December 05, 2025

See you at MVIF next week!

Join us in December for #MVIF 44!We will discuss diverse #microbiome topics:human urinary, gut, oral and nasal microbiomes, extreme environments, anda new sequence alignment tool.

Microbiome Virtual International Forum (@microbiomevif.bsky.social) 2025-11-24T10:34:26.363Z

General microbiome

Consensus Statement: STREAMS guidelines: standards for technical reporting in environmental and host-associated microbiome studies – Julia M. Kelliher – Nature Microbiology

Urinary microbiome

Urinary biochemical ecology reveals microbiome-metabolite interactions and metabolic markers of recurrent urinary tract infection – Michael L. Neugent – NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes

Thrilled to share that our recent work is out in npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 🧵 (1/4)www.nature.com/articles/s41…

Mike Neugent PhD (@mikeneugent.bsky.social) 2025-11-24T17:49:26.272Z

Vaginal microbiome

Microbial and seminal traces of sexual intercourse and forensic implications – Sarah Ahannach – Microbiome

Ambient temperature affects the composition of the vaginal microbiome, and temperature-sensitive vaginal microbes influence assisted reproductive technology outcomes – Zheng Liu –  – Microbiome

Gut microbiome

HGMT: a database of human gut microbiota for tumors and immunotherapy response – Jinxin Liu – Genome Biology

Review: Circadian rhythms as a modulator of gut microbiota-tumor microenvironment crosstalk – Qinglong Xu – Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Dynamics of gut metabolome and microbiota maturation during early life – Anna-Katariina Aatsinki – iScience

Assembly of the infant gut microbiome and resistome are linked to bacterial strains in mother’s milk – Pamela Ferretti – Nature Communications

Animal microbiome

Core rumen microbes are functional generalists that sustain host metabolism and gut ecosystem function – Omar E. Tovar-Herrera – Nature Ecology & Evolution

Longitudinal changes in gut microbiota across reproductive states in wild baboons – Chelsea A. Southworth – bioRxiv

Probiotic effect of B. subtilis PS-216 in broiler chickens: modulation of weight, feed conversion, short chain fatty acids, microbiota and meat quality – Katarina Šimunović – Animal Microbiome

Animal experiments

The microbial metabolite imidazole propionate modulates hypothalamic activity and stress-induced behaviors – Gulistan Agirman – Cell Host & Microbe

Excited to share new work by Guli Agirman + co that identifies a direct mechanism linking gut microbial imidazole propionate to stress! 🧠🦠 Btw this image was made by Nano Banana Pro 🍌. First time I've gotten a model to accurately generate a science graphic 🤯 authors.elsevier.com/a/1mA5M6t8JE…

Elaine Hsiao (@pipethero.bsky.social) 2025-11-25T17:45:03.571Z

Using gnotobiotic mice to decipher effects of gut microbiome repair in undernourished children on tuft and goblet cell function – Yi Wang – PNAS

Selection and transmission of the gut microbiome alone can shift mammalian behavior – Taichi A. Suzuki – Nature Communications

Postbiotics

Review: Postbiotics as microbial-derived therapeutics for wound healing disorders: from molecular mechanisms to future application – Miroslav Dinić – Home  Cell Communication and Signaling

Phages and viruses

Unveiling the global urban virome through wastewater metagenomics – Nathalie Worp – Nature Communications 

Soil, root and plant microbiome

Rare taxa modulate the emergence of dominants in microbial communities – Jianing Wang – mBio

Integrated effects of anaerobic soil disinfestation and beneficial microbes in strawberry production – Baker D. Aljawasim – PlosOne

Food microbiome

Exploring diversity and functional contribution of the microbiome of traditional Italian dry-cured hams – Giulia Longhi – Current Research in Microbial Sciences

Environmental microbiome

The Microflora Danica atlas of Danish environmental microbiomes – C. M. Singleton – Nature

Microflora Danica: What can you learn from collecting and sequencing 10,000+ samples from a single country? Check out our new paper in @nature.com to find out. Incredible work led by Caitlin Singleton, Thomas B. N. Jensen, and Mads Albertsen from @aau.dk. 🦠🧫🧬www.nature.com/articles/s41…

