Category Archives: Water microbiome

October 9, 2018

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Pregnancy and early life

Gut Microbiota and Body Weight in School‐Aged Children: The KOALA Birth Cohort Study – Catherine A. Mbakwa – Obesity

Multi-site human microbiome

Grow With the Challenge – Microbial Effects on Epithelial Proliferation, Carcinogenesis, and Cancer Therapy – Jakob von Frieling – Frontiers in Microbiology

Human respiratory microbiome

Microbiome dataset from the upper respiratory tract of patients living with HIV, HIV/TB and TB from Myanmar – Kyaw SoeHtuna – Data in Brief

Human skin microbiome

The microbiome of the “sterile” pustules in palmoplantar pustulosis – Kana Masuda‐Kuroki – Experimental Dermatology

Human vaginal microbiome

Evaluation of patient- versus provider-collected vaginal swabs for microbiome analysis during pregnancy – Kristine M. Wylie – BMC Research Notes

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Animal experiments

Protective effects of a triple-fermented barley extract (FBe) against HCl/EtOH-induced gastric mucosa damage in mice – Jong‐Min Lim – Food Science & Nutrition

Guarana (Paullinia cupana Mart.) alters gut microbiota and modulates redox status, partially via caffeine in Wistar rats – Alexandre Kleber Silveira – Phytotherapy Research

Gut microbiota–dependent modulation of innate immunity and lymph node remodeling affects cardiac allograft outcomes – Jonathan S. Bromberg – JCI Insight

Prokaryotic communities of Indo-Pacific giant barrel sponges are more strongly influenced by geography than host phylogeny – T Swierts – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

In vitro experiments

A Simple In Vitro Gut Model for Studying the Interaction between Escherichia coli and the Intestinal Commensal Microbiota in Cecal Mucus – Matthew E Mokszycki – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Animal microbiome

Tissue-specific immune responses to Vibrio sp. infection in mussels (Perna canaliculus): A metabolomics approach – Thao V. Nguyen – Aquaculture

Conserved microbiota among young Heliconius butterfly species – Bas van Schooten – Peer J

Microbial community composition of nest-carton and adjoining soil of the ant Lasius fuliginosus and the role of host secretions in structuring microbial communities – Pina Brinker – Fungal Ecology

Comparative metagenomics of the gut microbiota in wild greylag geese (Anser anser) and ruddy shelducks (Tadorna ferruginea) – Wen Wang – Microbiology Open

Microbiome and Blood Analyte Differences Point to Community and Metabolic Signatures in Lean and Obese Horses – Amy S. Biddle – Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Determinants of Deadwood-Inhabiting Fungal Communities in Temperate Forests: Molecular Evidence From a Large Scale Deadwood Decomposition Experiment – Witoon Purahong –

Induction of defense mechanisms involved in disease resistance of onion blight disease caused by Botrytis allii – Mohamed M A Hussein – Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Ectomycorrhizal fungi may not act as a barrier inhibiting host plant absorption of heavy metals – Yangze Tang – Chemosphere

The impacts of deglaciation and human activity on the taxonomic structure of prokaryotic communities in Antarctic soils on King George Island – E.V. Pershina – Antarctic Science

Fungal, Bacterial, and Archaeal Diversity in Soils Beneath Native and Introduced Plants in Fiji, South Pacific – Gian Maria Niccolò Benucci – Microbial Ecology

Mangrove Sediment Microbiome: Adaptive Microbial Assemblages and Their Routed Biogeochemical Processes in Yunxiao Mangrove National Nature Reserve, China – Xiaolan Lin – Microbial Ecology

Draft Genome Sequence of Burkholderia reimsis BE51, a Plant-Associated Bacterium Isolated from Agricultural Rhizosphere – Qassim Esmaeel – Microbiology Resource Announcements

Rhizosphere microbial response to multiple metal(loid)s in different contaminated arable soils indicates crop-specific metal-microbe interactions – Weimin Sun – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Draft Genome Sequence of Burkholderia reimsis BE51, a Plant-Associated Bacterium Isolated from Agricultural Rhizosphere – Qassim Esmaeel – Microbiology Resource Announcements

Rhizosphere microbial response to multiple metal(loid)s in different contaminated arable soils indicates crop-specific metal-microbe interactions – Weimin Sun – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Apple rootstocks of different nitrogen tolerance affect the rhizosphere bacterial community composition – Xiaofen Chai – Journal of Applied Microbiology

Draft Genome Sequence of Pseudomonas sp. Strain MWU13-2860, Isolated from a Wild Cranberry Bog in Truro, Massachusetts – Ghazal Ebadzadsahrai – Microbiology Resource Announcements

Biotechnological potential of plant growth-promoting bacteria from the roots and rhizospheres of endemic plants in ironstone vegetation in southeastern Brazil – Érica Barbosa Felestrino – World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Effects of consecutive monoculture of sweet potato on soil bacterial community as determined by pyrosequencing – Huan Li – Journal of Basic Microbiology

Air and waterborne microbiome of a pharmaceutical plant provide insights on spatiotemporal variations and community resilience after disturbance – Filippo Pacchioni – BMC Microbiology

Spatial variability of microbial communities in a fractured sedimentary rock matrix impacted by a mixed organics plume – Gláucia da P. Lima – Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Modeling microbial communities from atrazine contaminated soils promotes the development of biostimulation solutions – Xihui Xu – The ISME Journal

Root growth, function and rhizosphere microbiome analyses show local rather than systemic effects in apple plant response to replant disease soil – Maik Lucas – PLOS One

Rhizosphere microbiome structure alters to enable wilt resistance in tomato – Min-Jung Kwak – Nature Biotechnology

Soil microbial community structure in the rhizosphere of Robinia pseudoacacia L. seedlings exposed to elevated air temperature and cadmium-contaminated soils for 4 years – X.Jia – Science of the Total Environment

Water and extremophile microbiome

Desiccation- and Saline-Tolerant Bacteria and Archaea in Kalahari Pan Sediments – Steffi Genderjahn – Frontiers in Microbiology

Air and waterborne microbiome of a pharmaceutical plant provide insights on spatiotemporal variations and community resilience after disturbance – Filippo Pacchioni – BMC Microbiology

High diversity of thermophilic cyanobacteria in Rupite hot spring identified by microscopy, cultivation, single-cell PCR and amplicon sequencing – Otakar Strunecký – Extremophiles

