Aug 11, 2019

In Sunday’s microbiome digest read about a genomic approach which identified large number of novel proteins from human microbiome, how gut microbiome modulates the pancreatic adenocarcinoma microbiome landscape, detailed investigation of host-microbiome interactions via screening of human microbiome-derived metabolites against G-protein-coupled receptors, homeostasis of brain-gut-microbiota axis in functional dyspepsia rats, modelling of microbial communities using artificial neural networks and in the techniques section Gupta et. al. compared the diagnostic efficacy of Amplicon sequencing and traditional culture methods. Happy weekend. Enjoy reading.

General microbiome

Review Essay: At the Intersection of Microbiota and Circadian Clock: Are Sexual Dimorphism and Growth Hormones the Missing Link to Pathology? – Benjamin D. Weger – BioEssays

Gut microbiome

Large-Scale Analyses of Human Microbiomes Reveal Thousands of Small, Novel Genes – Hila Sberro – Cell

Tumor Microbiome Diversity and Composition Influence Pancreatic Cancer Outcomes – Erick Riquelme – Cell

Mapping Interactions of Microbial Metabolites with Human G-Protein-Coupled Receptors – Dominic A. Colosimo – Cell Host & Micorbe

The Association between Gut Microbiota Composition and Body Mass Index in Chinese Male College Students, as Analyzed by Next-generation Sequencing – Yanrong Lv – British Journal of Nutrition

Influence of Helicobacter pylori Infection and Atrophic Gastritis on the Gut Microbiota in a Japanese Population – Iino C – Digestion

Gut microbiome response to a modern Paleolithic diet in a Western lifestyle context – Monica Barone – PLOS ONE

Early Ecasseliflavus gut colonization and outcomes of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation – Armin Rashidi – PLOS ONE

Vaginal microbiome

Review: The vaginal microbiome in uterine transplantation – BP Jones – BJOG

Animal microbiome / Animal experiments

16S rRNA Gene Amplicon Sequence Data from Chicken Cecal Feces from Vietnam and Thailand – Nachiko Takeshita – Microbiology Resource Announcements

Modification of the equine gastrointestinal microbiota by Jerusalem artichoke meal supplementation – M. Glatter – PLOS ONE

Effect of 1-Deoxynojirimycin Isolated from Mulberry Leaves on Glucose Metabolism and Gut Microbiota in a Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Mouse Model – Teng-Gen Hu – Journal of Natural Products

Different microbiomes are found in healthy breeder ducks and those with foot pad dermatitis – S M Qin – Poultry Science

Effects of early-life lactoferrin intervention on growth performance, small intestinal function and gut microbiota in suckling piglets – Ping Hu – Food and Function

Child compound Endothelium corneumattenuates gastrointestinal dysmotility through regulating the homeostasis of brain-gut-microbiota axis in functional dyspepsia rats – YixinHe – Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Water and extremophile microbiome

Modelling the influence of environmental parameters over marine planktonic microbial communities using artificial neural networks – F.H.Coutinho – Science of The Total Environment

Biomonitoring detoxification efficiency of an algal-bacterial microcosm system for treatment of coking wastewater: Harmonization between Chlorella vulgaris microalgae and wastewater microbiome – MariamHassan – Science of The Total Environment

Environmental Microbiome

Hospital Microbiome Variations As Analyzed by High-Throughput Sequencing – Marwa T. ElRakaiby – OMICS

Techniques

Amplicon sequencing provides more accurate microbiome information in healthy children compared to culturing – Shashank Gupta – Communications Biology

Microbiome news

The microbiome explained: how a vast army of gut bacteria regulates body’s functioning

How snuggling close affects bats’ microbiome

August 10, 2019

This weekend, read about the role that gut microbes play in inflammation, microbes in the placenta-maternal interface, BactMAP R package, and more. Happy reading!

General microbiome

High proportions of bacteria and archaea across most biomes remain uncultured – Andrew D. Steen – The ISME Journal

Isolation of an archaeon at the prokaryote-eukaryote interface – Hiroyuki Imachi – bioRxiv

Urinary microbiome

A Prospective Study of the Urinary and Gastrointestinal Microbiome in Prepubertal Males – Borna Kassir – Urology

Gut microbiome

*Review: The intestinal microbiota fuelling metabolic inflammation – Herbert Tilg – Nature Reviews Immunology

Long-term dietary intervention reveals resilience of the gut microbiota despite changes in diet and weight – Gabriela K Fragiadakis – bioRxiv

Recovery of the gut microbiota after antibiotics depends on host diet and environmental reservoirs – Katharine M. Ng – bioRxiv

Differential detection of Entamoeba species in stool samples collected from children in District Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan – Muhammad Iftikhar Khan – bioRxiv

Association network analysis identifies enzymatic components of gut microbiota that significantly differ between colorectal cancer patients and healthy controls – Dongmei Ai – PeerJ

Specific changes in faecal microbiota are associated with familial Mediterranean fever – Samuel Deshayes – Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Pregnancy and early life

*Functional characterization of Ralstonia insidiosa, a bona fide resident at the maternal-fetal interface – Lindsay A. Parnell – bioRxiv