Morten Kam Dahl Dueholm (@mkddueholm.bsky.social) 2025-12-03T20:50:16.284Z

Bioinformatics

TAGINE: Fast Taxonomy-based Feature Engineering for Microbiome Analysis – Shiri Baum – bioRxiv

Creating unity: linking 16S rRNA gene sequence information to the core taxonomy of genomes – Hilde Vinje – Environmental Microbiome

LorBin: efficient binning of long-read metagenomes by multiscale adaptive clustering and evaluation – Wei Xue – Nature Communications

cFMD v1.3.0 is here! 🚀We're thrilled to announce the release of the latest version of the curatedFoodMetagenomicData (cFMD) github.com/SegataLab/cFMDWhile we're keeping the same core datasets & samples, we've packed this release w/ significant improvements under the hood.1/4

Segata Lab (@cibiocm.bsky.social) 2025-11-26T13:09:52.484Z

December 04, 2025

Human & Clinical Microbiome

Modifiable risk factors for inflammatory bowel disease in KuwaitReem Alhasan – PLOS ONE


Host–Pathogen Interactions (Human-focused)

Pharmacokinetic profiles of Moutan Cortex after single and repeated administration in a colitis modelJin-Hwa Kim – PLOS ONE

ceRNA regulatory network and immune-neurodegenerative mechanisms of peripheral CD4+ T cells in Parkinson’s diseaseLijun Guo – PLOS ONE

Safety profile of TNF-α inhibitors in pediatric patientsYanmo Yang – PLOS ONE


Animal Microbiome

Gut bacteria induce heterologous immune priming in Rhodnius prolixusCarissa A Gilliland – PLOS Pathogens

A reliable in vitro rumen culture system for screening anti-methanogenic compoundsPhilip P Laric – PLOS ONE

High-Resolution Melting assays for discrimination of fungal pathogens causing Grapevine Trunk DiseasesFilipe Azevedo-Nogueira – PLOS ONE

Bimodal expression of Type III Secretion System 2 enables cooperative virulence in Salmonella TyphimuriumMilada Pospíšilová – PLOS Pathogens


Animal Experiments (disease models)

The female reproductive tract–gut axis in gastrointestinal parasitic infectionOlivia Shorthouse – PLOS Pathogens

Toxoplasma gondii disrupts intestinal microbiota and host metabolism in ratsJi-Xin Zhao – PLOS NTDs

Sarcopenia modelling by portal vein ligation inducing hyperammonemia in ratsMaria Nadinskaia – PLOS ONE

Evogliptin prevents ceramide-induced pyroptosis via NLRP3/GSDM-D pathwayRazia Rashid Rahil – PLOS ONE

Mechanistic insight into the antidiabetic effects of Ficus hispida fruitsNusaiba Jahan – PLOS ONE


Computational Microbiology & Modeling

Identification of dynamic models of microbial communitiesAna Paredes-Vázquez – PLOS Computational Biology

Accuracy of the Lotka–Volterra model fails in strongly coupled microbial systemsMichael P Mustri – PLOS Computational Biology


Plant, Soil & Ecological Microbiome

Distinct S-adenosylmethionine synthases link phosphatidylcholine to mitochondrial functionAthena L Munden – PLOS Biology

November 27, 2025

Human gut microbiome

Weifuchun alleviates MNNG-induced chronic atrophic gastritis by improving the gastric and intestinal microbiota homeostasis – Yingying Chen – PLOS ONE

Microbiota-supportive diets and hyperlipidemia: The mediating role of systemic inflammation – Wenjing Wang – PLOS ONE

Toxoplasma gondii disrupts intestinal microbiota and host metabolism in a rat model – Ji-Xin Zhao – PLOS NTDs

Body mass index distinctly modulates the associations between Alistipes and CRP/IL-6 – Lourdes Chero-Sandoval – PLOS ONE

Dogs with advanced myxomatous mitral valve disease have evidence of gastrointestinal bacterial translocation – Maria C Jugan – PLOS ONE