Structure of Microbial Mats in the Mramornaya Bay (Crimea) Coastal Areas – N. V. Pimenov – Microbiology

Characterization of a novel bacteriophage specific to Exiguobacterium indicum isolated from a plateau eutrophic lake – Shiying Zhang – Journal of Basic Biology

Pangenomic comparison of globally distributed Poribacteria associated with sponge hosts and marine particles – Sheila Podell – The ISME Journal

The impact of iron nanoparticles on technetium-contaminated groundwater and sediment microbial communities – Laura Newsome – Journal of Hazardous Materials

Microbial diversity and antibiotic resistance in a final effluent-receiving lake – Kinga Bondarczuk – Science of the Total Environment

Reduced chlorine in drinking water distribution systems impacts bacterial biodiversity in biofilms – Claire Bertelli – Frontiers in Microbiology

Microbial Ecology

A Microbial Saga: How to Study an Unexpected Hot Spot of Microbial Biodiversity from Scratch? – Valeria Souza – Cuatro Ciénegas Ecology, Natural History and Microbiology

How Divergent Is the Cuatro Ciénegas Oasis? Genomic Studies of Microbial Populations and Niche Differentiation – Zulema Gomez-Lunar – Cuatro Ciénegas Ecology, Natural History and Microbiology

Trace metals supplementation enhanced microbiota and biohythane production by two-stage thermophilic fermentation – Chonticha Mamimin – International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Microcosms and Mesocosms: A Way to Test the Resilience of Microbial Communities in Cuatro Ciénegas – Nguyen E. López-Lozano – Cuatro Ciénegas Ecology, Natural History and Microbiology

Resistome

Candida albicans biofilm–induced vesicles confer drug resistance through matrix biogenesis – Robert Zarnowski – PLOS One

Microbes in space

Comparing Spore Resistance of Bacillus Strains Isolated from Hydrothermal Vents and Spacecraft Assembly Facilities to Environmental Stressors and Decontamination Treatments – Vincenzo Zammuto – Mary Ann Liebert Publishers

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Probiotics / prebiotics

Understanding mode of action can drive the translational pipeline towards more reliable health benefits for probiotics – Michiel Kleerebezem – Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Systematic review with meta‐analysis: the efficacy of prebiotics, probiotics, synbiotics and antibiotics in irritable bowel syndrome – Alexander C. Ford – Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Phages and viruses

Characterization of dog serum virome from Northeastern Brazil – M.N.Weber – Virology

Hyperdiverse Viral Communities in an Oligotrophic Oasis (Cuatro Ciénegas): Marine Affinities and Microgeographic Differentiation – P. Isa – Cuatro Ciénegas Ecology, Natural History and Microbiology

Bioinformatics

IMG/M v.5.0: an integrated data management and comparative analysis system for microbial genomes and microbiomes – I-Min A Chen – Nucleic Acids Research

Strain-GeMS: Optimized subspecies identification from microbiome data based on accurate variant modeling – Chongyang Tan – Bioinformatics

Strain-GeMS: Optimized subspecies identification from microbiome data based on accurate variant modeling – Chongyang Tan – Bioinformatics

 

 

October 8, 2018

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The Digest is back with a lot of plant and soil microbiome papers. Highlights include how nematodes may alter microbial communities to benefit the host, a review on host-microbe interactions affecting acne, and a common garden study on causal relationship between plant phenotype and its rhizosphere microbiome.

General microbiology

A Candida auris Outbreak and Its Control in an Intensive Care Setting – David W. Eyre et al. – New England Journal of Medicine

** Diplogastrellus nematodes are sexually transmitted mutualists that alter the bacterial and fungal communities of their beetle host – Cristina C. Ledón-Rettig et al. – PNAS

Cross-talk between MarR-like transcription factors coordinates the regulation of motility in uropathogenic Escherichia coli – Courtney L. Luterbach & Harry L.T. Mobley – Infection and Immunity

Antibiotic resistance

Environmental dimensions of antibiotic resistance: Assessment of basic science gaps – Kornelia Smalla et al. – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Human skin microbiome

** Host-microbiome interactions and recent progress into understanding the biology of acne vulgaris – Alan M. O’Neill & Richard L. Gallo – Microbiome

Human oral microbiome

Molecular analysis of oral microflora in patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome by using high-throughput sequencing – Zhifang Zhou et al. – PeerJ

Human repiratory microbiome

Genomics, Microbiomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia – Charitharth Vivek Lal et al. – Seminars in Perinatology

Human gut microbiome

Association of metformin administration with gut microbiome dysbiosis in healthy volunteers – Ilze Elbere et al. – PLoS One

Oral probiotic combination of Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium alters the gastrointestinal microbiota during antibiotic treatment for Clostridium difficile infection – T. J. De Wolfe et al. – PLoS One

Review: Impact of the gut microbiota on chemical risk assessment – Tine Rask Licht & Martin Iain Bahl – Current Opinion in Toxicology

Alterations in gut bacterial and fungal microbiomes are associated with bacterial Keratitis, an inflammatory disease of the human eye – Rajagopalaboopathi Jayasudha et al. – Journal of Biosciences

The Microbiome and Radiation Induced-Bowel Injury: Evidence for Potential Mechanistic Role in Disease Pathogenesis – Tomoko Kumagai et al. – Nutrients

Impact of Agaricus bisporus Mushroom Consumption on Gut Health Markers in Healthy Adults – Julie Hess et al. – Nutrients

Animal experiments

Effect of probiotic treatment on the clinical course, intestinal microbiome, and toxigenic Clostridium perfringens in dogs with acute hemorrhagic diarrhea – Anna-Lena Ziese et al. – PLoS One

Caloric restriction promotes functional changes involving short-chain fatty acid biosynthesis in the rat gut microbiota – Alessandro Tanca et al. – Scientific Reports

Animal microbiome

Evidence for Gut-Associated Serratia symbiotica in Wild Aphids and Ants Provides New Perspectives on the Evolution of Bacterial Mutualism in Insects – François Renoz et al. – Microbial Ecology

Plant, root and soil microbiome

Vertical stratification of bacteria and the chemical compounds in crude oil-contaminated soil layers of the semi-deserted Dzungharian Basin – Jiang-Ke Yang et al. – PLoS One

Dynamics of Changes in Microbiological Composition of Stored Sediments – Aleksandra Sałata et al. – Journal of Ecological Engineering

