Tag Archives: animal models

Septiembre 15, 2024

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Human and General Microbiome

Correlation of gut microbial diversity to sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy – Rehana Khan – BMC Microbiology

Multiomics reveals microbial metabolites as key actors in intestinal fibrosis in Crohn’s disease – Xuehua Li – EMBO Molecular Medicine

Inflammation mediated by gut microbiome alterations promotes lung cancer development and an immunosuppressed tumor microenvironment – Zahraa Rahal – Cancer Immunology Research

Microbial interactions impact stress tolerance in a model oral community – Gina R Lewin – Microbiology Spectrum

The use of metagenomic and untargeted metabolomics in the analysis of the effects of the Lycium barbarum glycopeptide on allergic airway inflammation induced by Artemesia annua pollen – Min Bai – Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Enteric-coated cerium dioxide nanoparticles for effective inflammatory bowel disease treatment by regulating the redox balance and gut microbiome – Yubiao Huang – Biomaterials

Review: Micro- and nano-plastics, intestinal inflammation, and inflammatory bowel disease: A review of the literature – Manasi Agrawal – The Science of the Total Environment

Commentary:  The 3 Ds: Depression, Dysbiosis, and Clostridiodes difficile – Antoine Boustany – Advances in Therapy

Research Highlight: Targeting fatty acid metabolism promotes a healthy vaginal microbiome – Iris Marchal – Nature Biotechnology

Animal Microbiome

Metagenomic analysis of the gut microbiota of hooded cranes (Grus monacha) on the Izumi plain in Japan – Kosuke Takada – FEBS Open Bio

From Skin to Gut: Understanding Microbial Diversity in Rana amurensis and R. dybowskii – Ming-He Yang – Current Microbiology

Plant and Soil Microbiome

Ridge planting increases the rhizosphere microbiome diversity and improves the yield of Pinellia ternata (Thunb.) Breit in North China – Yaofa Li – PloS One

Microbiome Analysis

Forum: Bioinformatics challenges for profiling the microbiome in cancer: pitfalls and opportunities – Nicholas A Bokulich – Trends in Microbiology

September 8, 2024

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Human and General Microbiome

Gut metagenomes of Asian octogenarians reveal metabolic potential expansion and distinct microbial species associated with aging phenotypes – Aarthi Ravikrishnan – Nature Communications

Integrated analysis of facial microbiome and skin physio-optical properties unveils cutotype-dependent aging effects – Chuqing Sun – Microbiome

Regulation of Bacteroides acidifaciens by the aryl hydrocarbon receptor in IL-22-producing immune cells has sex-dependent consequential impact on colitis – Chandani Mitchell – Frontiers in Immunology

The role of KLF5 in gut microbiota and lung adenocarcinoma: unveiling programmed cell death pathways and prognostic biomarkers – Qingliang Fang – Discover Oncology

Healthy first-degree relatives from multiplex families versus simplex families have a higher subclinical intestinal inflammation, a distinct fecal microbial signature, and harbor a higher risk of developing Crohn’s disease – Pablo A Olivera – Gastroenterology

Reversions mask the contribution of adaptive evolution in microbiomes – Paul A Torrillo – eLife

Review: The hidden base of the iceberg: gut peptidoglycome dynamics is foundational to its influence on the host – Richard Wheeler – Gut Microbes

Review: Benefits and concerns of probiotics: an overview of the potential genotoxicity of the colibactin-producing Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 strain – Luca Falzone – Gut Microbes

Book Chapter: Microbial Extracellular Vesicles in Host-Microbiota Interactions – Sarah Abubaker – Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation

Beneficial Microbes and Compounds

A probiotic Limosilactobacillus fermentum GR-3 mitigates colitis-associated tumorigenesis in mice via modulating gut microbiome – Tuoyu Zhou – NPJ Science of Food

Review: Pathophysiological and Clinical Potential of Human Microbiome: Microbe-based Therapeutic Insights – Somali Sanyal – Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Plant Microbiome

Soil volatilomics uncovers tight linkage between soybean presence and soil omics profiles in agricultural fields – Hikari Kuchikata – Scientific Report

Review: Meddling with the microbiota: Fungal tricks to infect plant hosts – Fantin Mesny – Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Environmental Microbiome

A comprehensive catalog encompassing 1376 species-level genomes reveals the core community and functional diversity of anammox microbiota – Depeng Wang – Water Research

Revealing the intricate temporal dynamics and adaptive responses of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes in the coastal South China Sea – Wenqian Xu – The Science of the Total Environment