Predicting postoperative constipation in middle-aged and elderly fracture patients using machine learning – Xiaoyan Yang – PLOS ONE


Animal microbiome

Cecal microbiota of broilers responds similarly to black soldier fly larvae fat and conventional fat sources – Muhammad Rumman Aslam – PLOS ONE

Sarcopenia modelling by portal vein ligation inducing hyperammonemia in rats – Maria Nadinskaia – PLOS ONE


Oral / GI cancer microbiome

Serum IgG titer for Fusobacterium nucleatum and clinical outcome in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma – Toru Yoshikawa – PLOS ONE


Phages & bacterial pathogenesis

Structural determinants of SlpA-mediated phage recognition in Clostridioides difficile – Alexia LM Royer – PLOS Pathogens

Disruption of yqhG attenuates virulence in MRSA by compromising membrane stability – Jianhua Liao – PLOS ONE

Host range of generalist and specialist phages in capsule-diverse Klebsiella hosts – Celia Ferriol-González – PLOS Biology


Immunology / human disease

Large-scale seroepidemiology uncovers nephro-urological pathologies with tau autoimmunity – Andreia D Magalhães – PLOS Biology


Plant, soil & ecological microbiome

Root-associated Streptomyces strains enriched during drought reveal diverse functional traits – Citlali Fonseca-Garcia – PLOS Biology

Co-infections shaping Chlamydia pecorum infection outcomes in northern koalas – Yasmine S S Muir – PLOS Pathogens

Trade-offs between yields and sustainability in winter wheat systems under climate change – Jennifer Michel – PLOS Climate


Clinical microbiology

Clinical impact of prophylactic antibiotics in kidney transplantation – Sang Ah Lee – PLOS ONE


Microbial interactions

Veillonella species increase Listeria monocytogenes growth in broth and biofilms – Fanie Shedleur-Bourguignon – PLOS ONE

November 21, 2025

prepared by Bugembe Allan

Human gut microbiome

Effects of ascorbic acid on intestinal flora and metabolites of C57 mice exposed to formaldehyde in the digestive tract – Xin Ling – PLOS ONE

Consumption of non-sugar sweeteners by Brazilian adolescents and adults in 2017–2018: Socioeconomic distribution and food sources – Luisa Gazola Lage – PLOS ONE

The impact of day care attendance on antibiotic use among children aged 0–12 years: A population-based register study – Tapio Räsänen – PLOS ONE

Continuous Glucose Monitoring under standardised conditions regarding diet, exercise and stress in Healthy Young People (CGM-HYPE study) – Florian Kinny – PLOS Digital Health

Animal microbiome

Triadic relationships between pasture exposure, gastrointestinal parasites, and hindgut microbiomes in grazing lambs – Jack Jefferson – PLOS ONE

Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis from raw milk of dairy cattle and ewes – Inamullah – PLOS ONE

Fate of Trypanosoma cruzi in bed bugs after oral ingestion or intrathoracic injection – Sanam Meraj – PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Salmonella enterica exploits the auxin signaling pathway to overcome stomatal immunity – Brianna Fochs – PLOS Pathogens

Microbial Ecology

Bacterial immune systems as causes and consequences of microbiome structure – Rafael Custodio – PLOS Biology

Human respiratory microbiome

Non-canonical metatranscriptomic analysis of COVID-19 and Dengue reveals an expanded microbial and AMR landscape in COVID-19 mortality patients – Aanchal Yadav – PLOS Pathogens

Metagenomics & Bioinformatics

tvsfglasso: Time-varying scale-free graphical lasso for network estimation from time-series data – Markku Kuismin – PLOS Computational Biology

Quantifying microbial interactions based on compositional data with generalized Lotka-Volterra equations – Yue Huang – PLOS Computational Biology

Water microbiome

Diverse biophysical and molecular mechanisms drive phytoplankton sinking in response to starvation – Yanqi Wu – PLOS Biology

Phages & Viruses

ATG-3 limits Orsay virus infection in C. elegans and regulates collagen pathways – Gowri Kalugotla – PLOS Pathogens