Review: Nano-scale undead drivers of microbial life, biogeochemical turnover and ecosystem functions – Yakov Kuzyakov & Kyle Mason-Jones – Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Response of microbial communities to different organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) contamination levels in contaminated soils – Yu Du et al. – Chemosphere

Changes in the soil microbial communities of alpine steppe at Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau under different degradation levels – Heng Zhou et al. – Science of The Total Environment

Responses of the endophytic bacterial communities of Juncus acutus to pollution with metals, emerging organic pollutants and to bioaugmentation with indigenous strains – Evdokia Syranidou et al. – Frontiers in Plant Science

Desert and steppe soils exhibit lower autotrophic microbial abundance but higher atmospheric CO2 fixation capacity than meadow soils – Kang Zhao et al. – Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Bacterial microbiota and metabolic character of traditional sour cream and butter in Buryatia, Russia – Jie Yu et al. – Frontiers in Microbiology

Interactions between soil properties, soil microbes and plants in remnant-grassland and old-field areas: a reciprocal transplant approach – Monique E. Smith et al. – Plant and Soil

Exploration of the Biosynthetic Potential of the Populus Microbiome – Patricia M. Blair et al. – mSystems

Soil microbial community structure in the rhizosphere of Robinia pseudoacacia L. seedlings exposed to elevated air temperature and cadmium-contaminated soils for 4  years – X. Jia et al. – Science of The Total Environment

** Plant Phenotypic Traits Eventually Shape Its Microbiota：A Common Garden Test – Yunshi Li et al. – Frontiers in Microbiology

Soil Type-Dependent Interactions of P-Solubilizing Microorganisms with Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers Mediate Plant Growth Promotion in Tomato – Isaac Kwadwo Mpanga et al. – Agronomy

Water and extremophile microbiome

Distinct community structure and microbial functions of biofilms colonizing microplastics – Lingzhan Miao et al. – Science of The Total Environment

Mature biofilm communities on synthetic polymers in seawater – Specific or general? – Inga V. Kirstein et al. – Marine Environmental Research

Phages and viruses

Virome definition in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with neurological complications after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation – C. Pou et al. – Journal of Clinical Virology

Metagenomic sequencing from mosquitoes in China reveals a variety of insect and human viruses – Pengpeng Xiao et al. – Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Technology

Review: Practical considerations for sampling and data analysis in contemporary metagenomics-based environmental studies – Christopher Staley & Michael J. Sadowsky –

Bioinformatics

Postnovo: Post-Processing Enables Accurate and FDR-Controlled De Novo Peptide Sequencing – Samuel E. Miller et al. – Journal of Proteome Research

4 October, 2018

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Today’s digest is full of exciting wine and animal microbiome studies!😁🐌🍷

General Microbiome

Editorial: Microbe and host lipids.Nigou J. Biochimie

Obesity alters composition and diversity of the oral microbiota in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus independently of glycemic control.Tam J. PLoS One

Impact of the preoperative use of synbiotics in colorectal cancer patients: A prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Polakowski CB

The time response of anaerobic digestion microbiome during an organic loading rate shock. Braz GHR. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

REVIEW: Childhood weight gain and oral microbiota.Greenhill C. Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Glycan recognition at the saliva – Oral microbiome interface.Cross BW, Ruhl S. Cellular Immunology.

Loss of murine Paneth cell function alters the immature intestinal microbiome and mimics changes seen in neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis. Lueschow SR. PLoS One

Direct Utilization of Organic Nitrogen by Phytoplankton and Its Role in Nitrogen Cycling Within the Southern California Bight. Morando M. Frontiers in Microbiology.

Persistence and reversal of plasmid-mediated antibiotic resistance.Lopatkin AJ. Nature Communications

Gut Microbiome

REVIEW: Effects of Metabolites Derived From Gut Microbiota and Hosts on Pathogens.Li Z.Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Food and Wine Microbiome

The effect of sulfur dioxide addition at crush on the fungal and bacterial communities and the sensory attributes of Pinot gris wines. Morgan SC. International Journal of Food Microbiology

Techniques

Comparison of sampling methods for profiling cervicovaginal microbiome in rhesus macaques. Schmidt BA. Journal of  Medical Primatology.

Qiita: rapid, web-enabled microbiome meta-analysis.Gonzalez A. Nature Methods

Selection of marker genes for genetic barcoding of microorganisms and binning of metagenomic reads by Barcoder software tools.Rotimi AM. BMC Bioinformatics

Animal Microbiome and Experiments

White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) infection impacts intestinal microbiota composition and function in Litopenaeus vannamei.Wang Jl; Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Dietary or supplemental fermentable fiber intake reduces the presence of Clostridium XI in mouse intestinal microbiota: The importance of higher fecal bacterial load and density.Zheng W. PLoS One

<i>Diplogastrellus</i> nematodes are sexually transmitted mutualists that alter the bacterial and fungal communities of their beetle host.Ledón-Rettig CC. PNAS

The response of ruminal fermentation, epithelium-associated microbiota, and epithelial barrier function to severe feed restriction in pregnant ewes.Hu F. Journal of Animal Science

Rabbit Microbiota Changes Throughout the Intestinal Tract. Velasco-Galilea M. Frontiers in Microbiology

Antibiotic treatment of rat dams affects bacterial colonization and causes decreased weight gain in pups. Tulstrup MV. Communications Biology

Metagenomic analysis of nitrogen-cycling genes in upper Mississippi river sediment with mussel assemblages.Black EM. Microbiology Open

Effect of Different Disinfectants on Bacterial Aerosol Diversity in Poultry Houses.Jiang L. Frontiers in Microbiology

Effects of organic acid and medium chain fatty acid blends on the performance of sows and their piglets.  Lan R. Animal Science Journal

Microbial community composition and electricity generation in cattle manure slurry treatment using microbial fuel cells: effects of inoculum addition. Xie B. Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Plant, Soil, and Air Microbiome

Response of soil enzymes, functional bacterial groups, and microbial communities exposed to sudan I-IV. Teng Y. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Erratum: “Comparative Genomics of the Genus Lactobacillus Reveals Robust Phylogroups That Provide the Basis for Reclassification”.Salvetti E. Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Protist species richness and soil microbiome complexity increase towards climax vegetation in the Brazilian Cerrado. de Araujo ASF. Communications Biology

