4 October, 2018

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

October 3, 2018

Enjoy Reading today’s Microbiome Digest blog focusing on the research articles covering the techniques, what and how treatments alter the microbiome, potential of mycobiome to produce fuels and chemicals, pathogenic functions, gut microbiome, animal microbiome, soil microbiome, Maternal Immune Activation(MIA) and its effect and probiotics from vaginal microbiome. 

TECHNIQUES:

Sequential Isolation of DNA, RNA, Protein, and Metabolite Fractions from Murine Organs and Intestinal Contents for Integrated Omics of Host–Microbiota Interactions – Pranjul Shah – Microbial Proteomics

A primer on investigating the role of the microbiome in brain and cognitive development – Caroline Kelsey – Developmental Psychobiology

TREATMENTS:

Roux-Y Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy directly change gut microbiota composition independent of operation type – Fernanda L. Paganelli – bioRxiv

Review – Systematic review on the first line treatment of amphotericin B in critically ill adults with candidemia or invasive candidiasis – Sean Keane – Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy

Reconstitution of the gut microbiota of antibiotic-treated patients by autologous fecal microbiota transplant – Ying Taur – Gut Microbiota

Review – Reciprocal interactions between resveratrol and gut microbiota deepen our understanding of molecular mechanisms underlying its health benefits – LiangShen – Trends in Food Science & Technology

Synbiotics modulate gut microbiota and reduce enteritis and ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients with sepsis: a randomized controlled trial – Kentaro Shimizu – Critical Care

MICROBIAL ACTIVITY:

Relief from nitrogen starvation entails quick unexpected down-regulation of glycolytic/lipid metabolism genes in enological Saccharomyces cerevisiae– Catherine Tesnière – bioRxiv

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE:

Widespread Antibiotic, Biocide, and Metal Resistance in Microbial Communities Inhabiting a Municipal Waste Environment and Anthropogenically Impacted River – Aneisha M. Collins – Applied and Environmental Science

SOIL MICROBIOME:

Book Chapter – Paddy Soil Microbial Diversity and Enzymatic Activity in Relation to Pollution – Muhammad Afzaal – Environmental Pollution of Paddy Soils

Effect of Different Soil Phosphate Sources on the Active Bacterial Microbiota Is Greater in the Rhizosphere than in the Endorhiza of Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) – Massimiliano Cardinale – Microbial Ecology

URINARY MICROBIOME:

Review – The Role of Urinary Microbiota in Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction: A Systematic Review – TiagoAntunes-Lopes – European Urology Focus

ANIMAL MICROBIOME:

Ecological patterns in the skin microbiota of frogs from tropical Australia – Keith Christian – Ecology and Evolution

Oral Microbiota of the Snake Bothrops lanceolatus in Martinique – Dabor Résière – Int J Environ Res Public Health

MYCOBIOME:

Draft Genome Assemblies of Five Robust Yarrowia lipolytica Strains Exhibiting High Lipid Production, Pentose Sugar Utilization, and Sugar Alcohol Secretion from Undetoxified Lignocellulosic Biomass Hydrolysates – Caleb Walker – Genome Sequences

GENERAL MICROBIOME:

Book Chapter – The Role and Future Possibilities of Next-Generation Sequencing in Studying Microbial Diversity – VijayNema – Microbial Diversity in the Genomic Era

GUT MICROBIOME:

Review – Association of obesity, diabetes and linked complications with gut microbiota – Amina Arif – Pure and Applied Biology

Bifidobacterial Dominance of the Gut in Early Life and Acquisition of Antimicrobial Resistance – Diana H. Taft – Clinical Science and Epidemiology

The Gut Microbiota in the Pathogenesis and Therapeutics of Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Tao Zuo – Frontiers in Microbiology

Influence of maternal factors on the rumen microbiome and subsequent host performance – Hannah C. Cunningham – Translational Animal Science