Animal experiments

Antioxidant and antidiabetic effects of Angylocalyx oligophyllus leaves aqueous extract in pregnant diabetic rats – Christian Tenezogang Takoukam – PLOS ONE

October 24, 2025

Gut & Human Microbiome

The microbiome and gut–lung axis in nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease – Ria N. Thompson – PLOS Pathogens

Alterations in the gut microbiota of alcoholic cirrhosis patients infected with Clonorchis sinensis in the Pearl River Delta region of China – Aijun Huang – PLOS ONE

Association between dietary B vitamins intake and age-specific blood pressure: A cross-sectional study in American adults – Xianfeng Li – PLOS ONE

Animal & Environmental Microbiomes

Cuts or carcasses? Diet form affects fecal microbial and animal fiber fractions in a large carnivore, the Asiatic lion – Mengmeng Sun – PLOS ONE

From pre-oral secretions to gut digestion: How do Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) larvae handle Leishmania major? – Azam Malekian – PLOS ONE

Pathogenicity and transmission of Morganella morganii in honey bees – Yijun Chen – PLOS Pathogens

Mitogenomics of the tropical bont tick Amblyomma variegatum reveals vertical and horizontal transmission of Rickettsia africae – Elisha Chatanga – PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Regulation of lipid metabolism in Spodoptera frugiperda by the symbiotic bracovirus of the gregarious parasitoid Cotesia ruficrus – Xian Li – PLOS Pathogens

The genome of Gallaecimonas pentaromativorans strain 10A, isolated from a Pacific oyster, sheds light on an environmentally widespread genus with remarkable metabolic potential – Yasmine Gouin – PLOS ONE

Plant, Soil & Microbial Ecology

Starve or share? Phosphate availability shapes plant–microbe interactions – Maja Schmidt – PLOS Pathogens

PMA-qPCA: Accelerating the market release of high-quality Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens inoculant – Mariana Cap – PLOS ONE

Ancient & Evolutionary Microbiomes

Targeted pathogen profiling of ancient feces reveals common enteric infections in the Rio Zape Valley, 725–920 CE – Drew Capone – PLOS ONE

Health, Disease & Microbial Interactions

Differential regulation of the eicosanoid biosynthesis pathway in response to Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei infection in Litopenaeus vannamei – Wananit Wimuttisuk – PLOS ONE

Microplastic exposure and allergic rhinitis: Network toxicology and molecular docking insights – Yaojun Wang – PLOS ONE

Comparative evaluation of the antimicrobial, antioxidant, and cytotoxic properties of essential oils from vetiver, lemongrass, and clove buds with implications for topical application – Acharawan Thongmee – PLOS ONE

October 13, 2025

General Microbiome

Human microbiota research in Africa: a systematic review reveals gaps and priorities for future research – Imane Allali – Microbiome

Gut microbiome

Gut microbiota alterations are linked to COVID-19 severity in North African and European populations – Marius Bredon – Nature

Expanding the human gut microbiome atlas of Africa -Dylan G. Maghini – Nature

Vaginal microbiome

Changes in the vaginal microbiome in female patients with condyloma acuminatum and its impact on persistent HPV infection – Zhiyu Liu – Nature

Associations among HPV persistence, the vaginal microbiome, and cervical cancer recurrence – Despina Tsementzi – Journal of Translational Medicine

Respiratory Microbiome

Impact of RNA extraction on respiratory microbiome analysis using third-generation sequencing – Alice Michel – BMC Genomics

Animal microbiome

UPGG: expanding the taxonomic and functional diversity of the pig gut microbiome with an enhanced genome catalog – Shuang Liu – Nature

Soil warming increases the active antibiotic resistome in the gut of invasive giant African snails – Yiyue Zhang – Microbiome

Water Microbiome

Decoding the genetic drivers of marine bacterial blooms through comparative genomics – Xavier Rey-Velasco – Microbiome

Bioinformatics

Influence of creatine pyruvate on newly received cattle: insights from metagenomics and metabolomics – Kang Mao – BMC Microbiology

Computational microbiome pharmacology analysis elucidates the anti-cancer potential of vaginal microbes and metabolites – Damilola C Lawore  – Frontiers

October 3, 2025

See you at the MVIF 42!