Application of phosphate solubilizing bacteria in immobilization of Pb and Cd in soil.Yuan Z. Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Inland Waters and Marine Microbiome

Impact of Phaeobacter inhibens on marine eukaryote-associated microbial communities.Dittmann KK. Environmental Microbiology Reports

Novel T4 bacteriophages associated with black band disease in corals.Buerger P. Environmental Microbiology

Environmental conditions affect activity and associated microorganisms of marine sponges.Batista D. Marine Environmental Research

The link between the microbial ecology, gene expression, and biokinetics of denitrifying polyphosphate-accumulating systems under different electron acceptor combinations.Vieira A. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Antibiotics/Probiotics

Ecology determines how low antibiotic concentration impacts community composition and horizontal transfer of resistance genes. Cairns J. Communications Biology

Metabolome/ Proteomics

Metaproteomics Study of the Gut Microbiome.Lai LA. Methods Molecular Biology: Functional Proteomics

COMMENTARY: Making the Case for Functional Proteomics. Perkins RC. Methods Molecular Biology: Functional Proteomics

REVIEW:Metabolome analysis for investigating host-gut microbiota interactions.Chen MX. Journal of Formosan Medical Association

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General microbiome

Multi-omics integrative analysis with genome-scale metabolic model simulation reveals global cellular adaptation of Aspergillus niger under industrial enzyme production condition – Hongzhong Lu, Scientific Reports

Botulinum Neurotoxin-Producing Bacteria. Isn’t It Time that We Called a Species a Species? – Theresa Smith, mBio

Sizing Up the Uncultured Microbial Majority – Laura A. Hug, mSystems

Pregnancy and early life

TLR Activation and Allergic Disease: Early Life Microbiome and Treatment – Kathryn R. Michels, Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Human gut microbiome

Lifestyle Factors Affecting the Gut Microbiota’s Relationship with Type 1 Diabetes – Elke Gülden, Current Diabetes Reports

Animal experiments

MAVS deficiency induces gut dysbiotic microbiota conferring a proallergic phenotype – Emilie Plantamura, PNAS

Assessing microbial contamination and antibiotic resistant bacteria using zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) – Maria Alexandra Bighiu, Science of The Total Environment

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Use of sugarcane–soybean intercropping in acid soil impacts the structure of the soil fungal community – Tengxiang Lian, Scientific Reports

Aphid infestation in the phyllosphere affects primary metabolic profiles in the arbuscular mycorrhizal hyphosphere – Carmina Cabral, Scientific Reports

Antioxidative response in leaves and allelochemical changes in root exudates of Ricinus communis under Cu, Zn, and Cd stress – Shuifeng Wang, Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Biochemical and microbiological activity of soil contaminated with o-cresol and biostimulated with Perna canaliculus mussel meal – Magdalena Zaborowska, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Assessment of Soil Microbial Status under Different Land Use Systems in North Western Zone of Kashmir – Fozia Shafiq Wani, International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences

Culturable Foliar Fungal Endophytes of Mangrove Species in Bicol Region, Philippines – Jonathan Jaime G. Guerrero, Philippine Journal of Science

Developmental stage has a greater effect than Cry1Ac expression in transgenic cotton on the phyllosphere mycobiome – Jiangang Pan, Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Interaction of Brassicaceae seed meal soil amendment and apple rootstock genotype on microbiome structure and replant disease suppression – Likun Wang, Phytopathology

Response of soil micro-ecology to different levels of cadmium in alkaline soil – Bin Wu, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Variation of soil bacterial communities along a chronosequence of Eucalyptusplantation – Jiayu Li, PeerJ

Long-term nitrogen fertilization elevates the activity and abundance of nitrifying and denitrifying microbial communities in an upland soil: implications for nitrogen loss from intensive agricultural systems – Fenghua Wang, Frontiers in Microbiology

Comparative assessment of autochthonous bacterial and fungal communities and microbial biomarkers of polluted agricultural soils of the Terra dei Fuochi – Valeria Ventorino, Scientific Reports

Genome guided investigation of antibiotics producing actinomycetales strain isolated from a Macau mangrove ecosystem – Dini Hu, Scientific Reports

Water and extremophile microbiome

Community Structure, Dynamics and Interactions of Bacteria, Archaea and Fungi in Subtropical Coastal Wetland Sediments – Man Kit Cheung, Scientific Reports

Discovering novel hydrolases from hot environments – Roland Wohlgemuth, Biotechnology Advances

Microbes in space

Meta-analysis of data from spaceflight transcriptome experiments does not support the idea of a common bacterial “spaceflight response” – Michael D. Morrison, Scientific Reports

Food microbiology

The effect of sulfur dioxide addition at crush on the fungal and bacterial communities and the sensory attributes of Pinot gris wines – Sydney C. Morgan, International Journal of Food Microbiology

Waste microbiome

Bioelectrochemical enhancement of methane production in anaerobic digestion of food waste – Jae-Min Choi, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Performance and Microbial Community Analysis of Bioaugmented Activated Sludge System for Indigo Production from Indole – Xuwang Zhang, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Probiotics / prebiotics

Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum CECT 7765 supplementation improves inflammatory status in insulin-resistant obese children – Jesús Sanchis-Chordà, European Journal of Nutrition

Bioinformatics

Design and implementation of semester long project and problem based bioinformatics course – Geetha Saarunya, F1000 Research

Techniques

NMR-Based Metabolomic Approach To Elucidate the Differential Cellular Responses during Mitigation of Arsenic(III, V) in a Green Microalga – Neha Arora, ACS Omega

September 27, 2018

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This Thursday enjoy reading the first viral metagenomic study of highly impacted surface waters in Latin America, review on new estimates of total global prokaryotic biomass [4-10 times lower than previous estimates, at ~23 to 31 Pg of carbon C] and more virome studies. Happy reading!