Biodegradation of low-density polyethylene by mixed fungi composed of Alternaria sp. and Trametes sp. isolated from landfill sites – Wei-Kang Yang – BMC Microbiology

Using patterns of shared taxa to infer bacterial dispersal in human living environment in urban and rural areas – M Grönroos – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Annotation-free prediction of microbial dioxygen utilization – Avi I Flamholz – mSystem

Microbiome Analysis: Tools, Techniques and Resources

MRGM: an enhanced catalog of mouse gut microbial genomes substantially broadening taxonomic and functional landscapes – Nayeon Kim – Gut Microbes

A unified web cloud computing platform MiMedSurv for microbiome causal mediation analysis with survival responses – Hyojung Jang – Scientific Reports

A quantitative approach to measure and predict microbiome response to antibiotics – Vincent Tu – mSphere

Metagenomic functional profiling: to sketch or not to sketch? – Mahmudur Rahman Hera – Bioinformatics

TolRad, a model for predicting radiation tolerance using Pfam annotations, identifies novel radiosensitive bacterial species from reference genomes and MAGs – Philip Sweet – Microbiology Spectrum

Review: Improving viral annotation with artificial intelligence – Zachary N Flamholz – mBio

Additionally, the Cold Spring Harbor Protocols Journal released a set of protocols covering the study of Maize Microbiome:

Sampling the Maize (Zea mays) Leaf Microbiome – Jason G Wallace – Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

Sampling Root-Associated Microbiome Communities of Maize (Zea mays) – Alonso Favela – Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

Sampling and Analysis of the Maize Microbiome – Jason G Wallace – Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

Manipulating the Maize (Zea mays) Microbiome – Sierra S Raglin – Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

August 28, 2024

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Human gut microbiome

[REVIEW] Feeding gut microbes to nourish the brain: unravelling the diet–microbiota–gut–brain axis – Elizabeth Schneider et al – Nature Metabolism

Elucidating human gut microbiota interactions that robustly inhibit diverse Clostridioides difficile strains across different nutrient landscapes – Jordy Evan Sulaiman et al – Nature Communications

Fecal microbiota transplantation influences microbiota without connection to symptom relief in irritable bowel syndrome patients – Anna K. Hartikainen et al – NPJ Biofilms & Microbiomes

Impact of probiotics on gut microbiome of extremely preterm or extremely low birthweight infants – Lauren C. Beck et al – Nature Pediatric Research

Effect of Helicobacter pylori on sleeve gastrectomy and gastric microbiome differences in patients with obesity and diabetes – Yong Suk Park et al – International Journal of Obesity

Mining human microbiomes reveals an untapped source of peptide antibiotics – Marcelo D.T. Torres et al – Cell

Both pathogen and host dynamically adapt pH responses along the intestinal tract during enteric bacterial infection – Sarah E. Woodward et al – PLOS Biology

Examination of sex-specific interactions between gut microbiota and host metabolism after 12-week combined polyphenol supplementation in individuals with overweight or obesity – Kelly M. Jardon et al – Gut Microbes

Human vaginal microbiome

The potential of residual clinical Group B Streptococcus swabs for assessing the vaginorectal microbiome in late pregnancy – Laura K. Boelsen et al – Scientific Reports

Animal models

Sex-dependent effects of a high fat diet on metabolic disorders, intestinal barrier function and gut microbiota in mouse – Candice Lefebvre et al – Scientific Reports

Animal microbiome

16S rRNA metabarcoding for the identification of tick-borne bacteria in ticks in the Republic of Korea – Badriah Alkathiri et al – Scientific Reports

The bacterial microbiome and resistome of house dust mites in Irish homes – Amal Aljohani et al – Scientific Reports

Social environment influences microbiota and potentially pathogenic bacterial communities on the skin of developing birds – Ester Martínez-Renau – BMC Animal Microbiome

16S amplicon-based microbiome biomapping of a commercial broiler hatchery – Michael J. Rothrock Jr. et al – BMC Animal Microbiome

Phages & viruses

[REVIEW] Renewed insights into Ackermannviridae phage biology and applications – Anders Nørgaard Sørensen & Lone Brøndsted – NPJ Viruses

Adaptation strategies of giant viruses to low-temperature marine ecosystems – Marianne Buscaglia et al – ISME Journal

Targeted viromes and total metagenomes capture distinct components of bee gut phage communities – Dino Lorenzo Sbardellati et al – BMC Microbiome