Colorectal carcinogenesis: an archetype of gut microbiota–host interaction – James L Alexander – Ecancermedicalscience

ANIMAL MODELS MICROBIOME:

Maternal Immune Activation Alters Adult Behavior, Gut Microbiome and Juvenile Brain Oscillations in Ferrets – Yuhui Li – eNeuro

PROBIOTICS:
Bacteriocin production of the probiotic Lactobacillus acidophilus KS400 – C. Gaspar – AMB Express

October 02, 2018

Today’s digest features a study on altered gut microbial composition in persons with chronic schizophrenia, a review of different approaches for discovering radical-dependent enzymes in the human gut microbiota and Nature podcast with the latest science news. Happy reading/listening!

Gut microbiome

*Differences in gut microbiome composition between persons with chronic schizophrenia and healthy comparison subjects – Tanya T. Nguyen – Schizophrenia Research

*Review: Discovering radical-dependent enzymes in the human gut microbiota – Benjamin J Levin and Emily P Balskus – Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Review: Air Pollution, Early Life Microbiome, and Development – Yvonne Vallès and M. Pilar Francino – Current Environmental Health Reports

Review: The implementation of omics technologies in cancer microbiome research – Benjamin H Mullish – Ecancermedicalscience

Skin microbiome

Skin microbiome modulation induced by probiotic solutions – Bernhard Paetzold – bioRxiv

Vaginal microbiome

Review: Alternative and complementary therapies for vulvovaginal candidiasis – Thais Chimati Felix – Folia Microbiologica

Animal microbiome

Review: Fish Gut Microbiome: Current Approaches and Future Perspectives – Chandni Talwar – Indian Journal of Microbiology

Review: The application of omics to rumen microbiota function – Stuart E Denman – Animal

Animal experiments

The circadian clock regulates the diurnal levels of microbial short‐chain fatty acids and their rhythmic effects on colon contractility in mice – Anneleen Segers – Acta Physiologie

Bioinformatics

Dynamic interaction network inference from longitudinal microbiome data – Jose Lugo-Martinez – bioRxiv

Microbes in the news

6 Artificial Sweeteners That Can Hurt Your Microbiome Revealed in New Study – By Emma Betuel – Inverse

Study: Measuring Artificial Sweeteners Toxicity Using a Bioluminescent Bacterial Panel – Dorin Harpaz – Molecules

Podcast

*A wearable biosensor and a metamaterial’s strange behaviour – Benjamin Thompson and Shamini Bundell – Nature Podcast

October 1, 2018

To kick off October, we have a Microbiome Digest filled with ecological approaches to microbial communities and techniques for analysis. Plus: what the Nobels are doing to encourage diversity, and what ecstasy does to octopuses. Happy reading!

General Microbiome
Neutral and selective dynamics in a synthetic microbial community. – Nate J. Cira – PNAS

Microbiomes as Metacommunities: Understanding Host-Associated Microbes through Metacommunity Ecology. – Elizabeth Theresa Miller – Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Clinician Guide to Microbiome Testing – Christopher Staley – Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Human Urinary Microbiome
NMR-based metabonomic approach reveals changes in the urinary and fecal metabolome caused by resveratrol. – Gabriela Torres Santiago – Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis

Urinary microbes and postoperative urinary tract infection risk in urogynecologic surgical patients – Krystal J. Thomas-White – International Urogynecology Journal

Human Gut Microbiome
Metagenomic insights into resistant starch degradation by human gut microbiota. – Marius Vital – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Pathogenic functions of host microbiota. – Silke Rath – Microbiome

Prebiotics and Probiotics in Digestive Health – Eamonn M.M. Quigley – Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Animal Experiments
Isolation and characterization of the Bacillus cereus BC7 strain, which is capable of zearalenone removal and intestinal flora modulation in mice. – Yue Wang – Toxicon