Gut virome

Brief Report: Metagenomic analysis of intestinal mucosa revealed a specific eukaryotic gut virome signature in early-diagnosed inflammatory bowel disease – Federica Ungaro – Gut Microbes

Immunology

Neonatally imprinted stromal cell subsets induce tolerogenic dendritic cells in mesenteric lymph nodes – Joern Pezoldt – Nature Communications

Animal microbiome

Correction: Temporal dynamics of in-situ fiber-adherent bacterial community under ruminal acidotic conditions determined by 16S rRNA gene profiling – Renee M. Petri – PlosOne

The prevalence of brucellosis and bovine tuberculosis in ruminants in Sidi Kacem Province, Morocco – Hind Yahyaoui Azam – PlosOne

Food microbiology

Deciphering intra-species bacterial diversity of meat and seafood spoilage microbiota using gyrB amplicon sequencing: A comparative analysis with 16S rDNA V3-V4 amplicon sequencing – Simon Poirier – PlosOne

Environmental microbiome

Phylogenetically Novel Uncultured Microbial Cells Dominate Earth Microbiomes – Karen G. Lloyd – Applied and Environmental Science

*Review: The biomass and biodiversity of the continental subsurface – Cara Magnabosco – Nature Geoscience

Water microbiome

Rhodoliths holobionts in a changing ocean: host-microbes interactions mediate coralline algae resilience under ocean acidification – Giselle S. Cavalcanti – BMC Genomics

Rapid and stable microbial community assembly in the headwaters of third-order stream – Morgan Elizabeth Teachey – bioRxiv

Water virome

*Quito’s virome: Metagenomic analysis of viral diversity in urban streams of Ecuador’s capital city – Laura Guerrero-Latorre – Science of The Total Environment

Bioinformatics

Machine Learning for detection of viral sequences in human metagenomic datasets – Zurab Bzhalava – BMC Bioinformatics

September 25, 2018

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Events and jobs

4th Annual European Microbiome Congress – London UK – November 14-15 2018

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General microbiome

Review: “Under the Skin” and into the Gut: Social Epidemiology of the Microbiome – Jennifer Beam Dowd – Current Epidemiology Reports

Review: Concurrent cross‐reactivity of microbiota‐derived epitopes to both self and pathogens may underlie the “Hygiene hypothesis” – David Usharauli – Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Pregnancy and early life

Influence of non-polio enteroviruses and the bacterial gut microbiota on oral poliovirus vaccine response: a study from south India – Ira Praharaj – The Journal of Infectious Diseases

A reverse metabolic approach to weaning: in silico identification of immune-beneficial infant gut bacteria, mining their metabolism for prebiotic feeds and sourcing these feeds in the natural product space – Samanta Michelini – Microbiome

Human respiratory microbiome

Review: Paradigms of Lung Microbiota Functions in Health and Disease, Particularly, in Asthma – Elliot Mathieu – Frontiers in Physiology

Different Upper Airway Microbiome and Their Functional Genes Associated with Asthma in Young Adults and Elderly Individuals – Jin‐Jae Lee – Allergy

Human oral microbiome

In-vivo shift of the microbiota in oral biofilm in response to frequent sucrose consumption – Annette Carola Anderson – Scientific Reports

Human gut microbiome

Alterations in the Abundance and Co-occurrence of Akkermansia muciniphila and Faecalibacterium prausnitzii in the Colonic Mucosa of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Subjects – Mireia Lopez-Siles – Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Influence of gender and menopausal status on gut microbiota – Jose A.Santos-Marcos – Maturitas

Review: High-protein diets for weight management: Interactions with the intestinal microbiota and consequences for gut health. A position paper by the my new gut study group – François Blachier – Clinical Nutrition

Review: Review of the effects of sliver nanoparticle exposure on gut bacteria – Jiangyan Li – Journal of Applied Toxicology

Review: Interactions between Bitter Taste, Diet and Dysbiosis: Consequences for Appetite and Obesity – Alexandria Turner – Nutrients

Review: Progress in characterizing the linkage between Fusobacterium nucleatum and gastrointestinal cancer – Yang Liu – Journal of Gastroenterology

The Amount of Bifidobacterium Genus in Colorectal Carcinoma Tissue in Relation to Tumor Characteristics and Clinical Outcome – Keisuke Kosumi – The American Journal of Pathology

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Animal experiments

Commensal microbiota induces colonic barrier structure and functions that contribute to homeostasis – Christina L. Hayes – Scientific Reports

Palmatine ameliorated murine colitis by suppressing tryptophan metabolism and regulating gut microbiota – Xiao-Jun Zhang – Pharmacological Research

Behavioral response to fiber feedingis cohort-dependent and associated with gut microbiota composition in mice – Lucy J.Mailing – Behavioural Brain Research

Human Breast-Milk Feeding Enhances the Humoral and Cell-Mediated Immune Response in Neonatal Piglets – John J Miklavcic – The Journal of Nutrition

Goji Berry Modulates Gut Microbiota and Alleviates Colitis in IL‐10‐Deficient Mice – Yifei Kang – Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Konjaku flour reduces obesity in mice by modulating the composition of the gut microbiota – Yongbo Kang – International Journal of Obesity

Polysaccharide from fermented Momordica charantia L. with Lactobacillus plantarum NCU116 ameliorates type 2 diabetes in rats – He Gao – Carbohydrate Polymers

Allergen Immunization Induces Major Changes in Microbiota Composition and Short-Chain Fatty Acid Production in Different Gut Segments in a Mouse Model of Lupine Food Allergy – Andreassen M – Allergy and Immunology

In vitro experiments

Dietary fatty acids sustain growth of human gut microbiota – Richard Agans – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Animal microbiome

Microbial communities in different regions of the gastrointestinal tract in East Asian finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis sunameri) – Xiao-Ling Wan – Scientific Reports

Differences in the Gut Microbiota Establishment and Metabolome Characteristics Between Low- and Normal-Birth-Weight Piglets During Early-Life – Na Li – Frontiers in Microbiology

Direct-fed microbial supplementation influences the bacteria community composition of the gastrointestinal tract of pre- and post-weaned calves – Bridget E. Fomenky – Scientific Reports

Evaluation of microbial communities associated with the liquid and solid phases of the rumen of cattle offered a diet of perennial ryegrass or white clover – Jenna M. Bowen – Frontiers in Microbiology

Possibilities of early life programming in broiler chickens via intestinal microbiota modulation – Luis A Rubio – Poultry Science

A Comparative Analysis of Microbial DNA Preparation Methods for Use With Massive and Branching Coral Growth Forms – Alejandra Hernandez-Agreda – Frontiers in Microbiology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Interactions of mycorrhiza and protists in the rhizosphere systemically alter microbial community composition, plant shoot-to-root ratio and within-root system nitrogen allocation – Gunnar J. Henkes – Frontiers in Environmental Science

Combined effects of biochar addition and nitrogen fertilizer reduction on the rhizosphere metabolomics of maize (Zea mays L.) seedlings – Nan Cheng – Plant and Soil