Plant, root & soil microbiome

Soil health is associated with higher primary productivity across Europe – Ferran Romero et al – Nature Ecology & Evolution

Pathogen-driven Pseudomonas reshaped the phyllosphere microbiome in combination with Pseudostellaria heterophylla foliar disease resistance via the release of volatile organic compounds – Qing-Song Yuan et al – BMC Environmental Microbiome

Water & extremophile microbiome

Impact of temperature and water source on drinking water microbiome during distribution in a pilot-scale study – Fien Waegenaar et al – NPJ Clean Water

Metagenomics analysis of sewage for surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in South Africa – Anthony M. Smith et al – PLOS One

Nitrite-oxidizing bacteria adapted to low oxygen conditions dominate nitrite oxidation in marine oxygen minimum zones – Samantha G Fortin et al – ISME Journal

Niche separation in bacterial communities and activities in porewater, loosely attached, and firmly attached fractions in permeable surface sediments – Chyrene Moncada et al – ISME Journal

Microbial assemblages and associated biogeochemical processes in Lake Bonney, a permanently ice-covered lake in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica – Hanbyul Lee et al – BMC Environmental Microbiome

Tools & methods

Intestinal organ chips for disease modelling and personalized medicine – Alican Özkan et al – Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

MICROPHERRET: MICRObial PHEnotypic tRait ClassifieR using Machine lEarning Techniques – Edoardo Bizzotto et al – BMC Environmental Microbiome

refMLST: reference-based multilocus sequence typing enables universal bacterial typing – Mondher Khdhiri et al – BMC Bioinformatics

Smccnet 2.0: a comprehensive tool for multi-omics network inference with shiny visualization – Weixian Liu et al – BMC Bioinformatics

August 18, 2024

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Human and General Microbiome

Maternal antibiotic prophylaxis during cesarean section has a limited impact on the infant gut microbiome – Trishla Sinha – Cell Host & Microbe

Microbial assimilatory sulfate reduction-mediated H(2)S: an overlooked role in Crohn’s disease development – Wanrong Luo – Microbiome (BMC)

Characterization of the vaginal microbiota in Italian women with endometriosis: preliminary study – Rosa Sessa – Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Profiles and interactions of gut microbiome and intestinal microRNAs in pediatric Crohn’s disease – Yao Lv – mSystems

Regional variation and adaptive evolution in Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum: Insights into genomic and functional diversity in human gut – Qiong Wu – Food Research International

Review: Effects of physical exercise on Akkermansia muciniphila: a systematic review of human and animal studies – S S Aguiar – Beneficial Microbes

Beneficial Microbes and Compounds

Commentary: Microbiome modification for personalized treatment of dysbiotic diseases – R Balfour Sartor – Cell Host & Microbe

Combining Gut Microbiota Modulation and Enzymatic-Triggered Colonic Delivery by Prebiotic Nanoparticles Improves Mouse Colitis Therapy – Hui Li – Biomaterials Research

Animal Microbiome

Effect of chronic alcohol consumption on oral microbiota in rats with periodontitis – Zirui Zhao – PeerJ

Fecal microbiota transplantation accelerates restoration of florfenicol-disturbed intestinal microbiota in a fish model – Zhuoran Han – Communications Biology

Structural, Biochemical, and Phylogenetic Analysis of Bacterial and Fungal Carbohydrate Esterase Family 15 Glucuronoyl Esterases in the Rumen – Robert J Gruninger – The Protein Journal

Plant Microbiome

Review: Harnessing the plant microbiome for sustainable crop production – Stéphane Compant – Nature Reviews Microbiology

Review: The impact of filamentous plant pathogens on the host microbiota – Victor M Flores-Nunez – BMC Biology

Environmental Microbiome

Metagenomic insights into the prokaryotic communities of heavy metal-contaminated hypersaline soils – Cristina Galisteo – The Science of the Total Environment

Ecological phage therapy: Can bacteriophages help rapidly restore the soil microbiome? – Tarryn Davies – Ecology and Evolution

Do restoration strategies in mangroves recover microbial diversity? A case study in the Yucatan peninsula – Daniel Esguerra-Rodríguez – PloS One

Metagenome sequencing and 107 microbial genomes from seamount sediments along the Yap and Mariana trenches – Yue Zhang – Scientific Data

Microbiome Analysis: Tools, Techniques and Resources

Metrological evaluation of DNA extraction method effects on the bacterial microbiome and resistome in sputum – Aleksander Benčič – mSystems

