March 6, 2024

Vaginal Microbiome

Modeling Healthy and Dysbiotic Vaginal Microenvironments in a Human Vagina-on-a-Chip – Aakanksha Gulati et al – JoVE Bioengineering

Cancer microbiome

Multi-omics analysis elucidates the relationship between intratumor microbiome and host immune heterogeneity in breast cancer – Jia Li et al – Microbiology Spectrum

Human gut microbiome

Protein combined with certain dietary fibers increases butyrate production in gut microbiota fermentation – Rachel Jackson et al – Food & Function

A human milk oligosaccharide prevents intestinal inflammation in adulthood via modulating gut microbial metabolism – Kasey M. Schalich et al – mBio

Taxonomic and metabolic development of the human gut microbiome across life stages: a worldwide metagenomic investigation – Leonardo Mancabelli et al – mSystems

Cadaver microbiome

Decomposer communities are universal in death – Michael S. Strickland – Nature Microbiology

Animal microbiome

The coral microbiome in sickness, in health and in a changing world – Christian R. Voolstra et al – Nature Reviews Microbiology

The effects of hydrolyzed protein on macronutrient digestibility, fecal metabolites and microbiota, oxidative stress and inflammatory biomarkers, and skin and coat quality in adult dogs – Clare Hsu et al – Journal of Animal Science

Host starvation and in hospite degradation of algal symbionts shape the heat stress response of the Cassiopea-Symbiodiniaceae symbiosis – Gaëlle Toullec et al – BMC Microbiome

An engineered bacterial symbiont allows noninvasive biosensing of the honey bee gut environment – Audam Chhun et al – PLOS Biology

From phyllosphere to insect cuticles: silkworms gather antifungal bacteria from mulberry leaves to battle fungal parasite attacks – Pengfei Zhao et al – BMC Microbiome

Phages and viruses

Discovery and characterization of novel DNA viruses in Apis mellifera: expanding the honey bee virome through metagenomic analysis – Dominika Kadlečková et al – mSystems

Taxonomic difference in marine bloom-forming phytoplanktonic species affects the dynamics of both bloom-responding prokaryotes and prokaryotic viruses – Hiroaki Takebe et al – mSystems

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Microbiome sequencing revealed the abundance of uncultured bacteria in the Phatthalung sago palm-growing soil – Pumin Nutaratat et al – PLOS ONE

The rhizosphere microbiome reduces the uptake of arsenic and tungsten by Blechnum orientale by increasing nutrient cycling in historical tungsten mining area soils – Xiaolong Lan et al – Science of the Total Environment

Non-Microbiology/Science Communication

[PREPRINT] Sci-comm “behind the scenes”: Gendered narratives of scientific outreach activities in the life sciences – Perry G. Beasley-Hall et al – bioRxiv

March 3, 2024

Human and General Microbiome

The influence of placenta microbiota of normal term pregnant women on immune regulation during pregnancy – Ping Yang – BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Effect of gut microbiome modulation on muscle function and cognition: the PROMOTe randomised controlled trial – Mary Ni Lochlainn – Nature Communications

A metagenomic catalog of the early-life human gut virome – Shuqin Zeng – Nature Communications

Exploring the gut DNA virome in fecal immunochemical test stool samples reveals associations with lifestyle in a large population-based study – Paula Istvan – Nature Communications

Bisphenol A exposure affects specific gut taxa and drives microbiota dynamics in childhood obesity – Ana Lopez-Moreno – mSystems

Prevotella, a dominant bacterium in young people with stage Ⅲ periodontitis, related to the arachidonic acid metabolism pathway – Qin Ye – Microbes and Infection

Dual membrane-spanning anti-sigma factors regulate vesiculation in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron – Evan J Pardue – PNAS

Beneficial Microbes and Compounds

Blautia coccoides is a Newly Identified Bacterium Increased by Leucine Deprivation and has a Novel Function in Improving Metabolic Disorders – Yuguo Niu – Advanced Science

Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Clinical Protocol and Evaluation of Microbiota Immunity Axis – Elena Niccolai – Methods in Molecular Biology