Does sulfur fertilizer influence Cu migration and transformation in colloids of soil pore water from the rice (Oryza sativa L.) rhizosphere? – Lijuan Sun – Environmental Pollution

The Alleopathic Compound Luteolin from Peanut Litter Affects Peanut Nodule Formation and the Rhizosphere Microbial Community – Hong-Wei Wang – Agronomy Journal

Seasonal comparison of bacterial communities in rhizosphere of alpine cushion plants in the Himalayan Hengduan Mountains – Shuai Chang – Plant Diversity

The effect of a medic-wheat rotational system and contrasting degrees of soil disturbance on nematode functional groups and soil microbial communities – Johan Habig – Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

Soil-microbial communities indexing from mangroves rhizophere and barren sandy habitats – Kandasamy Saravanakumar – Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology

Soil productivity and structure of bacterial and fungal communities in unfertilized arable soil – Boxi Wang – PLOS One

Microbiome profiling in extremely acidic soils affected by hydrothermal fluids: the case of Solfatara Crater (Campi Flegrei, southern Italy) – Crognale Simona – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Responses of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to long-term inorganic and organic nutrient addition in a lowland tropical forest – Merlin Sheldrake – The ISME Journal

Genetic correlation network prediction of forest soil microbial functional organization
Bin Ma – The ISME Journal

Analysis of microbial communities in heavy metals-contaminated soils using the metagenomic approach – M. H. Hemmat-Jou – Ecotoxicology

Water and extremophile microbiome

Investigating the Composition and Metabolic Potential of Microbial Communities in Chocolate Pots Hot Springs – Nathaniel W. Fortney – Frontiers in Microbiology

Methanogens and iron-reducing bacteria: the overlooked members of mercury methylating microbial communities in boreal lakes – Andrea G. Bravo – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Metagenomics reveals microbial diversity and metabolic potentials of seawater and surface sediment from a hadal biosphere at the Yap Trench – Xinxu Zhang – Frontiers in Microbiology

Dynamics and determinants of amoeba community, occurrence and abundance in subtropical reservoirs and rivers – Kexin Ren – Water Research

Microbial Ecology

Review: A coexistence theory in microbial communities – Marina Dohi – Royal Society Open Science

Inhibition of anaerobic digestion by phenol and ammonia: Effect on degradation performances and microbial dynamics – Simon Poirier – Data in Brief

Resistome

Selection for increased quorum-sensing cooperation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa through the shut-down of a drug resistance pump – Ron D. Oshri – The ISME Journal

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Fecal Transplants

A Systematic Review of the Efficacy and Safety of Fecal Microbiota Transplant for Clostridium difficile Infection in Immunocompromised Patients – Oluwaseun Shogbesan – Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Faecal microbiota transplantation as a treatment for inflammatory bowel disease: a national survey of adult and paediatric gastroenterologists in the UK – James Roger Mcilroy – Frontline Gastroenterology

Introduction to the joint British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) and Healthcare Infection Society (HIS) faecal microbiota transplant guidelines – Benjamin H. Mullish – The Journal of Hospital Infection

Phages and viruses

Detection of Viruses in Clinical Samples Using Metagenomic Sequencing and Targeted Sequence Capture – Kristine M. Wylie – Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Waste and Pollution

Pathogens, faecal indicators and human‐specific microbial source‐tracking markers in sewage – Cristina García‐Aljaro – Journal of Applied Microbiology

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General microbiology

Frequency- and Amplitude-Dependent Microbial Population Dynamics during Cycles of Feast and Famine – Jason Merritt, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Small at Size, Big at Impact: Microorganisms for Sustainable Development – Nasib Singh, Microbial Bioprospecting for Sustainable Development

Population Genomics of Archaea: Signatures of Archaeal Biology from Natural Populations – David J. Krause, Population Genomics

Pregnancy and early life

Sharing of human milk oligosaccharides degradants within bifidobacterial communities in faecal cultures supplemented with Bifidobacterium bifidum – Aina Gotoh, Scientific Reports

Multi-site human microbiome

Gut–Liver Axis: How Do Gut Bacteria Influence the Liver? – Peter Christopher Konturek, Medical Sciences

Subgingival microbiome of rheumatoid arthritis patients in relation to their disease status and periodontal health – Kathrin Beyer, Plos One

Optimal immunosuppressor induces stable gut microbiota after liver transplantation – Jian-Wen Jiang, World Journal of Gastroenterology

Human respiratory microbiome

The Microbiome and Tuberculosis: Early Evidence for Cross Talk – Sivaranjani Namasivayam, mBio

Trans-maternal Helicobacter pylori exposure reduces allergic airway inflammation in offspring through regulatory T-cells – Andreas Kyburz, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Human oral microbiome

Comparison of initial oral microbiomes of young adults with and without cavitated dentin caries lesions using an in situbiofilm model – Stefan Rupf, Scientific Reports

Human gut microbiome

In silico Identification of Metagenomic Signature Describing Neurometabolic Potential of Normal Human Gut Microbiota – A. S. Kovtun, Russian Journal of Genetics

Gut microbiota modulates drug pharmacokinetics – Juanhong Zhang, Drug Metabolism Reviews

Active Site Flexibility Revealed in Crystal Structures of Parabacteroides merdae β‐Glucuronidase from the Human Gut Microbiome – Michael S. Little, Protein Science

Structural and Functional Analysis of the Gut Microbiome for Toxicologists – Robert G. Nichols, Current Protocols in Toxicology

Altered intestinal antibacterial gene expression response profile in irritable bowel syndrome is linked to bacterial composition and immune activation – Sean M. P. Bennet, Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Animal experiments

Response of goose intestinal microflora to the source and level of dietary fiber – Haizhu Zhou, Poultry Science

Microbiota modulation by eating patterns, dietary and macronutrient composition; impact on food intake – Elizabeth A. Klingbeil, American Journal of Physiology

Water and extremophile microbiome

Accounting for bacterial overlap between raw water communities and contaminating sources improves the accuracy of signature-based microbial source tracking – Moa Hägglund, Frontiers in Microbiology

Bacterial community structure in a sympagic habitat expanding with global warming: brackish ice brine at 85–90 °N – Beatriz Fernández-Gómez, ISME

Single-cell genomics uncover Pelagibacter as the putative host of the extremely abundant uncultured 37-F6 viral population in the ocean – Francisco Martinez-Hernandez, ISME