Sulfated Polysaccharide from Sea Cucumber and its Depolymerized Derivative Prevent Obesity in Association with Modification of Gut Microbiota in High‐Fat Diet‐Fed Mice – Zhenjun Zhu – Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Animal Microbiome
Cultivable microbiome and its resistance to antimicrobials isolated from Zaprionus indianus – Graziele Aparecida Fernandes da Cruz – Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Impact of weather conditions, leaf age and irrigation water disinfection on the major epiphytic bacterial genera of baby spinach grown in an open field – Pilar Truchado – Food Microbiology

Influence of light on plant – phyllosphere interaction – Sofia D. Carvalho – Frontiers in Plant Science

Techniques
PCR-based quantification of taxa-specific abundances in microbial communities: Quantifying and avoiding common pitfalls. – Fabian Bonk – Journal of Microbiological Methods

Genomes from uncultivated prokaryotes: a comparison of metagenome-assembled and single-amplified genomes. – Johannes Alneberg – Microbiome

Progress of analytical tools and techniques for human gut microbiome research – Eun-Ji Song – Journal of Microbiology

Preprint: Dynamic interaction network inference from longitudinal microbiome data – Jose Lugo-Martinez – bioRxiv

Science, Publishing, and Career
What the Nobels are — and aren’t — doing to encourage diversity – Elizabeth Gibney -Nature

Alyson’s Non-Microbiology Pick
What Ecstasy Does to Octopuses – Ed Yong – The Atlantic

September 30, 2018

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 28, 2018

Happy Friday! Today we have a long Digest with several interesting reviews and preprints. Learn about the fallopian tube microbiome, the bacterial communities in Icelandic volcanic deposits, the effect of ammonia on anaerobic digesters, skin defense peptides that modulate a frog’s resistance to a pathogen, and a new tool for constructing pan-genomes from shotgun metagenomic data. Enjoy!

General Microbiome
The mammalian mycobiome: A complex system in a dynamic relationship with the host
– Ghee Chuan Lai – WIREs Systems Biology and Medicine

Niche and fitness differences determine invasion success and impact in laboratory bacterial communities. – Shao-peng Li – ISMEJ

Pregnancy and Early Life
Fallopian tube microbiota: evidence beyond DNA. -Elise S Pelter – Future Microbiology

Human Oral Microbiome
Titanium as a modifier of the peri‐implant microbiome structure – Diane Daubert – Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research

Human Gut Microbiome
Linking gut microbiota, metabolic syndrome and economic status based on a population-level analysis. – Yan He – Microbiome

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

Obesity-Linked Gut Microbiome Dysbiosis Associated with Derangements in Gut Permeability and Intestinal Cellular Homeostasis Independent of Diet. – Ravinder Nagpal – Journal of Diabetes Research

Preprint: Social relationships, social isolation, and the human gut microbiota – Kimberly Dill-McFarland – bioRxiv

Review: Gut Microbiota: IgA Protects the Pioneers – Whitman B. Schofield – Current Biology

Review: The Gut Microbiota and Dysbiosis in Autism Spectrum Disorders. – Heather K. Hughes – Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Animal Experiments
Modulation of Pulmonary Microbiota by Antibiotic or Probiotic Aerosol Therapy: A Strategy to Promote Immunosurveillance against Lung Metastases. – Valentino Le Noci – Cell Reports

Nod2 Deficiency in mice is Associated with Microbiota Variation Favouring the Expansion of mucosal CD4+ LAP+ Regulatory Cells – A. Butera – Scientific Reports

Fermented Astragalus in diet altered the composition of fecal microbiota in broiler chickens – Hongxing Qiao – AMB Express

Chronic nonbacterial prostate inflammation in a rat model is associated with changes of gut microbiota that can be modified with a galactoglucomannan‐rich hemicellulose extract in diet – Yvonne Konkol – BJU International