The association between caesarean section delivery and later life obesity in 21-24 year olds in an Urban South African birth cohort – Eniola Sogunle – bioRxiv

Water and extremophile microbiome

Microbial community and geochemical analyses of trans-trench sediments for understanding the roles of hadal environments – Satoshi Hiraoka – bioRxiv

Metabolically-active obligate aerobes in anoxic (sulfidic) marine sediments – Sabyasachi Bhattacharya – bioRxiv

Plant microbiome

Shared mycorrhizae but distinct communities of other root-associated microbes on co-occurring native and invasive maples – Tonia DeBellis – PeerJ

Non-target Effects of Trichoderma on Plants and Soil Microbial Communities – Monika Jangi – Plant Microbe Interface

Bioinformatics

*BactMAP: an R package for integrating, analyzing and visualizing bacterial microscopy data – Renske van Raaphorst – bioRxiv

Podcast

The placental microbiome, and advances in artificial intelligence – Nick Howe and Noah Baker – Nature Podcast

August 8, 2019

Today’s Digest brings you plenty of articles and news pieces, and highlights include mouse experiments with humanized microbiota, with “wilding” microbiota, and a collection of rumen metagenomes. Enjoy reading!

Event

The Expert Is In: Magnetic bacteria pumping iron! – National Museum of Natural History – August 9, 11am-1pm EDT

Antimicrobial resistance

Random peptide mixtures entrapped within a copper-cuprite matrix: new antimicrobial agent against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus – Tal Stern Bauer et al. – Scientific Reports

ABC Transporter Genes Show Upregulated Expression in Drug-Resistant Clinical Isolates of Candida auris: A Genome-Wide Characterization of ATP-Binding Cassette (ABC) Transporter Genes – Mohd Wasi, Nitesh Kumar Khandelwal & Alexander J. Moorhouse et al. – Frontiers in Microbiology

Preprint: Global Genetic Cartography of Urban Metagenomes and Anti-Microbial Resistance – David C. Danko et al. – bioRxiv

Antimicrobial use in an Indonesian community cohort 0-18 months of age – Jarir At Thobari et al. – PLoS One

Erythromycin-resistant lactic acid bacteria in the healthy gut of vegans, ovo-lacto vegetarians and omnivores – Vesna Milanović et al. – PLoS One

Pregnancy and early life

Predictive value of cervical cytokine, antimicrobial and microflora levels for pre-term birth in high-risk women – Rashmi Manning et al. – Scientific Reports

Human multi-site microbiome

A new issue of the Gastroenterology Clinics of North America

Human oral microbiome

Review: Oral microbial biofilms: an update – Seyed Ali Mosaddad et al. – European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Amplicon-based microbiome study highlights the loss of diversity and the establishment of a set of species in patients with dentin caries – Diana Wolff et al. – PLoS One

Microbiome in maintained periodontitis and its shift over a single maintenance interval of three months – Hongye Lu et al. – Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Human gut microbiome

Review: Role of microbes, metabolites and effector compounds in host–microbiota interaction: a pharmacological outlook – Bharat Bhushan et al. – Environmental Chemistry Letters

Age-Associated Changes in Gut Microbiota and Dietary Components Related with the Immune System in Adulthood and Old Age: A Cross-Sectional Study – Nuria Salazar et al. – Nutrients

Review: Establishing What Constitutes a Healthy Human Gut Microbiome: State of the Science, Regulatory Considerations, and Future Directions – Michael I McBurney et al. – The Journal of Nutrition

Review: Gut Dysbiosis and the Intestinal Microbiome: Streptococcus thermophilus a Key Probiotic for Reducing Uremia – Luis Vitetta et al. – Microorganisms

Animal experiments

** Baseline microbiota composition modulates antibiotic-mediated effects on the gut microbiota and host – Aonghus Lavelle et al. – Microbiome

Microbiota of newborn calves and their mothers reveals possible transfer routes for newborn calves’ gastrointestinal microbiota – Daniela Klein-Jöbstl et al. – PLos One

Isoorientin attenuates benzo[a]pyrene-induced colonic injury and gut microbiota disorders in mice – Shenyuan He et al. – Food Research International

** Laboratory mice born to wild mice have natural microbiota and model human immune responses – Stephan P. Rosshart et al. – Science

Antibiotic-Induced Perturbations Are Manifested in the Dominant Intestinal Bacterial Phyla of Atlantic Salmon – Shruti Gupta et al. – Microorganisms

Whole Body Vibration-Induced Omental Macrophage Polarization and Fecal Microbiome Modification in a Murine Model – Jack C. Yu et al. – International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Press: Whole body vibration shakes up microbiome, reduces inflammation in diabetes – EurekAlert

Press: Whole body vibration helps reduce inflammation, thanks to the gut microbiome – Angela Betsaida B. Laguipo – News-Medical

Animal microbiome

Sex-specific linkages between taxonomic and functional profiles of tick gut microbiomes – Dasiel Obregón et al. – Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

** Compendium of 4,941 rumen metagenome-assembled genomes for rumen microbiome biology and enzyme discovery – Robert D. Stewart et al. – Nature Biotechnology

Humoral immune responses against gut bacteria in dogs with inflammatory bowel disease – Sirikul Soontararak et al. – PLoS One