Commentary: AI in microbiome research: Where have we been, where are we going? – Georg K Gerber – Cell Host & Microbe

Review: Modeling Microbial Communities: Perspective and Challenges – Lavanya Raajaraam – ACS Synthetic Biology

August 14, 2024

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Human microbiome

Major depletion of insulin sensitivity-associated taxa in the gut microbiome of persons living with HIV controlled by antiretroviral drugs – Eugeni Belda et al – BMC Medical Genomics

The impact of breastfeeding on the preterm infant’s microbiome and metabolome: a pilot study – Keriann Schulkers Escalante et al – Nature Pediatric Research

[REVIEW] The human microbiome in space: parallels between Earth-based dysbiosis, implications for long-duration spaceflight, and possible mitigation strategies – Sofia Etlin et al – Clinical Microbiology Reviews

MASS cohort: Multicenter, longitudinal, and prospective study of the role of microbiome in severe pneumonia and host susceptibility – Xin Wei et al – iMeta

Distinctive duodenal microbiomes and bile acid profiles in duodenal tumor patients revealed by prospective observational study – Yoko Kubosawa et al – Nature Scientific Reports

Elucidating the dynamics and impact of the gut microbiome on maternal nutritional status during pregnancy, effect on pregnancy outcomes and infant health in rural Pakistan: study protocol for a prospective, longitudinal observational study – Yaqub Wassan et al – BMJ Open

Time-varying ambient air pollution exposure is associated with gut microbiome variation in the first 2 years of life – Tianlai Qiu et al – Environmental Pollution

Animal experiments

Gut Microbiota-Induced Modulation of the Central Nervous System Function in Parkinson’s Disease Through the Gut-Brain Axis and Short-Chain Fatty Acids – Yiting Ni et al – Molecular Neurobiology

Animal microbiome

Synergistic pectin deconstruction is a prerequisite for mutualistic interactions between honeybee gut bacteria – Junbo Tang et al – Nature Communications

Environmentally acquired gut-associated bacteria are not critical for growth and survival in a solitary bee, Megachile rotundata – Gagandeep Brar et al – Applied & Environmental Microbiology

Duck gut metagenome reveals the microbiome signatures linked to intestinal regional, temporal development, and rearing condition – Lingyan Ma & Wentao Lyu et al – iMeta

Meconium microbiota in naturally delivered canine puppies – Alessia Bertero et al – BMC Veterinary Research

Gut microbiome perturbation and its correlation with tylosin pharmacokinetics in healthy and infected pigs – Eon-Bee Lee et al – Nature Scientific Reports

Beneficial microbes, compounds, & foods

Restriction of growth and biofilm formation of ESKAPE pathogens by caprine gut-derived probiotic bacteria – Prerna Saini et al – Frontiers in Microbiology

[REVIEW] Polyphenols improve non-alcoholic fatty liver disease via gut microbiota: A comprehensive review – Kimia Mohammadhasani et al – Food Science & Nutrition

[REVIEW] Exploring the Potential of Postbiotics for Food Safety and Human Health Improvement – Folayemi Janet Isaac-Bamgboye et al – Journal of Nutrition & Metabolism

Transcriptomics and gut microbiome analysis of the edible herb Bidens pilosa as a functional feed additive to promote growth and metabolism in tilapia (Oreochromis spp.) – Che-Chun Chen et al – BMC Genomics

[REVIEW] A comprehensive review of the characterization, host interactions, and stabilization advancements on probiotics: Addressing the challenges in functional food diversification – Eskindir Getachew Fentie et al – Comp. Rev. in Food Science & Safety

Effects of kefir consumption on gut microbiota and health outcomes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome – Merve Esra Çıtar Dazıroğlu – Food Science & Nutrition

Plant, root, & soil microbiome

Decrease due to pollution in the rhizosphere microbial diversity can be amended by supplementation from adapted plants of another species – Anastasiia Fetsiukh et al – Nature Scientific Reports

Differences in the constituents of bacterial microbiota of soils collected from two fields of diverse potato blackleg and soft rot diseases incidences, a case study – Weronika Babinska-Wensierska et al – Nature Scientific Reports

Variations of soil metal content, soil enzyme activity and soil bacterial community in Rhododendron delavayi natural shrub forest at different elevations – Li Wang et al – BMC Microbiology

Effective microorganism combinations improve the quality of compost-bedded pack products in heifer barns: exploring pack bacteria-fungi interaction mechanisms – Zhenbin Zhang et al – BMC Microbiology