Effect of Lactobacillus reuteri NCIMB 30351 drops on symptoms of infantile functional gastrointestinal disorders and gut microbiota in early infants: Results from a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial – Oleg Yu Tyrsin – European Journal of Pediatrics

Animal Microbiome

Gut microbiota facilitate adaptation of invasive moths to new host plants – Shouke Zhang – The ISME Journal

Plant Microbiome

A Synthetic Microbiome Based on Dominant Microbes in Wild Rice Rhizosphere to Promote Sulfur Utilization – Changji Wang – Rice

Environmental Microbiome

Life at the borderlands: microbiomes of interfaces critical to One Health – Simon R Law – FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Neural network establishes co-occurrence links between transformation products of the contaminant and the soil microbiome – Yuhui Xiang – The Science of the Total Environment

Microbiome Analysis: Tools, Protocols, Techniques and Resources

Review: Transforming Big Data into AI-ready data for nutrition and obesity research – Diana M Thomas – Obesity

Explainable artificial intelligence for microbiome data analysis in colorectal cancer biomarker identification – Pierfrancesco Novielli – Frontiers in Microbiology

A metatranscriptomics strategy for efficient characterization of the microbiome in human tissues with low microbial biomass – Joana Pereira-Marques – Gut Microbes

On the limits of 16S rRNA gene-based metagenome prediction and functional profiling – Monica Steffi Matchado – Microbial Genomics


February 29, 2024

Human oral microbiome

Using formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue to characterize the microbiota in p16-positive and p16-negative tongue squamous cell carcinoma: a pilot study – Yuanbo et al. – BMC Oral Health

Human gut microbiome

Inflammation and bacteriophages affect DNA inversion states and functionality of the gut microbiota – Carasso et al. – Cell Host & Microbe

Integrated multi-omics analysis reveals gut microbiota dysbiosis and systemic disturbance in major depressive disorder – Xie et al. – Psychiatry Research

Long-term beneficial effect of faecal microbiota transplantation on colonisation of multidrug-resistant bacteria and resistome abundance in patients with recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection – Nooij et al. – Genome Medicine

Bacteroides salyersiae is a potent chondroitin sulfate-degrading species in the human gut microbiota – Wang et al. – Microbiome

Elemental iron protects gut microbiota against oxygen-induced dysbiosis – Ostrov et al. PLOS One

Animal experiments (mouse/rat experiments, chickens/pigs on different diets)

Fecal microbiota transplantation ameliorates abdominal obesity through inhibiting microbiota-mediated intestinal barrier damage and inflammation in mice – Zhu et al. – Microbiological Research

Animal microbiome (for animals in the wild)

Exploring the modulatory effects of brown seaweed meal and extracts on intestinal microbiota and morphology of broiler chickens challenged with heat stress – Oretomiloye & Adewole – Poultry Science

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Synthetic microbe-to-plant communication channels – Boo et al. Nature Communications

Time-shifted expression of acetoclastic and methylotrophic methanogenesis by a single Methanosarcina genomospecies predominates the methanogen dynamics in Philippine rice field soil – Li et al. – Microbiome

Influence of climatic variation on microbial communities during organic Pinot noir wine production – Ohwofasa et al. – PLOS One

February 28, 2024

Human gut microbiome

Distinct intestinal microbial signatures linked to accelerated systemic and intestinal biological aging – Shalini Singh – BMC Microbiome

Safety, feasibility, and impact on the gut microbiome of kefir administration in critically ill adults – Vinod K. Gupta – BMC Medicine

Dissecting Gut-Microbial Community Interactions using a Gut Microbiome-on-a-Chip – Jeeyon Lee – Advanced Science

Animal experiments

CRB1-associated retinal degeneration is dependent on bacterial translocation from the gut – Shanzhen Peng – Cell

Amino acid formula induces microbiota dysbiosis and depressive-like behavior in mice – Ji Hu – Cell Reports

Bacteroides fragilis aggravates high-fat diet-induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by regulating lipid metabolism and remodeling gut microbiota – Yumei Huang – Microbiology Spectrum

Animal microbiome

Gut microbiota modulation enhances the immune capacity of lizards under climate warming – Jing Yang – BMC Microbiome