Plant, root and soil microbiome

Solarization-based pesticide degradation results in decreased activity and biomass of the soil microbial community – M.Díaz-López et al. – Geoderma

Soil microbial carbon metabolism reveals a disease suppression pattern in continuous ginger mono-cropping fields – Xiaojiao Liu et al. – Applied Soil Ecology

Influence of 2,4-D residues on the soil microbial community and growth of tree species – Luciana Monteiro Aguiar et al. – International Journal of Phytoremediation

A Microbiome Study Reveals Seasonal Variation in Endophytic Bacteria Among different Mulberry Cultivars – Ting Ou et al. – Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal

Biological Soil Crusts from Different Soil Substrates Harbor Distinct Bacterial Groups with the Potential to Produce Exopolysaccharides and Lipopolysaccharides – Barbara Cania et al. – Microbial Ecology

Water and extremophile microbiome

A snapshot of microbial community structures in 20 different field-scale anaerobic bioreactors treating food waste – Seung Gu Shin et al. – Journal of Environmental Management

Microbial uptake kinetics of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) compound groups from river water and sediments – Francesca L. Brailsford et al. – Scientific Reports

Biological removal of selenate in saline wastewater by activated sludge under alternating anoxic/oxic conditions – Yuanyuan Zhang et al. – Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering

Built environment microbiome

Environmental factors influencing fungal growth on gypsum boards and their structural biodeterioration: A university campus case study – Negin Kazemian et al. – PLoS One

Phages and viruses

Identification of diverse bat alphacoronaviruses and betacoronaviruses in China provides new insights into the evolution and origin of coronavirus-related diseases – Yelin Han et al. – Frontiers in Microbiology

The respiratory microbiota: Associations with influenza symptomatology and viral shedding – Kyu Han Lee et al. – Annals of Epidemiology

Technology

Review: Simultaneous improving nitrogen removal and decreasing greenhouse gas emission with biofilm carriers addition in ecological floating bed – Shanshan Sun et al. – Bioresource Technology

Comparative evaluation of a novel recombinase polymerase amplification-lateral flow dipstick (RPA-LFD) assay, LAMP, conventional PCR, and leaf-disc baiting methods for detection of Phytophthora sojae – Tingting Dai et al. – Frontiers in Microbiology

Review: Emerging molecular techniques for studying microbial community composition and function in microbiologically influenced corrosion – Susmitha Purnima Kotu et al. – International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation

Microbes in the news

Phase Genomics’ Platform Links Viruses and Antibiotic Resistance Genes to the Microbiome in Study of a Highly Complex Microbial Community – Phase Genomics – Globe Newswire

Mouse Genetics Shape the Gut Microbiome More than Their Environment – Nicoletta Lanese – The Scientist

JMM EDITOR’S CHOICE: HOW DOES SMOKING AFFECT THE ORAL MICROBIOME? – Microbiology Society

NEWSProbiotics brand Life Space celebrates the wonder of the human microbiome – Zoe Wilkinson – Mumbrella

Caveats and clinical implications in the connection between the duodenal microbiome, diet and functional gastrointestinal symptoms – Gut Microbiota for Health

The many modes of microbial magic – Giuliana Viglione – Chemical & Engineering News

The secret lives of microbes – ANNEMIEKE VAN ROEKEL – Euro Scientist

IIT develops state-of-art device to detect bacteria – The Pioneer

The Germiest Places in Your Child’s School – Alex Watt – Red Book

Teresa van Dongen’s Mud Well light uses microorganisms to create electricity – Rima Sabina Aouf – De Zeen

Microbes on the market

Shoreline Biome Announces International Distribution Partnerships – Yahoo Finance

What are the prospects for microbiome skin care in Asia? – Simon Pitman – Cosmetics Design – Europe

Biotech startup joins quest to harness microbiome to untether reliance on antibiotics in women’s health – Natalie Grover – Endpoints News

PanTheryx funding will help intensify growth in animal microbiome-focused products – Joseph Harvey – Informa

August 5, 2019

Good Morning! Highlights of today’s digest include a comprehensive analysis of biosynthetic gene clusters from Bacillus amyloliquifaciens that synthesize a lipopeptide with anticancer activity, another study conducted with African-origin adults confirms association of the oral and gut microbiota to cardiometabolic risks, a review about future applications of probiotics focusing on the characteristics of Bacteroides fragilis and an editorial article on environmental bacteriophages highlighting exciting future applications such as antibacterial therapies for antibiotic-resistant pathogens.