Global patterns in the growth potential of soil bacterial communities – Ernest D. Osburn et al – Nature Communications

Microplastic-contamination can reshape plant community by affecting soil properties – Mengzuan He et al – Ecotoxicology & Environmental Safety

Water & extremophile microbiome

Microbial Succession on Microplastics in Wastewater Treatment Plants: Exploring the Complexities of Microplastic-Microbiome Interactions – Klaudia Kwiatkowska & Paulina Ormaniec – Microbial Ecology

Microbial ecology

Higher-order interactions and emergent properties of microbial communities: The power of synthetic ecology – Oscar Gallardo-Navarro et a – Heliyon

Antibiotic resistance

[NEWS FEATURE] Five ways science is tackling the antibiotic resistance crisis – Amber Dance – Nature

Antibiotic resistance gene dynamics in the commensal infant gut microbiome over the first year of life – Pål Trosvik et al – Nature Scientific Reports

Bioinformatics tools

MetaBakery: a Singularity implementation of bioBakery tools as a skeleton application for efficient HPC deconvolution of microbiome metagenomic sequencing data to machine learning ready information – Boštjan Murovec et al – Frontiers in Microbiology

August 11, 2024

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Human and General Microbiome

B cell senescence promotes age-related changes in oral microbiota – Hiroya Mizuno – Aging Cell

Exploring the relationship between gut microbiota and breast cancer risk in European and East Asian populations using Mendelian randomization – Wei Lin – BMC Cancer

Intratumoral microbiome promotes liver metastasis and dampens adjuvant imatinib treatment in gastrointestinal stromal tumor – Yanze Li – Cancer Letters

Comparison of Vaginal microbiota in HPV-negative and HPV-positive pregnant women using a culture-based approach – Podoprigora Irina – Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

The gut-microbiome in adult Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder – A Meta-analysis – Babette Jakobi – European Neuropsychopharmacology

An Empirical Dietary Pattern Associated with the Gut Microbial Features in Relation to Colorectal Cancer Risk – Kai Wang – Gastroenterology

Species-level characterization of gut microbiota and their metabolic role in kidney stone formation using full-length 16S rRNA sequencing – Bashir Hussain – Urolithiasis

Review: Game of microbes: the battle within – gut microbiota and multiple sclerosis – Ti-Ara Turner – Gut Microbes

Review: The early life exposome and autism risk: a role for the maternal microbiome? – Claudia M Di Gesù – Gut Microbes

Review: Gut mycobiome alterations and implications for liver diseases – Suling Zeng – PLoS Pathogens

Beneficial Microbes and Compounds

A novel intervention of molecular hydrogen on the unbalance of the gut microbiome in opioid addiction: Experimental and human studies – Bing Xie – Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy

Lower fecal microbiota transplantation ameliorates ulcerative colitis by eliminating oral-derived Fusobacterium nucleatum and virulence factor – Dong-Hao Li – Gut Pathogens

Induction of Cell Death by Bifidobacterium infantis DS1685 in Colorectal and Breast Cancers via SMAD4/TGF-Beta Activation – In Hwan Tae – Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Review: Peptide GLP-1 receptor agonists: From injection to oral delivery strategies – Zhiqiang Ke – Biochemical Pharmacology

Animal Microbiome (including model experiments)

Stress-sensitive neural circuits change the gut microbiome via duodenal glands – Hao Chang – Cell

Effect of Hafnia alvei on Morphophysiologic Parameters and Gut Microbiota of Mice with Inherited Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus – V A Zolotarev – Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine

Spatial analysis of murine microbiota and bile acid metabolism during amoxicillin treatment – Chapman N Beekman – Cell Reports

Evaluating impacts of radiation-induced sterilization on the performance and gut microbiome of mass-reared Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) in Hawai’i – Charles J Mason – Journal of Economic Entomology

Plant Microbiome

Disease Resistance Correlates with Core Microbiome Diversity in Cotton – Rhea Aqueel – Current Microbiology

Environmental Microbiome

The symbiotic alga Trebouxia fuels a coherent soil ecosystem on the landscape scale in the Atacama Desert – Patrick Jung – Environmental Microbiome

Relationships between radiation, wildfire and the soil microbial communities in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone – Alexandre Barretto de Menezes – The Science of the Total Environment

The first large scale rDNA amplicon database of soil microbiomes from Pamir Plateau, China – Jing Zhu – Scientific Data