Gut microbiota contribute to variations in honey bee foraging intensity – Cassondra L Vernier – ISME Journal

Virome diversity shaped by genetic evolution and ecological landscape of Haemaphysalis longicornis – Run-Ze Ye – BMC Microbiome

Multi-omics reveal mechanisms of high enteral starch diet mediated colonic dysbiosis via microbiome-host interactions in young ruminant – Chunjia Jin – BMC Microbiome

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

[PREPRINT] Cover Crop Root Exudates Impact Soil Microbiome Functional Trajectories in Agricultural Soils – Valerie A Seitz – Research Square

Stronger compensatory thermal adaptation of soil microbial respiration with higher substrate availability – Lingrui Qu – ISME Journal

Built environment

Effects of operational parameters on bacterial communities in Hong Kong and global wastewater treatment plants – Yulin Zhang – mSystems

Water and extremophile microbiome

Novel functional insights into the microbiome inhabiting marine plastic debris: critical considerations to counteract the challenges of thin biofilms using multi-omics and comparative metaproteomics – Lauren F. Messer – BMC Microbiome

Particle-attached bacteria act as gatekeepers in the decomposition of complex phytoplankton polysaccharides – Feng-Qing Wang – BMC Microbiome

Dynamics of Gut Bacteria Across Different Zooplankton Genera in the Baltic Sea – Tianshuo Zu – Microbial Ecology

Beneficial microbes

[PREPRINT] Enhancing Recovery from Gut Microbiome Dysbiosis and Alleviating DSS-Induced Colitis in Mice with a Consortium of Rare Short-Chain Fatty Acid-Producing Bacteria – Achuthan Ambat – bioRxiv

Neuroprotective Effects of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis NJ241 in a Mouse Model of Parkinson’s Disease: Implications for Gut Microbiota and PGC-1α – Yuxuan Dong – Molecular Neurobiology

February 26, 2024

General and Human Microbiome

Fusobacterium nucleatum promotes tumor progression in KRAS p.G12D-mutant colorectal cancer by binding to DHX15 – Huiyuan Zhu – Nature Communications

Gut microbial co-metabolite 2-methylbutyrylcarnitine exacerbates thrombosis via binding to and activating integrin α2β1 – Kan Huang – Cell Metabolism

Robustness of cancer microbiome signals over a broad range of methodological variation – Gregory D Sepich-Poore – Oncogene

A cross-sectional study observing the association of psychosocial stress and dietary intake with gut microbiota genera and alpha diversity among a young adult cohort of black and white women in Birmingham, Alabama – Rachel O Knight – BMC Women’s Health

Faecal hsa-miR-7704 inhibits the growth and adhesion of Bifidobacterium longum by suppressing ProB and aggravates hepatic encephalopathy – Yuchong Wang – NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes

Beneficial Microbes and Compounds

Review: How probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, and postbiotics prevent dental caries: an oral microbiota perspective – Si-Chen Luo – NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes

Review: Limosilactobacillus fermentum Strains as Novel Probiotic Candidates to Promote Host Health Benefits and Development of Biotherapeutics: A Comprehensive Review – Micaelle Oliveira de Luna Freire – Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins

AGA Clinical Practice Guideline on Fecal Microbiota-Based Therapies for Select Gastrointestinal Diseases – Anne F Peery – Gastroenterology

Plant Microbiome

Root endophyte-mediated alteration in plant H2O2 homeostasis regulates symbiosis outcome and reshapes the rhizosphere microbiota – Kai Sun – Journal of Experimental Botany

Micronutrient-microbiome interplay: a critical regulator of soil-plant health – Muhammad Noman – Trends in Microbiology

Dynamic root microbiome sustains soybean productivity under unbalanced fertilization – Mingxing Wang – Nature Communications

Environmental Microbiome

Adaptive response of prokaryotic communities to extreme pollution flooding in a Paleolithic rock art cave (Pindal Cave, northern Spain) – Tamara Martin-Pozas – The Science of the Total Environment

Effects of running time on biological activated carbon filters: water purification performance and microbial community evolution – Shuangjia Shi – Environmental Science and Pollution Research International

February 23, 2024

Today’s digest features the MetaPhlAn v4.1 & viral module, early life gut microbiome and diabetes, human milk oligosaccharides study, and more.