General Microbiology

* A comprehensive genomic and growth proteomic analysis of antitumor lipopeptide bacillomycin Lb biosynthesis in Bacillus amyloliquefaciens X030 – Jiao Yang Lu et al. – Applied Microbiology and Technology

Pregnancy and early life

Patterned progression of gut microbiota associated with necrotizing enterocolitis and late onset sepsis in preterm infants: a prospective study in a Chinese neonatal intensive care unit – Jiayi Liu et al. – PeerJ

Multi-site human microbiome

*The human microbiota is associated with cardiometabolic risk across the epidemiologic transition – Na Fei et al. – PLOS ONE

Human vaginal microbiome

The effect of antiretroviral therapy initiation on the vaginal microbiome in HIV-infected women – Cindy M Liu et al. – Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Competition among Gardnerella subgroups from the human vaginal microbiome – Salahuddin Khan et al. – bioRxiv

Human gut microbiome

Exposure to parasitic protists and helminths changes the intestinal community structure of bacterial microbiota but not of eukaryotes in a cohort of mother-child binomial from a semi-rural setting in Mexico – Oswaldo Partida-Rodriguez et al. – bioRxiv

Animal experiments

Metagenomic analysis of the effects of toll-like receptors on bacterial infection in the peritoneal cavity following cecum ligation and puncture in mice – Pao-Jen Kuo et al. – PLOS ONE

Animal microbiome

Social interactions across groups of colobus monkeys (Colobus vellerosus) explain similarities in their gut microbiomes – bioRxiv

Plant, root and soil microbiome

Phosphorus Input Alters the Assembly of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Root-Associated Communities – Xi-En Long et al. – Microbial Ecology

Water and extremophile microbiome

Review: Microbial Diversity of Saline Habitats: An Overview of Biotechnological Applications – Shubhrima Ghosh et at. – Microorganisms in Saline Environments: Strategies and Functions

Built-environment microbiome

Rapid metagenomics analysis of EMS vehicles for monitoring pathogen load using nanopore DNA sequencing – Taylor Sheahan et al. – PLOS ONE

Food microbiology

Characterization and comparison of metaproteomes in traditional and commercial dajiang, a fermented soybean paste in northeast China – Mengxi Xie et al. – Food Chemistry

Probiotics / peribiotics

*Review: A potential species of next-generation probiotics? The dark and light sides of Bacteroides fragilis in health – X Li et al. – Food Research International

Phages and viruses

*Editorial: Environmental Bacteriophages: from Biological Control Applications to Directed Bacterial Evolution – Robert Czajkowski et al. – Frontiers in Microbiology

Techniques

Quantitative Stable Isotope Probing with H218O to Measure Taxon-Specific Microbial Growth – Alicia M. Purcell et al. – ACSESS Metods of Soil Analysis

Linking process performances and core microbial community structures in anaerobic membrane bioreactor with rotatory disk (ARMBR) system fed with high-strength food waste recycling wastewater – Hyunduk Seo et al. – Bioresource Technology

Nanopore sequencing for fast determination of plasmids, phages, virulence markers, and antimicrobial resistance genes in Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli – Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona et al. – PLOS ONE

Microbes in the news

Poop transplants can help prematurely old mice live longer – Eva Freserick – Science Magazine

August 3, 2019

Have a happy weekend! Today, in this Digest: an interesting study of the human placenta microbiome, papers showing associations between microbiome and pancreatic or lung cancer, and an update of the pathogenesis of bacterial vaginosis. In addition, a paper showing that the microbiome in primates has a different evolutionary pattern in comparison with the host.  Enjoy!

 

Human and General Microbiome

Human placenta has no microbiome but can contain potential pathogens – Marcus C. de Goffau – Nature

Microbial dysbiosis and polyamine metabolism as predictive markers for early detection of pancreatic cancer – Roberto Mendez – Carcinogenesis

Plasticity in the Human Gut Microbiome Defies Evolutionary Constraints – Andres Gomez – mSphere

Whole genome sequencing revealed microbiome in lung adenocarcinomas presented as ground-glass nodules – Yijiu Ren – Translational Lung Cancer Research

An Updated Conceptual Model on the Pathogenesis of Bacterial Vaginosis – Christina A Muzny – The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Review: Gut microbes and metabolites as modulators of blood-brain barrier integrity and brain health – Aimeé Parker – Gut Microbes

Editorial: The only thing that stops a bad microbiome, is a good microbiome – Jessica R. Galloway-Peña – Haematologica

Review: Consumer Safety Considerations of Skin and Oral Microbiome Perturbation – Andrew J. McBain – Clinical Microbiology Reviews

News: Microbiome therapeutics go small molecule – Megan Cully – Nature Reviews Drug Discovery

Pharmacomicrobiomics informs clinical pharmacogenomics – Theodora Katsila – Future Medicine

Each Additional Day of Antibiotics is Associated with Lower Gut Anaerobes in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Patients – Ashley M Rooney, BSc – Clinical Infectious Diseases

Prevention and treatment of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection – Jae Shin – Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

An integrated respiratory microbial gene catalogue to better understand the microbial aetiology of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia – Wenkui Dai – Gigascience

Review: Connection between gut microbiome and the development of obesity – Cuiting Zhi – European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Animal Microbiome

Hyperuricemia is associated with impaired intestinal permeability in mice – Daxing Xu – Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

 

Beneficial compounds and Foods

Prevention of Vascular Inflammation by Pterostilbene via Trimethylamine-N-Oxide Reduction and Mechanism of Microbiota Regulation – Yen‐Chun Koh – Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Interactions of tea polyphenols with intestinal microbiota and their implication for cellular signal conditioning mechanism – Yongyong Li – Journal of Food Biochemistry

Hass Avocado Inclusion in a Weight-Loss Diet Supported Weight Loss and Altered Gut Microbiota: A 12-Week Randomized, Parallel-Controlled Trial – Susanne M Henning – Current Developments in Nutrition

 

Plant Microbiome

Host plant-dependent effects of microbes and phytochemistry on the insect immune response – Su’ad A. Yoon – Oecologia

Engineering transkingdom signalling in plants to control gene expression in rhizosphere bacteria – Barney A. Geddes – Nature Communications 

August 1, 2019

Happy Thursday! Today’s digest includes fungi abundance in paddy fields, the microbial quality of treated wastewater, and the oral microbiome of cats. Enjoy!

