent severe diarrhea by controlling levels of specific gut bacteria – Bel Marra Health
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