See you at #MVIF next week!

Oral microbiome

Favorable subgingival plaque microbiome shifts are associated with clinical treatment for peri-implant diseases – Davide Bazzani – npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Nasal microbiome

Nasal commensals reduce Staphylococcus aureus proliferation by restricting siderophore availability – Y Zhao – bioRxiv

Semen microbiome

Characterisation and comparison of semen microbiota and sperm function in men with infertility, recurrent miscarriage, or proven fertility – Shahriar Mowla – bioRxiv

Gut microbiome

CRISPR-Cas-based identification of a sialylated human milk oligosaccharides utilization cluster in the infant gut commensal Bacteroides dorei – Sivan Kijner – Nature Communications

Microbiome features associated with performance measures in athletic and non-athletic individuals: A case-control study – Kinga Humińska-Lisowska – Plos One

The impact of iron supplementation on the preterm neonatal gut microbiome: A pilot study – Matthew VanOrmer – Plos One

Early-life exposures to specific commensal microbes prevent type 1 diabetes – Jamal Green – bioRxiv

Insights into gut microbiomes in stem cell transplantation by comprehensive shotgun long-read sequencing – Philipp Spohr – Scientific Reports

Donor-recipient intermicrobial interactions impact transfer of subspecies and fecal microbiota transplantation outcome – Qiyi Chen – Cell Host & Microbe

Animal experiment

The gut ileal mucosal virome is disturbed in patients with Crohn’s disease and exacerbates intestinal inflammation in mice – Zhirui Cao – Nature Communications

Animal microbiome

Gut microbiome diversity and function during hibernation and spring emergence in an aquatic frog – Ji-Eun Lee – Plos One

Unraveling the gut microbiota of Tibetan chickens: insights into highland adaptation and ecological advantages – Tao Zeng – bioRxiv

Water microbiome

A difficult coexistence: resolving the iron-induced nitrification delay in groundwater filters – Francesc Corbera-Rubio – bioRxiv

Human virome

Discovering and exploring the hidden diversity of human gut viruses using highly enriched virome samples – Moreno Zolfo – bioRxiv

February 21, 2024

Human nasal microbiome

[PREPRINT]Nasal commensals reduce Staphylococcus aureus proliferation by restricting siderophore availability – Zhao et al. – bioRxiv

Human oral microbiome

Favorable subgingival plaque microbiome shifts are associated with clinical treatment for peri-implant diseases – Bazzani et al. – npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Human gut microbiome

Horizontal gene transfer after faecal microbiota transplantation in adolescents with obesity – Behling et al. – Microbiome

Animal microbiome

Psychological stress-induced microbial metabolite indole-3-acetate disrupts intestinal cell lineage commitment – Wei et al. – Cell Metabolism

Gut microbiota contributes to bisphenol A-induced maternal intestinal and placental apoptosis, oxidative stress, and fetal growth restriction in pregnant ewe model by regulating gut-placental axis – Zhang et al. – Microbiome

Water and extremophile microbiome (sea, rivers, lakes, glaciers, permafrost, high-salt)

Novel insights into the rhizosphere and seawater microbiome of Zostera marina in diverse mariculture zones – Sun et al. – Microbiome

Alteration of bacterial community composition in the sediments of an urban artificial river caused by sewage discharge – Li et al. – PeerJ

The exometabolome of microbial communities inhabiting bare ice surfaces on the southern Greenland Ice Sheet – Doting et al. – Environmental Microbiology

Searching for microbial contribution to micritization of shallow marine sediments – Garuglieri et al. – Environmental Microbiology

Food microbiology

Unveiling the microbial communities and metabolic pathways of Keem, a traditional starter culture, through whole-genome sequencing – Rana et al. – Scientific Reports

Phages and viruses

[PREPRINT]Fecal Virome Transplantation (FVT) from healthy humans remodels the gut bacteriome and virome and reduces metabolic syndrome in mice – Cervantes-Echeverría et al. – bioRxiv