NEW #MVIF program is out! 🤩Free registration: cassyni.com/s/mvif-42⭐️ Highlights:🇦🇺 @gbouras13.bsky.social🇺🇸 Danica Schmidtke⭐️ Keynote:🇺🇸 Peter Turnbaugh⭐️ Talks: 🇸🇬 Minghao Chia🇺🇸 @arzamasovalex.bsky.social 🇳🇿 Brooke Wilson

Microbiome Virtual International Forum (@microbiomevif.bsky.social) 2025-09-23T14:27:57.484Z

Human gut microbiome

Micro-scale spatial metagenomics: revealing high-resolution spatial biogeography of gut microbiomes – Carlotta Pietroni – bioRxiv

Animal microbiome

Capturing global pet dog gut microbial diversity and hundreds of near-finished bacterial genomes by using long-read metagenomics in a Shanghai cohort – Anna Cuscó – bioRxiv

Finally, the results of my postdoc at the @bigdatabiology.bsky.social lab in Shanghai see the light! The work includes my three favorite things research-wise: 🦠 microbiome, 🧬 long-reads, and 🐶 dogs.See our new preprint:www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1…

Anna Cusco (@annacusco.bsky.social) 2025-09-23T11:23:52.836Z

Genome-resolved metagenomics reveals microbiome diversity across 48 tick species – Li-Feng Du – Nature Microbiology

The selective culture and enrichment of major rumen bacteria on three distinct anaerobic culture media – Alice M. Buckner – Microbiology Spectrum

Animal experiments

The microbiota extends the reproductive lifespan by safeguarding the ovarian reserve – Sarah K. Munyoki – bioRxiv

Comment: From gut to gamete: how the microbiome influences fertility and preconception health – Sarah K. Munyoki – Microbiome

Review: Microbiome in heritage: how maternal microbiome transmission impacts next generation health – Clara Delaroque & Benoit Chassaing – Microbiome

Water microbiome

Metagenomics reveal allopatric speciation and higher connectivity among coastal vs. inland hypersaline lakes and solar salterns – Tomeu Viver – bioRxiv

Bioinformatics

microbetag: simplifying microbial network interpretation through annotation, enrichment tests, and metabolic complementarity analysis – Haris Zafeiropoulos – Genome Biology

our software, microbetag, for the annotation of microbial co-occurrence networks with phenotypic traits & metabolic complementarities was just publishedA Cytoscape app is also available to make your life easier (and prettier)#microbiome #metabolic-modeling #networks

Haris Zafeiropoulos (@hariszaf.bsky.social) 2025-09-23T09:42:39.741Z

A roadmap for equitable reuse of public microbiome data – Laura A. Hug – Nature Microbiology

Reference-guided assembly of metagenomes with MetaCompass – Tu Luan – Cell Reports Methods

👏 “To promote more inclusive scientific discussions with international colleagues at our conferences, virtual delegates based in Lower and Middle-Income Countries can register for free”

Svetlana Ugarcina Perovic (@svetlanaup.bsky.social) 2025-09-30T07:09:00.327Z

September 19, 2025

prepared by Bugembe Allan

Gut microbiome

Iron-saturated bovine lactoferrin preserves microbiota diversity and healthy ageing-associated taxa in an in vitro colon model of elderly gut microbiota – María Ruiz-Rico – PLOS ONE

Repopulation of the gut microbiota after a screening colonoscopy – Yezaz A. Ghouri – PLOS ONE

Gut microbiome signatures in iNPH: Insights from a shotgun metagenomics study – Rahel Park – PLOS ONE

Animal microbiome

Bacterial assemblages on eggs reflect nesting strategies in wetland-associated birds – Wouter F. D. van Dongen – PLOS ONE

Substrate degradation and black soldier fly larvae bioconversion performance profile on co-digested oil palm biomass-based feedstock – Mulki Salendra Kusumah – PLOS ONE