Food and Beverage Microbiome

Changes in the solid-associated bacterial and fungal communities following ruminal in vitro fermentation of winery by-products: aspects of the bioactive compounds and feed safety – Ratchaneewan Khiaosa-Ard – Anaerobe

16S amplicon-based microbiome biomapping of a commercial broiler hatchery – Michael J Jr Rothrock – Animal Microbiome

Analyzing the gut microbiota and microbial-associated metabolites of tomato-based sauces – Alicia Paulina Cárdenas-Castro – Food Chemistry

August 8, 2024

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Human respiratory, skin, and gut microbiome

Nurturing futures through the maternal microbiome – Roberta Pala & Katherine Kenny – Sociology of Health & Illness

The skin microbiota of preterm infants and impact of diaper change frequency – Noelle E. Younge et al – PLOS One

Vitamin A carotenoids, but not retinoids, mediate the impact of a healthy diet on gut microbial diversity – Ana M. Valdes et al – BMC Medicine

Gut microbial composition is altered in sarcopenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical studies – Xiaohong Mai et al – PLOS One

Associations of upper respiratory mucosa microbiota with Rheumatoid arthritis, autoantibodies, and disease activity – Young Bin Joo et al – PLOS One

Effect of β-lactam antibiotics on the gut microbiota of term neonates – Hongdan Gu et al – BMC Annals of Clinical Microbiology & Antimicrobials

Clinical efficacy of a multilamellar cream on skin physiology and microbiome in an epidermal stress model: A controlled double-blinded study – Joachim W Fluhr et al – Int. Journal of Cosmetic Science

Animal experiments

Mouse adaptation of human inflammatory bowel diseases microbiota enhances colonization efficiency and alters microbiome aggressiveness depending on the recipient colonic inflammatory environment – Simon M. Gray et al – BMC Microbiome

Animal microbiome

Gut microbiota composition of the isopod Ligia in South Korea exposed to expanded polystyrene pollution – Young-Mi Lee et al – PLOS One

Effects of a supplemented diet containing 7 probiotic strains (Honeybeeotic) on honeybee physiology and immune response: analysis of hemolymph cytology, phenoloxidase activity, and gut microbiome – Patrizia Robino et al – BMC Biological Research

Survey of antimicrobial and probiotic use practices in wildlife rehabilitation in the United States – Elizabeth A. Miller et al – PLOS One

The impact of management on the fecal microbiome of endangered greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in a zoo-based conservation program – Emma Vaasjo et al – Conservation Physiology

Water & extremophile microbiome

Microdiversity in marine pelagic ammonia-oxidizing archaeal populations in a Mediterranean long-read metagenome – Pablo Suárez-Moo et al – Environmental Microbiology

Production of structurally diverse sphingolipids by anaerobic marine bacteria in the euxinic Black Sea water column – Su Ding et al – ISME Journal

Plant, root & soil microbiome

Characterization of fungal microbiome structure in leaf litter compost through metagenomic profiling for harnessing the bio-organic fertilizer potential – Sophayo Mahongnao et al – 3Biotech

Plant species influences the composition of root system microbiome and its antibiotic resistance profile in a constructed wetland receiving primary treated wastewater – Valentina Riva et al – Frontiers in Microbiology

DNA stable isotope probing reveals the impact of trophic interactions on bioaugmentation of soils with different pollution histories – Esteban E. Nieto et al – BMC Microbiome

Seed endophytes and rhizosphere microbiome of Imperata cylindrica, a pioneer plant of abandoned mine lands – Wenqin Mao et al – Frontiers in Microbiology

Temperature-dependent trophic associations modulate soil bacterial communities along latitudinal gradients – Xing Huang et al – ISME Journal.

Microbial ecology

[PREPRINT] Models of microbiome evolution incorporating host resource provisioning – Yao Xiao et al – bioRxiv

Beneficial microbes & compounds

Combining Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis and human milk oligosaccharides synergistically increases short chain fatty acid production ex vivo – Florac De Bruyn et al – Nature Communications Biology

July 31, 2024

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Human gut microbiome

The gut mycobiome signatures in long-lived populations – Lixia Pu et al – Cell iScience

Viral metagenomics combined with non-targeted serum metabolomics reveals the role of enteroviruses in a mouse model of coronary heart disease – Xiang Li et al – BMC Virology

Core microbiome-associated proteins associated with ulcerative colitis interact with cytokines for synergistic or antagonistic effects on gut bacteria – Ting Zhang et al – ISME Journal