Animal microbiome

The feline cutaneous and oral microbiota are influenced by breed and environment – Older – PLoS One

Microbial community modulates growth of symbiotic fungus required for stingless bee metamorphosis – Paludo – PLoS One

Preprint: Effects of the copper IUD on composition of the vaginal microbiota in the olive baboon – Eastman – bioRxiv

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Nitrogen fertilization altered arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi abundance and soil erosion of paddy fields in the Taihu Lake region of China – Zhang – Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Reconciling disparate responses to grazing in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis – van Der Heyde – Rhizosphere

Redox-driven shifts in soil microbial community structure in the drawdown zone after construction of the Three Gorges Dam – Wang – Soil Ecology Letters

Water and extremophile microbiome

Biomarker Profiling of Microbial Mats in the Geothermal Band of Cerro Caliente, Deception Island (Antarctica): Life at the Edge of Heat and cold – Lezcano – Astrobiology

Microbial diversity analysis and screening for novel xylanase enzymes from the sediment of the Lobios Hot Spring in Spain – Knapik – Scientific Reports

Built environment

How does urban wastewater treatment affect the microbial quality of treated wastewater? – Lopez – Process Safety and Environmental Protection

Identifying microbial community evolution in membrane bioreactors coupled with anaerobic side-stream reactor, packing carriers and ultrasonication for sludge reduction by linear discriminant analysis – Zheng – Bioresource Technology

Food microbiology

Preprint: Deep microbial community profiling along the fermentation process of pulque, a major biocultural resource of Mexico – Rocha-Arriaga – bioRxiv

Bioinformatics

Preprint: µbialSim: constraint-based dynamic simulation of complex microbiomes – Popp and Centler – bioRxiv

July 29, 2019

Good Morning! Highlights of today’s digest include a revisited study that showed a significant alterations in the gut microbiome by the consumption of low/no-calorie sweeteners (LNCS), such as Splenda, and raising safety concerns, another work tells us development of Burkholderia-free host plant model to show how Burkholderia helps plant development, and finally a study finds a mechanistic link between the gut microbiome and early childhood asthma as shown with highthened expression of bacterial genes that make 12,13-diHOME which alters immune response.

Human gut microbiome

***Revisited: Assessing the in vivo data on low/no-calorie sweeteners and the gut microbiota – Susan S. Schiffman et al. – Food and Chemical Toxicology

A structured weight loss program increases gut microbiota phylogenetic diversity and reduces levels of Collinsella in obese type 2 diabetics: A pilot study – Fabian Frost et al. – PLOS ONE

Human respiratory microbiome

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease upper airway microbiome is associated with select clinical characteristics – Alexa A. Pragman et al. – PLOS ONE

Animal experiments

***Elevated faecal 12,13-diHOME concentration in neonates at high risk for asthma is produced by gut bacteria and impedes immune tolerance – Sophia R. Levan et al. – Nature Microbiology

Effect of live yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae supplementation on the performance and cecum microbial profile of suckling piglets – Tadele G. Kiros et al. – PLOS ONE

Low-dose inoculation of Escherichia coli achieves robust vaginal colonization and results in ascending infection accompanied by severe uterine inflammation in mice – Valerie P. O’Brien – PLOS ONE

Probiotic strains improve high-fat diet-induced hypercholesterolemia through modulating gut microbiota in ways different from atorvastatin – Dun Su et al. – bioRxiv

Host Genotype-shaped Gut Microbiome Modulate Atherosclerosis Development in Mice – Kazuyuki Kasahara et al. – Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Animal microbiome

Fecal microbiota of different reproductive stages of the central population of the lesser-long nosed bat, Leptonycteris yerbabuenae – Osiris Gaona et al. – PLOS ONE

Taxon appearance from extraction and amplification steps demonstrates the value of multiple controls in tick microbiome analysis – Emilie Lejal et al. – bioRxiv

Characterization of the gastrointestinal bacterial microbiome of farmed juvenile and adult white Cachama (Piaractus brachypomus) – Victor Alfonso et al. – Aquaculture

Biosynthesis and Characterization, Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities
of Selenium Nanoparticles from Ethanol Extract of Bee Propolis
– Shubharani R. et al. – Journal of Nanomedicine & Nanotechnology

Plant, root and soil microbiome

The role of inoculum dispersal and plant species identity in the assembly of leaf endophytic fungal communities – Kevin D. Ricks et al. – PLOS ONE

***Is the bacterial leaf nodule symbiosis obligate for Psychotria umbellata? The development of a Burkholderia-free host plant – Arne Sinnesael et al. – PLOS ONE