Microbial Community Function in Electroactive Biofilm-based Constructed Wetlands – Ramírez Vargas, Biogeosciences

Fungal endophyte‐infected leaf litter alters in‐stream microbial communities and negatively influences aquatic fungal sporulation – Emily R. Wolfe, Synthesising Ecology

Salt marsh denitrification is impacted by oiling intensity six years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill – Corianne Tatariw, Environmental Pollution

Wastewater used for urban agriculture in West Africa as a reservoir for antibacterial resistance dissemination – Blaise P. Bougnom, Environmental Research

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Phosphate solubilizing bacteria with glucose dehydrogenase gene for phosphorus uptake and beneficial effects on wheat – Muhammad Suleman, Plos One

Multiple ecological processes jointly drive the soil microbial community assembly in subalpine coniferous forests – Pengyu Zhao, PeerJ

Aphid Colonization Affects Potato Root Exudate Composition and the Hatching of a Soil Borne Pathogen – Grace A. Hoysted, Frontiers in Plant Sciences

Root inoculation with Azotobacter chroococcum 76A enhances tomato plants adaptation to salt stress under low N conditions – Michael James Van Oosten, BMC Plant Biology

Variation of bacterial biodiversity from saline soils and estuary sediments present near the Mediterranean Sea coast of Camargue (France) – Jorge R. Osman, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Plant roots alter microbial functional genes supporting root litter decomposition – Shengjing Shi, Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Bacterial community response to a preindustrial‐to‐future CO2 gradient is limited and soil‐specific in Texas Prairie grassland – Swastika Raut, Global Change Biology

Built environment

Houseplants as home health monitors – C. Neal Stewart Jr., SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY

Characterization of Aspergillus niger Isolated from the International Space Station – Jillian Romsdahl, mSystems

Food microbiology

Microbiological Changes during Ripening of Chihuahua Cheese Manufactured with Raw Milk and Its Seasonal Variations – Cristina Sánchez-Gamboa, Foods

Supplementation in mushroom crops and its impact on yield and quality – Jaime Carrasco, AMB Express

Aronia (Aronia melanocarpa) Polyphenols Modulate Microbial Community in Simulator of the Human Intestinal Microbial Ecosystem (SHIME®) and Decrease Secretion of Pro‐Inflammatory Markers in a Caco‐2/endothelial Cell Co‐Culture Model – Ting Wu, Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Techniques

A critical evaluation of the use of gas chromatography- and high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry techniques for the analysis of microbial metabolites in human urine after consumption of orange juice – José Luis Ordóñez, Journal of Chromatography A

Recovering cellular biomass from fluids using chemical flocculation – Paul A. Kenward, Environmental Microbiology Reports

Influence of support media supplementation to reduce the inhibition of anaerobic digestion by phenol and ammonia: Effect on degradation performances and microbial dynamics – Simon Poirier, Data in Brief

A resourceful methodology to profile indolic auxins produced by rhizo-fungi using spectrophotometry and HPTLC – Dhavalkumar Patel, Biotech

Bioinformatics

Computational Tools and Databases of Microbes and Its Bioprospecting for Sustainable Development – Dipannita Hazra, Microbial Bioprospecting for Sustainable Development

Metabolomics

Paradoxes in leaky microbial trade – Yoav Kallus, Nature Communications

Antibiotics

Amycomicin is a potent and specific antibiotic discovered with a targeted interaction screen – Gleb Pishchany, PNAS

Microbes in the news

Subculture show converts Storefront for Art and Architecture into living lab – The Architects Newspaper, Ali Oriaku

19 September, 2018

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Today’s midweek digest includes a brilliant review on the occurrence of HGT within human holobiont and a new approach to analysing microbiome data

General Microbiome

REVIEW: Prokaryotic horizontal gene transfer within the human holobiont: ecological-evolutionary inferences, implications and possibilities.Sitaraman R. Microbiome

Epidemiological aspects of healthcare-associated infections and microbial genomics.Mirande C. Europeans Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Association between Cigarette Smoking Status and Composition of Gut Microbiota: Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study. Lee SH. Journal of Clinical Medicine

REVIEW: Proteomics and the microbiome: pitfalls and potential.Lin H. Expert Review of Proteomics

Biological films adhering to the oral soft tissues: structure, composition and potential impact on taste perception.Neyraud E. Journal of Texture Studies

Restriction enzyme digestion of host DNA enhances universal detection of parasitic pathogens in blood via targeted amplicon deep sequencing. Flaherty BR. Microbiome

Single-cell genomics of co-sorted Nanoarchaeota suggests novel putative host associations and diversification of proteins involved in symbiosis.Jarett JK. Microbiome

The Extended Genotype: Microbially Mediated Olfactory Communication.Carthey AJR. Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Ceftriaxone administration disrupts intestinal homeostasis, mediating non-inflammatory proliferation and dissemination of commensal enterococci.Chakraborty R. Infection and Immunity

Gut Microbiome

Experimental evaluation of the importance of colonization history in early-life gut microbiota assembly.Martínez I. eLIFE

Human gut <i>Bacteroides</i> capture vitamin B<sub>12</sub> via cell surface-exposed lipoproteins.Wexler AG. eLIFE

Structural basis for the role of serine-rich repeat proteins from <i>Lactobacillus reuteri</i> in gut microbe-host interactions.Sequeira S. PNAS

Rapid and complete dehalogenation of halonitromethanes in simulated gastrointestinal tract and its influence on toxicity. Yin J. Chemosphere.

Diet: Cause or Consequence of the Microbial Profile of Cholelithiasis Disease?Gutiérrez-Díaz I. Nutrients

Immobilization stress-induced Escherichia coli causes anxiety by inducing NF-κB activation through gut microbiota disturbance. Jang HM. Scientific Reports

Salmonella stimulates pro-inflammatory signalling through p21-activated kinases bypassing innate immune receptors.Sun H. Nature Microbiology

Lung Microbiome

Deciphering the Lung Microbiome: Implications for Lung Health and Disease.Johnson MM. Respiration

Plant and Soil Microbiome

Assessment of the bacterial community structure in shallow and deep sediments of the Perdido Fold Belt region in the Gulf of Mexico. Sánchez-Soto Jiménez MF. PeerJ.