Animal Microbiome
Microbiota and skin defense peptides may facilitate coexistence of two sympatric Andean frog species with a lethal pathogen. – Sandra V. Flechas – ISMEJ

Green forage and fattening duration differentially modulate cecal microbiome of Wanxi white geese. – Xingyong Chen – PLoS One

Plant, root, and soil microbiome
Succession and diversity of microbial communities in landfills with depths and ages and its association with dissolved organic matter and heavy metals. – Si-jia Liu – Science of The Total Environment

Characterization of the bacterial communities on recent Icelandic volcanic deposits of different ages.– Bo Byloos – BMC Microbiology

Linking microbial co-occurrences to soil ecological processes across a woodland-grassland ecotone. – Samiran Banerjee – Ecology and Evolution

Water and Extremophile Microbiome
Independent and interactive effects of reduced seawater pH and oil contamination on subsurface sediment bacterial communities – António Louvado – Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Effects of nutrient enrichment on surface microbial community gene expression in the oligotrophic North Pacific Subtropical Gyre – J. C. Robidart – ISMEJ

Food and Industrial Microbiology
Lacto-fermented sauerkraut improves symptoms in IBS patients independent of product pasteurisation – a pilot study – Elsa Sandberg Nielsen – Food & Function

Relationship between microbial community, operational factors and ammonia inhibition resilience in anaerobic digesters at low and moderate ammonia background concentrations. – Y. Lu – New Biotechnology

Microbial Community Enhances Biodegradation of Bisphenol A Through Selection of Sphingomonadaceae. – Seungdae Oh – Microbial Ecology

Bioinformatics
MSPminer: abundance-based reconstitution of microbial pan-genomes from shotgun metagenomic data. – Florian Plaza Oñate – Bioinformatics

Preprint: A unified framework for unconstrained and constrained ordination of microbiome read count data – Stijn Hawinkel – bioRxiv

September 27, 2018

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 26, 2018

Today’s mid-week short digest includes articles on integrating human genetics and the gut microbiome to find potent risk factors in cardiovascular disease; comparison of bariatric surgery techniques on the gut microbiota; transmission of antibiotic resistance genes from mothers to infants and importance of breastfeeding. News updates on growth prediction of human microbiome based diagnostics and first rapid test to determine Bifidobacteria in infant gut!

Human gut microbiome

Individual variations in cardiovascular-disease-related protein levels are driven by genetics and gut microbiome – Daria V. Zhernakova – Nature Genetics

Maternal gut and breast milk microbiota affect infant gut antibiotic resistome and mobile genetic elements – Katariina Pärnänen – Nature Communications

Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria from patients, hospital environment and healthcare workers: a six-month cross-sectional study – Aline Fernanda Rodrigues Sereia – bioRxiv

Microbiota stability in healthy individuals after single-dose lactulose challenge – a randomized controlled study – Sandra Y Wotzkas – bioRxiv

Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass profoundly changes gut microbiota compared to laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: a metagenomic comparative analysis – William Farin – bioRxiv

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

Profiling of microorganism-binding serum antibody specificities in professional athletes – Rajna Minić – PlosOne

Animal experiments

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

Glyphosate perturbs the gut microbiota of honey bees – Erick V. S. Motta – PNAS

Water and extremophile microbiome 

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

Techniques

The Smallest Intestine (TSI) – a low volume in vitro model of the small intestine with increased throughput – T Cieplak – FEMS microbiology Letters

Microbes in the news

First-Ever Rapid Response Test for Levels of Bifidobacterium in Baby’s Gut Microbiome – Microbiome Times

Human Microbiome Market will Likely to expanding at a CAGR of 9.8% during the forecast period from 2018 to 2026 – Business Analyst

Puppies spread antibiotic-resistant infections to 118 people, CDC reports – CBS News

Non-microbiology picks

The best of intentions: Prenatal breastfeeding intentions and infant health – Kerri M. Raissian – SSM Population Health

 

September 25, 2018

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