AOA and AOB communities respond differently to changes of soil pH under long-term fertilization – Rubio Sun et al. – Soil Ecology Letters

***Negative plant-microbiome feedback limits productivity in aquaponics – Jessica A. Day et al. – bioRxiv

Do plant–microbe interactions and aluminum tolerance influence
alpine sedge species’ responses to nitrogen deposition?
– Teal S. Potter et al. – Ecosphere

Plant diversity and fertilizer management shape the belowground microbiome of native grass bioenergy feedstocks – Daniel Revillini et al. – Frontiers in Plant Science

Microbial taxonomical composition in spruce phyllosphere, but not community functional structure, varies by geographical location – Yunshi Li et al. – PeerJ

Responses of plant growth, physiological, gas exchange parameters of super and non-super rice to rhizosphere temperature at the tillering stage – Shuying Li at al. – Nature Scientific Reports

Influence of introduced arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and phosphorus sources on plant traits, soil properties, and rhizosphere microbial communities in organic legume-flax rotation – Yunliang Li et al. – Plant and Soil

Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on inoculated seedling growth and rhizosphere soil aggregates – Zhongfeng Zhang et al. – Soil and Tillage Research

Properties of bacterial community in the rhizosphere soils of Achyranthes bidentata tolerant to consecutive monoculture – Juanying Wang et al. – Plant Growth Regulation

The role of volatile organic compounds and rhizosphere competence in the mode of action of the non-pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum FO12 towards Verticillium wilt – Mulero-Aparicio et al. – Frontiers in Microbiology

Dynamic changes in soil chemical properties and microbial community structure in response to different nitrogen fertilizers in an acidified celery soil – Yuping Wu et al. – Soil Ecology Letters

Improved rhizoremediation for decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209) in E-waste contaminated soils – Jiayin Feng et al. – Soil Ecology Letters

Review: Soil biofilms: microbial interactions, challenges, and advanced techniques for ex-situ characterization – Peng Cai et al. – Soil Ecology Letters

Organic amendment effects on nematode distribution within aggregate fractions in agricultural soils – Xiaoke Zhang et al. – Soil Ecology Letters

Water and extermophile microbiome

Book chapter: New Perspectives on the Distribution and Roles of Thermophilic Fungi – Miriam I. Hutchinson et al. – Fungi in Extreme Environments: Ecological Role and Biotechnological Significance

Diversity and biogeography of eukaryotic microorganism in the deepsea sediment of the Eastern Indian Ocean – Xiaoxia Ma et al. – International Journal of Science

Phages and viruses

Phage composition of a fermented milk and colostrum product assessed by microbiome array; putative role of open reading frames – Stefania Pacini et al. – bioRxiv

Techniques

Modelling approaches for studying the microbiome – Manish Kumar et al. – Nature Microbiology

Guest Editorial: Beyond sequencing: fast and easy microbiome profiling by flow cytometry – Charlotte Esser at al. – Archives of Toxicology

View Point: Opportunities at the Intersection of Synthetic Biology, Machine Learning, and Automation – Pablo Carbonell et al. – ACS Synthetic Biology

Microbes in the News

***Elevated Concentration of Lipid in Neonatal Microbiome Predicts Later Risk for Asthma, Allergy – Allison Inserro – AJMC Newsroom

July 27, 2019

Have a nice weekend! Today, in this Digest, it is worth to remark a study in mice showing the impact of microbiome composition on muscle loss, in addition to a paper presenting the new version of QIIME, one of the most utilized microbiome analysis software available. 

 

Human and General Microbiome

Pearls: Microbiome evolution during host aging – Francisco Daniel Davila Aleman – PLOS Pathogens

Review: The structure and function of the human small intestinal microbiota: Current understanding and future directions – Arthur J. Kastl, Jr – Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Review: The impact of tumor and gut microbiotas on cancer therapy; Beneficial or detrimental? – Yalda Hekmatshoar – Life Sciences 

Review: Gut Microbiota in Phytopharmacology: A Comprehensive Overview Of Concepts, Reciprocal Interactions, Biotransformations And Mode Of Actions – Priyankar Dey – Pharmacological Research

Review: The role of the skin microbiota in acne pathophysiology – S. Ramasamy – British Journal of Dermatology

Review: Study Insights into Gastrointestinal Cancer through the Gut Microbiota – Fanli Kong – BioMed Research International

Review: Contribution of Aging, Obesity, and Microbiota on Tumor Immunotherapy Efficacy and Toxicity – Regina E. M. Baiden-Amissah – International Journal in Molecular Sciences

TARgeting the cutaneous microbiota in atopic dermatitis by coal tar via AHR-dependent induction of antimicrobial peptides – Jos P.H. Smits – Journal of Investigative Dermatology

The Gut Microbiota in Collagenous Colitis Shares Characteristics With Inflammatory Bowel Disease-Associated Dysbiosis – Adam Carstens – Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology

Changes in oral microbial profiles associated with oral squamous cell carcinoma vs leukoplakia – Kengo Hashimoto – Journal of Investigative and Clinical Dentistry

Probiotics modulate the gut microbiota composition and immune responses in patients with atopic dermatitis: a pilot study – Zhifeng Fang – European Journal of Nutrition