Comparison between 16S rRNA and shotgun sequencing in colorectal cancer, advanced colorectal lesions, and healthy human gut microbiota – David Bars-Cortina et al – BMC Genomics

Effect of different delivery modes on intestinal microbiota and immune function of neonates – Chunhui Lai et al – Scientific Reports

Animal experiments

Effects of Akkermansia muciniphila on Gut Morphology, Antioxidant Indices, and Gut Microbiome of Mice Under Heat Stress – Caiyu Luo et al – Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Gut microbiota mediates the anti-inflammatory effects of supplemental infrared irradiation in mice – Shijing Wang et al – Photochemistry and Photobiology

Short-chain fatty acids ameliorate imiquimod-induced skin thickening and IL-17 levels and alter gut microbiota in mice: a metagenomic association analysis – Yi-Ju Chen et al – Scientific Reports

Animal microbiome

Facultative endosymbiosis between cellulolytic protists and methanogenic archaea in the gut of the Formosan termite Coptotermes formosanus – Masayuki Kaneko et al – ISME Communications

Rodents consuming the same toxic diet harbor a unique functional core microbiome – Tess E. Stapleton et al – BMC Animal Microbiome

The plant-sucking insect selects assembly of the gut microbiota from environment to enhance host reproduction – Hong-Wei Shan et al – NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes

Alterations in captive Alexandrine parakeet (Palaeornis eupatria) gut microbiome and metabolome in response to dietary change – Xin Feng et al – Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology

Link between bacterial communities and contrasted loads in ectoparasitic monogeneans from the external mucus of two wild sparid species (Teleostei) – Judith Revault et al – BMC Animal Microbiome

Beneficial microbes and compounds

Unearthing Lactococcus lactis and Scheffersomyeces symbionts from edible wood-boring beetle larvae as a bio-resource for industrial applications – Shadrick Kibet et al – BMC Microbiology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

[OPINION] Microbiome Bioprospecting for Sustainable Agrobiome and Circular Bioeconomy – Dhananjaya Pratap Singh – Anthropocene Science

Host genetic variation and specialized metabolites from wheat leaves enriches for phyllosphere Pseudomonas spp. with enriched antibiotic resistomes – Qian Xiang et al – ISME Journal

Rhizosphere microbiome assembly, drivers and functions in perennial ligneous plant health – Morgane Duret et al – Microbiological Research

Diversity, composition and potential roles of sedimentary microbial communities in different coastal substrates around subtropical Okinawa Island, Japan – Kohei Hamamoto et al – BMC Environmental Microbiome

July 28, 2024

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Human and General Microbiome

Shaping Microbiota During the First 1000 Days of Life – Anna Samarra – Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Role of sulfidogenic members of the gut microbiota in human disease – Andreia I Pimenta – Advances in Microbial Physiology

Fecal microbiota transplantation improves anti-PD-1 inhibitor efficacy in unresectable or metastatic solid cancers refractory to anti-PD-1 inhibitor – Yunjae Kim – Cell Host & Microbe

Exploring the genomic traits of infant-associated microbiota members from a Zimbabwean cohort – Taona Emmah Mudhluli – BMC Genomics

Gut microbial features and circulating metabolomic signatures of frailty in older adults – Yanni Pu – Nature Aging

Gut microbiome and metabolome signatures in liver cirrhosis-related complications – Satya Priya Sharma – Clinical and Molecular Hepatology

Detection of Microplastics in Human Breast Milk and Its Association with Changes in Human Milk Bacterial Microbiota – Apisith Saraluck – Journal of Clinical Medicine

Regional Differences in Microbial Infiltration of Brain Tissue from Alzheimer’s Disease Patients and Control Individuals – T Bucky Jones – Brain Sciences

Review: Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans: From the Oral Cavity to the Heart Valves – Jasminka Talapko – Microorganisms

Beneficial Microbes and Compounds

Review: Digesting the complex metabolic effects of diet on the host and microbiome – Rachel N Carmody – Cell

Review: A comprehensive review of synbiotics: an emerging paradigm in health promotion and disease management – Sulhee Lee – World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology

Animal Model Microbiome

Desulfovibrio vulgaris caused gut inflammation and aggravated DSS-induced colitis in C57BL/6 mice model – Guoxin Huang – Gut Pathogens

LCN2 regulates the gut microbiota and metabolic profile in mice infected with Mycobacterium bovis – Quntao Huang – mSystems