[PREPRINT]Discovering and exploring the hidden diversity of human gut viruses using highly enriched virome samples – Zolfo et al. – bioRxiv

Microbes in the news (popular press, EurekAlert, ScienceDaily, Youtube, NPR, etc)

Why addressing how our brain and our gut talk to each other matter for IBS – Gut microbiota for health

February 15, 2024

Human and General Microbiome

Review: Gastrointestinal and brain barriers: unlocking gates of communication across the microbiota-gut-brain axis – María R Aburto – Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Alterations of gut microbiota in infants with biliary atresia identified by 16S rRNA-sequencing – Fei Liu – BMC Pediatrics

Culture- and non-culture-based approaches reveal unique features of the ocular microbiome in dry eye patients – Maria Naqvi – The Ocular Surface

Animal Microbiome

Herptile gut microbiomes: a natural system to study multi-kingdom interactions between filamentous fungi and bacteria – Lluvia Vargas-Gastélum – mSphere

Beneficial Microbes 

Colonic probiotic insufflation: clinical proposal for an economical game-changer for restoration of the gut microbiome in colorectal cancer and beyond – Ryan Varghese – International Journal of Surgery

Neuroprotective Effect of a Multistrain Probiotic Mixture in SOD1(G93A) Mice by Reducing SOD1 Aggregation and Targeting the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis – Zikai Xin – Molecular Neurobiology

Plant Microbiome

Metagenomic and biochemical analyses reveal the potential of silicon to alleviate arsenic toxicity in rice (Oryza sativa L.) – Temoor Ahmed – Environmental Pollution

Mechanisms on salt tolerant of Paenibacillus polymyxa SC2 and its growth-promoting effects on maize seedlings under saline conditions – Chengqiang Wang – Microbiological Research

Environmental Microbiome

Novel insights into the rhizosphere and seawater microbiome of Zostera marina in diverse mariculture zones – Hao Sun – Microbiome

Biogeography and assembly processes of abundant and rare soil microbial taxa in the southern part of the Qilian Mountain National Park, China – Zhilin Feng – Ecology and Evolution


Microbiome Analysis: Tools, Techniques and Resources

A Clinical Breathomics Dataset – Ping-Hung Kuo – Scientific Data

DeepMPTB: a vaginal microbiome-based deep neural network as artificial intelligence strategy for efficient preterm birth prediction – Oshma Chakoory – Biomarker Research

MicroMPN: methods and software for high-throughput screening of microbe suppression in mixed populations – Karla Franco Meléndez – Microbiology Spectrum

Nanopore sequencing of infectious fluid is a promising supplement for gold-standard culture in real-world clinical scenario – Manna Zhao – Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

February 13, 2024

General microbiome

Model-free prediction of microbiome compositions – Asher & Bashan – Microbiome

Pregnancy and early life

Divergent maturational patterns of the infant bacterial and fungal gut microbiome in the first year of life are associated with inter-kingdom community dynamics and infant nutrition – Mercer et al. – Microbiome

Human airway microbiome

Genomic attributes of airway commensal bacteria and mucosa – Cuthbertson et al. – Communications Biology

Human skin microbiome

[REVIEW]Triggers for the onset and recurrence of psoriasis: a review and update – Liu et al. – Cell Communication and Signaling

Human vaginal microbiome

Uterine fibroids and longitudinal profiles of the vaginal microbiota in a cohort presenting for transvaginal ultrasound – Robbins – PLOS One

Human gut microbiome

Microbial-derived imidazole propionate links the heart failure-associated microbiome alterations to disease severity – Raju et al. – Genome Medicine

Horizontal gene transfer after faecal microbiota transplantation in adolescents with obesity – Behling et al. – Microbiome

Differential effects of antiretroviral treatment on immunity and gut microbiome composition in people living with HIV in rural versus urban Zimbabwe – Colorado et al. – Microbiome

Gut microbiome signature of metabolically healthy obese individuals according to anthropometric, metabolic and inflammatory parameters – Lee et al. – Scientific Reports

Animal microbiome

Metagenome-assembled genome reveals species and functional composition of Jianghan chicken gut microbiota and isolation of Pediococcus acidilactic with probiotic properties – Shen et al. – Microbiome