Role of Bile Acids in Dysbiosis and Treatment of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease –  – Caihua Wang – Mediators of Inflammation

Rectal Swabs from Critically Ill Patients Provide Discordant Representations of the Gut  Microbiome Compared to Stool Samples – Katherine Fair – mSphere 

Measurement of gut microbial metabolites in cardiometabolic health and translational research – Wei‐Kai Wu – Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

 

Animal Microbiome and Animal Experiments

The gut microbiota influences skeletal muscle mass and function in mice – Shawon Lahiri – Science Translational Science

Intestinal Clostridium species lower host susceptibility to enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection – Yukako Koyanagi – Pathogens and Disease

Preparation and characterization of selenium enriched-Bifidobacterium longum DD98, and its repairing effects on antibiotic-induced intestinal dysbacteriosis in mice – Hui Zhu – Food and Function 

The Ruminal Microbiome and Metabolome Alterations Associated with Diet-Induced Milk Fat Depression in Dairy Cows – Hongbo Zeng – Metabolites

 

Water Microbiome

Insights into the antibiotic resistance dissemination in a wastewater effluent microbiome:  bacteria, viruses and vesicles matter – Lucia Maestre‐Carballa – Environmental Microbiology

 

Built Environment Microbiome

Identification of city specific important bacterial signature for the MetaSUB CAMDA challenge microbiome data – Alejandro R. Walker – Biology Direct 

 

Plant Microbiome

Genome Evolution and Host Microbiome Shifts Correspond with Intraspecific Niche Divergence within Harmful Algal Bloom-Forming Microcystis aeruginosa – Sara L. Jackrel – Molecular Ecology

Novel insights into plant-associated archaea and their functioning in arugula (Eruca sativa Mill.) – Julian Taffner – Journal of Advanced Research

Seeds of native alpine plants host unique microbial communities embedded in cross-kingdom networks – Birgit Wassermann – Microbiome

 

Bioinformatics

Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2 – Evan Bolyen – Nature Biotechnology

July 24, 2019

Welcome back! Today’s all-around Digest features an animal study identifying a single bacterium as therapy against rheumatoid arthritis, a field trial with bacteria colonizing and sterile Asian tiger mosquitoes to combat vector borne diseases, and a non-microbiology pick about the balance between longevity and immunity. Enjoy!

Event

Microbiome Movement – Oncology Response Summit – Boston

General microbiology

Motile curved bacteria are Pareto-optimal – Rudi Schuech et al. – PNAS

Press: ‘Curvy bacteria’ weigh the benefits of different shapes – Science Daily

Antimicrobial resistance

The burden of antimicrobial resistance at tertiary care hospital, southern Ethiopia: a three years’ retrospective study – Tsegaye Alemayehu et al. – BMC Infectious Diseases

Human oral microbiome

Review: Regulation of oral immune tolerance by the microbiome in food allergy – Emmanuel Stephen-Victor & Talal A Chatila – Current Opinion in Immunology

Human respiratory microbiome

Editorial: Changes in lung microbiome do not explain the development of ventilator-associated pneumonia – Lieuwe D. J. Bos & Andre C. Kalil – Intensive Care Medicine

Human gut microbiome

In vitro: Microbial communities in a dynamic in vitro model for the human ileum resemble the human ileal microbiota – Maria Stolaki et al. – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Pouchitis: Clinical, Endoscopic, Histologic, and Microbiota Results from a Pilot Study – Daniel Selvig et al. – Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Dysbiosis of the gut microbiome is associated with CKD5 and correlated with clinical indices of the disease: a case–controlled study – Yang Li et al. – Journal of Translational Medicine

Animal experiments

Supplementation of diet with non-digestible oligosaccharides alters the intestinal microbiota, but not arthritis development, in IL-1 receptor antagonist deficient mice – Rebecca Rogier et al. – PLoS One

Microbial metabolite deoxycholic acid shapes microbiota against Campylobacter jejuni chicken colonization – Bilal Alrubaye et al. – PLoS One

Lamb: A novel animal model for regional microbial dysbiosis of the pioneer microbial community – Nilusha Malmuthuge and Philip J. Griebel – Frontiers in Microbiology

** A single bacterium restores the microbiome dysbiosis to protect bones from destruction in a rat model of rheumatoid arthritis – Hudan Pan, Ruijin Guo, Yanmei Ju, Qi Wang et al. – Microbiome

Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers and Gut Microbiome Modulate Metabolic Syndrome–Related Aqueous Metabolites in Mice – David K. Scoville et al. – Drug Metabolism and Disposition

Animal microbiome

** Incompatible and sterile insect techniques combined eliminate mosquitoes – Xiaoying Zheng et al. – Nature

Commentary: Tiger mosquitoes tackled in a trial – Peter Armbruster – Nature

Host genetics and geography influence microbiome composition in the sponge Ircinia campana – Sarah M. Griffiths et al. – Journal of Animal Ecology

Plant, root and soil microbiome

Non-target Effects of Naphthalene on the Soil Microbial Biomass and Bacterial Communities in the Subalpine Forests of Western China – Liying Lan et al. – Scientific Reports