Non-Model Animal Microbiome

Multiomics of parkinsonism cynomolgus monkeys highlights significance of metabolites in interaction between host and microbiota – Jiang-Mei Gao – NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes

Vaginal and Uterine Microbiota of Healthy Maiden Mares during Estrus – Ana Gil-Miranda – Veterinary Sciences

Review: Reproductive Tract Microbiota of Mares – Ana Gil-Miranda – Veterinary Sciences

Environmental Microbiology

Soils of two Antarctic Dry Valleys exhibit unique microbial community structures in response to similar environmental disturbances – Mafalda S Baptista – Environmental Microbiome

Plant Microbiome

Thermal sensitivity of soil microbial carbon use efficiency across forest biomes – Chengjie Ren – Nature Communications

Miscanthus sp. root exudate alters rhizosphere microbial community to drive soil aggregation for heavy metal immobilization – Bohan Wu – The Science of the Total Environment

Soil conditions modify species diversity effects on tree functional trait expression – Andréa Davrinche – Scientific Reports

Microbiome Analysis

A novel system to culture human intestinal organoids under physiological oxygen content to study microbial-host interaction – Tatiana Y Fofanova – PloS ONE

Compositional Data and Microbiota Analysis: Imagination and Reality – Tatsuki Itagaki – Microorganisms

Thanos: An R Package for the Gene-Centric Analysis of Functional Potential in Metagenomic Samples – Zhe Zhao – Microorganisms

July 24, 2024

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Human microbiome

Gut virome-wide association analysis identifies cross-population viral signatures for inflammatory bowel disease – Xiangge Tian et al – BMC Microbiome

The Role of Gut Microbiota in the Neuroprotective Effects of Selenium in Alzheimer’s Disease – Anatoly V. Skalny et al – Molecular Neurobiology

[REVIEW] The oral–gut microbiome axis in health and disease – Benoit J. Kunath – Nature Reviews Microbiology

Enhancing gut microbiota and microbial function with inulin supplementation in children with obesity – Chonnikant Visuthranukul et al – International Journal of Obesity

Core antibiotic resistance genes mediate gut microbiota to intervene in the treatment of major depressive disorder – Zaiquan Dong et al – Journal of Affective Disorders

Temporal dynamics and species-level complexity of Prevotella spp. in the human gut microbiota: implications for enterotypes and health – Na Han et al – Frontiers in Microbiology

Skin locations inference and body fluid identification from skin microbial patterns for forensic applications – Litao Huang et al – Forensic Science International

Animal experiments

Improving insulin resistance by sulforaphane via activating the Bacteroides and Lactobacillus SCFAs–GPR–GLP1 signal axis – Sicong Tian et al – Food & Function

Gastroprotective and microbiome-modulating effects of ubiquinol in rats with radiation-induced enteropathy – Walaa A. Eraqi et al – BMC Animal Microbiome

Animal microbiome

Methanogenic patterns in the gut microbiome are associated with survival in a population of feral horses – Mason R. Stothart et al – Nature Communications

Viral Communities Suppress the Earthworm Gut Antibiotic Resistome by Lysing Bacteria on a National Scale – Shuai Du et al – Environmental Science & Technology

Modulation of gut microbiota composition and predicted metabolic capacity after nutritional programming with a plant-rich diet in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): insights across developmental stages – Marwa Mamdouh Tawfik et al – BMC Animal Microbiome

Altitude-dependent agro-ecologies impact the microbiome diversity of scavenging indigenous chicken in Ethiopia – Laura Glendinning et al – BMC Microbiome

Water & extremophile microbiome

Genomic representativeness and chimerism in large collections of SAGs and MAGs of marine prokaryoplankton – Tianyi Chang et al – BMC Microbiome

Time-series metagenomics reveals changing protistan ecology of a temperate dimictic lake – Arianna I. Krinos et al – BMC Microbiome

Built environment microbiome

[PREPRINT] Utilizing the biosimulator to analyze the environmental microbiome within the intensive care units of a hospital – Sunil Thomas et al – ResearchSquare

Distributions, interactions, and dynamics of prokaryotes and phages in a hybrid biological wastewater treatment system – Dou Wang et al – BMC Microbiome

Plant, root, & soil microbiome

Unraveling the habitat preferences, ecological drivers, potential hosts, and auxiliary metabolism of soil giant viruses across China – Jie-Liang Liang et al – BMC Microbiome

Bioinformatics tools

MIDASim: a fast and simple simulator for realistic microbiome data – Mengyu He et al – BMC Microbiome