Soil microbiome

Mycelial traits and GRSP in enhancing soil stability on cold region highway slopes: Comparative effects of three shrub species – Yibo Li – PLOS ONE

Food microbiome

Investigation of bacterial community and histamine production in fresh mackerel at low temperature storage – Grace Margareta – PLOS ONE

Combinatorial effects of Zingiber officinale and Citrus limon juices: Hypolipidemic and antioxidant insights from in vivo, in vitro, and in silico investigations – Oussama Bekkouch – PLOS ONE

Human Health & Disease

Maternal-infant rotavirus-specific antibody kinetics to inform timing of vaccine boosting in Malawi: An observational study – Jonathan Mandolo – PLOS Medicine

Mother-child autonomic nervous system interaction as an indication of parental stress: 24-hour cross recurrence plot analysis – Jiarui Li – PLOS ONE

Pre-infection cerebral cortex structure predicts murine sepsis outcome – Robert M. Gallant – PLOS ONE

Optimized processing of Gardenia Fruits with ginger juice: Unveiling therapeutic mechanisms for cholestatic liver injury through TLR4/NF-κB, FXR/PPAR-α, and PI3K/AKT/GSK-3β – Chenzi Lyu – PLOS ONE

Pathogens & Virulence

How Klebsiella pneumoniae controls its virulence – To Nguyen Thi Nguyen – PLOS Pathogens

Coronavirus M protein impairs cilium during early infection by enhancing the AurA-HDAC6 axis – Tenghan Zhuang – PLOS Pathogens

Virulence gene profile and antimicrobial resistance patterns of Aeromonas hydrophila in farmed catfishes – Farjana Ferdousi – PLOS ONE

Chimeric PRR T-cell-engager targeting cell surface β-1,3-glucan for invasive candidiasis – Yu Fang Sun – PLOS Pathogens

September 5, 2025

See you next week at #GloMiNe2025!

Program for #GloMiNe2025 "Preservation of microbial diversity” by @microbiotavault.bsky.social ‬and #MVIF is OUT:cassyni.com/s/mvif-glomi…1/3

Microbiome Virtual International Forum (@microbiomevif.bsky.social) 2025-08-22T11:42:37.937Z

Gut microbiome

Gut fungi are associated with human genetic variation and disease risk – Emily P. Van Syoc – Plos Biology

The resident gut microbiome modulates the effect of synbiotics on the immunogenicity after SARS-COV-2 vaccination in elderly and diabetes patients – Lin Zhang – npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Subspecies of the human gut microbiota carry implicit information for in-depth microbiome research – Matija Tričković – Cell Host & Microbe

New paper out: Subspecies of the human gut microbiota carry implicit information for in-depth microbiome research.

Silas Kieser (@silask.bsky.social) 2025-08-29T10:06:18.408Z

Impact of early life antibiotic and probiotic treatment on gut microbiome and resistome of very-low-birth-weight preterm infants – Raymond Kiu – Nature Communications

A defined microbial community reproduces attributes of fine flavour chocolate fermentation – David Gopaulchan – Nature Microbiology

Gut microbiome alterations precede graft rejection in kidney transplantation patients – Johannes Holle – American Journal of Transplantation

Adolescent girls at familial risk for depression with more advanced adrenarche have altered gut microbiota – A. Kolobaric – bioRxiv

Effects of a combined energy restriction and vigorous-intensity exercise intervention on the human gut microbiome: A randomised controlled trial – Russell G. Davies – The Journal of Physiology

Resistome

Variation and prognostic potential of the gut antibiotic resistome in the FINRISK 2002 cohort – Katariina Pärnänen – Nature Communications

Oral microbiome

Complementary Predictors for Asthma Attack Prediction in Children: Salivary Microbiome, Serum Inflammatory Mediators, and Past Attack History – Shahriyar Shahbazi Khamas – Allergy

Profiles of oral microbiota and metabolites in periodontitis and benign prostatic hyperplasia patients: a pilot study – Cong Zhu – Microbiology Spectrum