Drought modulates interactions between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity and barley genotype diversity – Agnieszka Sendek et al. – Scientific Reports

Variation in rhizosphere microbiota correlates with edaphic factor in an abandoned antimony tailing dump – Enzong Xiao et al. – Environmental Pollution

Structural changes of soil organic matter and the linkage to rhizosphere bacterial communities with biochar amendment in manure fertilized soils – Ruilin Huang & Zhenyi Zhang et al. – Science of the Total Environment

Review: The Postharvest Microbiome: The Other Half of Sustainability – Michael Wisniewski & Samir Droby – Biological Control

Water and extremophile microbiome

Oil degradation potential of microbial communities in water and sediment of Baltic Sea coastal area – Hanna Miettinen et al. – PLoS One

Linking dissolved organic matter composition and bacterioplankton communities in an Amazon floodplain system – Michaela L. de Melo et al. – Limnology and Oceanography

Pollution shapes the bacterial community of a river: a case study – N. Yadav & S. Sharma – International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

A pollution gradient contributes to the taxonomic, functional, and resistome diversity of microbial communities in marine sediments – Jiarui Chen & Shelby E. McIlroy et al. – Microbiome

Phages and viruses

Review: Human Virome and Disease: High-Throughput Sequencing for Virus Discovery, Identification of Phage-Bacteria Dysbiosis and Development of Therapeutic Approaches with Emphasis on the Human Gut – Tasha M. Santiago-Rodriguez & Emily B. Hollister – Viruses

Technology

Targeting 16S rDNA for Stable Recombinant Gene Expression in Pseudomonas – Maike Otto et al. – ACS Synthetic Biology

Microbes in the news

Gut microbes may help malnourished children – Elizabeth Pennisi – Science

The microbiota–gut–brain axis – Natasha Bray – Nature

Nam June Paik Art Center looks at ecosystems, up close – Shim Woo-hyun – The Korea Herald

DuPont Opens State-of-the-Art Probiotics Fermentation Unit – WholeFoods Magazine

The Art Of Solving Antibiotic Overuse in America – ArtIHolics

MICROBIOME RESEARCH IS MORE THAN CHASING GUT FEELINGS – Chad Campbell – Purdue University

NIH grant to fund research on microbiome’s role in cancer – Healio

PET TALK: Balanced GI tract plays large role in dog’s overall well-being – Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences

Mathematics helps us understand the complexity of our microbiome – Tim Sandle – Digital Journal

Good bacteria, bad products – Gali Weinreb – Globes

Gut Microbiome May Alter ALS Progression in Mice – Julianna LeMieux – GenEngNews

Xin’s non-microbiology pick

** The longevity-promoting factor, TCER-1, widely represses stress resistance and innate immunity – Francis R. G. Amrit et al. – Nature Communications

Friday, July 19th

Happy Friday! Today’s digest includes the microbiome of plankton, viral diversity of ticks, and a review of microbiome engineering. Enjoy!

General microbiome

Homeorhesis and ecological succession quantified in synthetic microbial ecosystems – Chuang – PNAS

Human nearly-sterile sites

Insights into the Microbiome of Breast Implants and Periprosthetic Tissue in Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma – Walker – Scientific Reports

Human gut microbiome

Review: Precision Medicine Goes Microscopic: Engineering the Microbiome to Improve Drug Outcomes – Lam – Cell Host & Microbe

A structured weight loss program increases gut microbiota phylogenetic diversity and reduces levels of Collinsella in obese type 2 diabetics: A pilot study – Frost – PLoS One

Animal experiments

Changes in cecal microbiota community of suckling piglets infected with porcine epidemic diarrhea virus – Tan – PLoS One

Animal microbiome

Cicadae pupa promotes metabolites synthesis of Isaria cicadae, a dominant species in cicada flowers microbiota – Chunyu – Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Experimental Evidence for Adaptation to Species-Specific Gut Microbiota in House Mice – Moeller – mSphere

Fecal microbiota of different reproductive stages of the central population of the lesser-long nosed bat, Leptonycteris yerbabuenae – Gaona – PLoS One

Diel transcriptional response of a California Current plankton microbiome to light, low iron, and enduring viral infection – Kolody – ISME

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Preprint: Maize residues changes soil fungal composition and decrease soil microbial co-ocurrence networks complexity – Cobo-Diaz – BioRxiv

Water and extremophile microbiome

Impacts of continuous inflow of low concentrations of silver nanoparticles on biological performance and microbial communities of aerobic heterotrophic wastewater biofilm – Alizadeh – Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Phages and viruses

Preprint: Metagenomic exploration of viral diversity and virus-host interactions in a deep freshwater lake – Okazaki – BioRxiv

Preprint: Identification and evolution of avian endogenous foamy viruses – Chen – BioRxiv

Viral Diversity of Tick Species Parasitizing Cattle and Dogs in Trinidad and Tobago – Sameroff – Scientific Reports

Bioinformatics

Predictive metabolomic profiling of microbial communities using amplicon or metagenomic sequences – Mallick – Nature Communications

Heterogeneity spacers in 16S rDNA primers improve analysis of mouse gut microbiomes via greater nucleotide diversity – Jensen – BioTechniques