Insight into Bacterial Community Diversity and Monthly Fluctuations of Medicago sativa Rhizosphere Soil in Response to Hydrogen Gas Using Illumina High-Throughput Sequencing. Li Z. Current Microbiology

Molecular characterization and detection of 16SrIII group phytoplasma associated with Huanglongbing symptoms.Wulff NAA. Phytopathology

Water Microbiome

Analysis of Bacterial Community Structure of Activated Sludge from Wastewater Treatment Plants in Winter. Xu S. BioMed Research International

Biological As(III) oxidation in biofilters by using native groundwater microorganisms.Crognale S. Science of the Total Environment

Animal Experiments and Microbiome

Lignocellulose degradation at the holobiont level: teamwork in a keystone soil invertebrate. Bredon M. Microbiome

The impact of chemerin or chemokine-like receptor 1 loss on the mouse gut microbiome.Dranse HJ. PeerJ

Techniques

KERNEL-PENALIZED REGRESSION FOR ANALYSIS OF MICROBIOME DATA.Randolph TW. The Annals of Applied Statistics

September 17, 2018

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In today’s Microbiome Digest, look for rhizobacteria that affect plant size, methanogenesis in salt marsh sediments, a murine model for periodontitis, and an exciting preprint that identifies a microbiome in dinosaur bones! Plus, as bonus non-microbiology topics, we consider authorship norms across different disciplines and how forensics might work on Mars.

General Microbiome
(preprint) Life Inside A Dinosaur Bone: A Thriving Microbiome – Evan Thomas Saitta – bioRxiv

Metabolic Interactions of a Chain Elongation Microbiome – Wenhao Han – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Human Gut Microbiome
Passing the “Acid Test”: Do Proton Pump Inhibitors Affect the Composition of the Microbiome? – Tien Dong – Digestive Diseases and Sciences

The gastric mucosal-associated microbiome in patients with gastric polyposis – Rongrong Ren – Scientific Reports

Animal Experiments
An experimental murine model to study periodontitis – Julie Marchesan – Nature Protocols

The gut microbiota promotes hepatic fatty acid desaturation and elongation in mice – Alida Kindt – Nature Communications

Animal Microbiome
Global Networks of Symbiodinium-Bacteria Within the Coral Holobiont – Rachele Bernasconi – Microbial Ecology

(preprint) Gut microbial compositions mirror caste-specific diets in a major lineage of eusocial insects – Saria Otani -bioRxiv

Plant, Root, and Soil Microbiome
Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria promote plant size inequality – Alan C. Gange – Scientific Reports

Diversity of active viral infections within the Sphagnum microbiome – Joshua MA Stough – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

The impact of high throughput sequencing on plant health diagnosticsThe impact of high throughput sequencing on plant health diagnostics – Ian Adams -European Journal of Plant Pathology

Deltaproteobacteria (Pelobacter) and Methanococcoides are responsible for choline-dependent methanogenesis in a coastal saltmarsh sediment – Eleanor Jameson – ISME Journal

Water and Extremophile Microbiome
Living at the frontiers of life: extremophiles in Chile and their potential for bioremediation – Roberto Orellana – Frontiers in Microbiology

Spatial structuring of bacterial communities in epilithic biofilms in the Acquarossa river (Italy) – Carolina Chiellini – FEMS Microbial Ecology

Bioinformatics
A small‐sample kernel association test for correlated data with application to microbiome association studies – Xiang Zhan – Genetic Epidemiology

Science, Publishing, and Career
Thousands of scientists publish a paper every five days – John P. A. Ioannidis – Nature

Alyson’s Non-Microbiology Picks
Sensing with tools extends somatosensory processing beyond the body – Luke E. Miller- Nature

How Will Police Solve Murders on Mars? – Geoff Manaugh – The Atlantic

12 September​​ 2018

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Today’s digest is full of exciting microbiome reviews and new techniques for analysing microbiome datasets.

General Microbiome

Complete genome sequence of Bifidobacterium choerinum FMB-1, a resistant starch-degrading bacterium.Jung DH. Journal of Biotechnology

Gut Microbiome

REVIEW: Nutritional Modulation of Innate Immunity: The Fat-Bile-Gut Connection.Chevre R. Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Plant, Soil, and Water Microbiome

Microbial composition, potential functional roles and genetic novelty in gypsum-rich and hypersaline soils of Monegros and Gallocanta (Spain). Menéndez-Serra M.Science of the Total Environment

Combined polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) and 1,3-propanediol production from crude glycerol: Selective conversion of volatile fatty acids into PHA by mixed microbial consortia.Burniol-Figols A. Water Research

Quantification of Agrobacterium vitis from Grapevine Nursery Stock and Vineyard Soil using Droplet Digital PCR.Voegel TM. Plant Disease

Below-ground-above-ground Plant-microbial Interactions: Focusing on Soybean, Rhizobacteria and Mycorrhizal Fungi. Igiehon NO. The Open Microbiology Journal

Animal Experiments and Microbiome

Effects of exogenous microbial inoculum on the structure and dynamics of bacterial communities in swine carcass composting. Yang X. Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Tick Microbiome Characterization by Next-Generation 16S rRNA Amplicon Sequencing.Couper L. Journal of Visualized Experiments

Effects of dietary lysozyme levels on growth performance, intestinal morphology, immunity response and microbiota community of growing pigs. Zou L. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

REVIEW: A Review of the Effect of Management Practices on <i>Campylobacter</i> Prevalence in Poultry Farms.Sibanda N. Frontiers in Microbiology.

Metabolic Syndrome During Perinatal Period in Sows and the Link With Gut Microbiota and Metabolites. Cheng C. Frontiers in Microbiology

Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Ameliorates Experimentally Induced Colitis in Mice by Upregulating AhR. Wei YL. Frontiers in Microbiology

Prebiotics and Probiotics

Probiotic <i>Lactobacillus plantarum</i> Promotes Intestinal Barrier Function by Strengthening the Epithelium and Modulating Gut Microbiota. Wang J. Frontiers in Microbiology

Uterine Microbiome

Commentary: Uterine Microbiota: Residents, Tourists, or Invaders?Altmäe S. Frontier in Immunology.

Technique

Preservation of microbial DNA in marine sediments: Insights from extracellular DNA pools. Torti A. Environmental Microbiology

REVIEW: Hypothesis Testing and Statistical Analysis of Microbiome. Xia Y. Genes and Diseases

A Zero-inflated Beta-binomial Model for Microbiome Data Analysis.Hu T. Stat