SANA-Biome: A Protocol for a Cross-Sectional Study on Oral Health, Diet, and the Oral Microbiome in Romania – Sterling L. Wright – Healthcare 

🧬🪥 Just published! Our new paper introduces the SANA-biome, a biocultural study exploring how diet, lifestyle, and the oral microbiome shape periodontal health in Romania.📰 Read the open-access protocol in Healthcare: 👉 http://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/13…

Sterling L. Wright (@anthbyte.bsky.social) 2025-08-27T16:01:43.887Z

Animal microbiome

Metagenomics reveals fibre fermentation and AMR pathways in red grouse (Lagopus scotica) microbiota – Anum Ali Ahmad – BMC Microbiology

Thrilled that our new paper on the Red Grouse microbiota has now been published in BMC Microbiology: doi.org/10.1186/s128…! A really rewarding collaboration between our team and Nick Hesford and Kathy Fletcher from the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust @gwct.org.uk.

Laura Glendinning (@microbes4ever.bsky.social) 2025-08-19T14:12:37.569Z

Establishment of the early gut microbiota in vaginally delivered infants: the influence of maternal gut microbiota outweighs vaginal microbiota – Haishan Xie – Microbiology Spectrum

Integrative multi-omics analysis of dietary fibre-induced modulations in the composition and function of chicken caecal microbiota – Anum Ali Ahmad – bioRxiv

Vaginal microbiome

Degradation of Resistant α-1,4-glucan by Vaginal Gardnerella Species is Associated with Bacterial Vaginosis – Rosanne Hertzberger – Current Microbiology 

Animal experiments

The microbiome is associated with obesity-related metabolome signature in the process of aging – Dana Binyamin – npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Evidence for an indigenous female mouse urobiome – Sidra Sohail – bioRxiv 

Food microbiome 

Microbiome profiling of Grana Padano and Parmigiano Reggiano cheeses reveals cheese-specific biomarkers, psychobiotic potential, and bioprotective activities – Vincenzo Valentino – npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Metabolomics

Microbes release lower-value metabolites at higher rates – Snorre Sulheim – bioRxiv

So excited to share this new paper by @sulheim.bsky.social and others! It's rare that you find a pattern, propose a hypothesis and the more you look, the more data you find that fits! Snorre's intuition, hard work and rigour to put it all together have been inspiring! Let us know what you think…

Sara Mitri (@saramitri.bsky.social) 2025-08-22T14:05:47.584Z

Soil microbiome

236 metagenome-assembled microbial genomes from rivers along a latitudinal gradient – Xiang Xiong – Scientific Data 

Bioinformatics

StrainFacts accurately quantifies both endogenous and live biotherapeutic product strain abundances in simulated and clinical vaginal microbiota samples – Johnathan Shih – bioRxiv

Comparison of iSeq and Miseq in 16S rRNA sequencing-based human gut microbiome analysis – Yanling Wang – bioRxiv 

Podcast

Biopolis – into the microbiome A young scientist is looking for answers in the human microbiome.

Food systems are teeming with complex microbial networks, carried from soil and water to crops, animals, and humans. Can we better track and steer these networks to enhance ecosystem health and food security? Find out more at this #FrontiersForum webinar ➡️ fro.ntiers.in/NfcCnmIEkWb

Paul Cotter (@pauldcotter.bsky.social) 2025-09-05T13:25:35.039Z

April 11, 2025

Happy Friday and see you next week at MVIF!

NEXT WEEK don't miss #MVIF 38 on Microbiome and Citizen Science👉https://cassyni.com/s/mvif-38& meet:🇫🇷 @patrickveiga.bsky.social & Mathieu Almeida🇮🇹Claudia Cappello 🇨🇦 @waldispuhl.bsky.social 🇺🇸Daniel McDonald🇺🇸Mikayla A. Borton🇧🇪Sarah Ahannach🇳🇱Saara Suominen🇺🇸 @gilbertjacka.bsky.social

Microbiome Virtual International Forum (@microbiomevif.bsky.social) 2025-04-07T14:59:29.156Z