Falcon gut microbiota is shaped by diet and enriched in Salmonella – Ahmad et al. – PLOS One

Sex differences in colonic gene expression and fecal microbiota composition in a mouse model of obesity-associated colorectal cancer – Chang et al. – Scientific Reports

Cadaver decomposition microbiome

A conserved interdomain microbial network underpins cadaver decomposition despite environmental variables – Burcham et al. – Nature Microbiology

Bioinformatics

YACHT: an ANI-based statistical test to detect microbial presence/absence in a metagenomic sample – Koslicki et al. – Bioinformatics

Gut microbiome-metabolome interactions predict host condition – Shtossel et al. – Microbiome

Techniques

Fecal microbiome composition and diversity of cryopreserved canine stool at different duration and storage conditions – Barko et al. – PLOS One

January 31, 2024

General microbiome

Finding Candida auris in public metagenomic repositories – Mario-Vasquez et al. – PLOS One

Pregnancy and early life

A pilot study of fecal pH and redox as functional markers in the premature infant gut microbiome – Letourneau et al. – PLOS One

[PREPRINT]Assembly, stability, and dynamics of the infant gut microbiome are linked to bacterial strains and functions in mother’s milk – Allert et al. – bioRxiv

Human nasal microbiome

A genome-wide association study reveals the relationship between human genetic variation and the nasal microbiome – Liu et al. – Communications Biology

Human gut microbiome

Differential peripheral immune signatures elicited by vegan versus ketogenic diets in humans – Link et al. – Nature Medicine

Metagenomic analyses of 7000 to 5500 years old coprolites excavated from the Torihama shell-mound site in the Japanese archipelago – Nishimura et al. – PLOS One

[PREPRINT]Unravelling the ancient fungal DNA from the Iceman’s gut – Oskolkov et al. – bioRxiv

Animal experiments (mouse/rat experiments, chickens/pigs on different diets)

Streptococcus anginosus promotes gastric inflammation, atrophy, and tumorigenesis in mice – Fu et al. – Cell

Gut complement induced by the microbiota combats pathogens and spares commensals – Wu et al. – Cell

Complement in breast milk modifies offspring gut microbiota to promote infant health – Xu et al. – Cell

Antidiabetic effects and mechanism of γ-polyglutamic acid on type II diabetes mice – Li et al. – International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Bacterial microbiome associated with cigarette beetle Lasioderma serricorne (F.) and its microbial plasticity in relation to diet sources – Srinivasan et al. – PLOS One

Animal microbiome (for animals in the wild)

Metagenomics reveals the temporal dynamics of the rumen resistome and microbiome in goat kids – Chai et al. – Microbiome

[PREPRINT]Thermal fluctuations independently modulate physiological plasticity and the dynamics of the gut microbiome in a tropical rocky shore oyster – Arromrak et al. – bioRxiv

[PREPRINT]Diversity and structure of the deep-sea sponge microbiome in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean – Williams et al. – bioRxiv

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

[PREPRINT]Temporal and spatial dynamics within the fungal microbiome of grape fermentation – Onetto et al. – bioRxiv

Water and extremophile microbiome (sea, rivers, lakes, glaciers, permafrost, high-salt)

Autotrophic biofilms sustained by deeply sourced groundwater host diverse bacteria implicated in sulfur and hydrogen metabolism – Valentin-Alvarado et al. – Microbiome

Phages and viruses

[PREPRINT]Viroid-like colonists of human microbiomes – Zheludev et al. – bioRxiv

Bioinformatics

[PREPRINT]DeepGOMeta: Predicting functions for microbes – Hoehndorf et al. – bioRxiv

[PREPRINT]Predicting microbial genome-scale metabolic networks directly from 16S rRNA gene sequences – Øyås et al. – bioRxiv

Techniques

[REVIEW]Unraveling metagenomics through long-read sequencing: a comprehensive review – Kim et al. – Journal of Translational Medicine

Microbes in the news

Non-prescription therapeutics for IBS: where are we? – Costantino – Gut Microbiota for Health by ESNM