Gut microbiome

The South American MicroBiome Archive (saMBA): Enriching the healthy microbiome concept by evaluating uniqueness and biodiversity of neglected populations – Benjamin Valderrama – bioRxiv

Excited to share our preprint on the South American MicroBiome Archive (saMBA)! 🌎🦠.We analysed one of the regions with the fewest microbiome samples but some of the highest biodiversities.📄: shorturl.at/Lmvp5 🧵: What did we find—and why? Find out 👇#microbiome #gut-microbiome (1/8)

Ben Valderrama (@bvalderrama.bsky.social) 2025-04-09T12:50:10.653Z

Microbiome–metabolome dynamics associated with impaired glucose control and responses to lifestyle changes – Hao Wu – Nature Medicine

Gene-by-environment interactions modulate the infant gut microbiota in asthma and atopy – Sara A. Stickley – Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Mutualistic interactions between Escherichia coli and Bifidobacterium bifidum enable degradation of human milk oligosaccharides in healthy infants – David Seki – bioRxiv

Excited to finally share results from my first post-doc @halllab.bsky.social 🫡E.coli commonly occurs in infant gut microbiota, yet its role during healthy development has been disregarded. In our pre-print, we reveal its fundamental involvement in HMO-degradation.www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1…

David Seki (@sekid.bsky.social) 2025-04-09T15:12:35.525Z

Delivery Mode Impacts Gut Bacteriophage Colonization During Infancy – Poorani Subramanian – Gut Microbes Report

Our paper on #bacteriophages in the infant gut #microbiome came out earlier this year.This work was a long time coming, and I'm super proud to be first author alongside Suchi Hourigan and Hector Romero Soto of the Clinical Microbiome Unit at NIAID.doi.org/10.1080/2993…

poorani (@poorani.bsky.social) 2025-04-09T17:08:33.195Z

Animal microbiome

Humpback whales harbor a highly novel and endemic gut microbiome that adapts to periods of fasting during migration – Ryan Bos – bioRxiv

Wild house mice have a more dynamic and aerotolerant gut microbiota than laboratory mice – Eveliina Hanski – BMC Microbiology

Animal experiments

Acute stress enhances synaptic plasticity in male mice via a microbiota-dependent mechanism – Cristina Rosell-Cardona – Neuropharmacology

First paper from my PD at @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social out! 🥳Do you want to know how acute stress enhances synaptic plasticity?Our latest study shows that the gut microbiota is essential.@jfcryan.bsky.social @kjdoriordan.bsky.socialsciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0028390825001406?s=08

Cristina Rosell Cardona (@crosellcardona.bsky.social) 2025-04-05T15:13:41.606Z

Built environment

Assessing microbial diversity in open-pit mining: Metabarcoding analysis of soil and pit microbiota across operational and restoration stages – Priscila Heredia Reto – PlosOne

Bioinformatics

Commentary: Mixing microbiomes in vitro reveals rules of community assembly – Alyssa H. Mitchell and Tami D. Lieberman – PNAS

CoverM: Read alignment statistics for metagenomics – Samuel T N Aroney – Bioinformatics

Excited to introduce the preprint for CoverM: the Swiss Army knife of coverage calculators for metagenomics! 🧬🖥️ DOI: doi.org/10.48550/arX…@benjwoodcroft.bsky.social @viralinstruction.bsky.social @apcamargo.bsky.social

Samuel Aroney (@aroneys.bsky.social) 2025-01-22T06:11:42.303Z

Investigating statistical power of differential abundance studies – Michael Agronah and Benjamin Bolker – PlosOne

MetaDAVis: An R shiny application for metagenomic data analysis and visualization – Sankarasubramanian Jagadesan and Chittibabu Guda – PlosOne 

Anita & I chatted abt #opensource tools, dbs and **community** around the microbiome science in #OpenSourceDiaries!I mentioned @bioconductor.bsky.social @microbiomevif.bsky.social & @merenbey.bsky.social’s anvi’o & other important tools for microbiome data analysis.www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yii…

Svetlana Ugarcina Perovic (@svetlanaup.bsky.social) 2025-04-07T17:17:29.063Z