Tag Archives: microbiome

March 10, 2024

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Human and General Microbiome

A cryptic plasmid is among the most numerous genetic elements in the human gut – Emily C. Fogarty – Cell

Associations between bacterial and fungal communities in the human gut microbiota and their implications for nutritional status and body weight – Ricardo García-Gamboa – Scientific Reports

Multicomponent (bio)markers for obesity risk prediction: a scoping review protocol – Farhad Vahid – BMJ Open

Gut microbiome-derived bacterial extracellular vesicles in patients with solid tumours – Surbhi Mishra – Journal of Advanced Research

Comparative analysis of the vaginal bacteriome and virome in healthy women living in high-altitude and sea-level areas – Chaoran Li – European Journal of Medical Research

Cas9-assisted biological containment of a genetically engineered human commensal bacterium and genetic elements – Naoki Hayashi – Nature Communications

Review: Unlocking the secrets: exploring the influence of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor and microbiome on cancer development – Menatallah Rayan – Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters

Environmental Microbiome

Review: Multi-omics and gut microbiome: Unveiling the pathogenic mechanisms of early-life pesticide exposure – Yifan Yue – Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology

Ancient Microbiome

Identification of microbial pathogens in Neolithic Scandinavian humans – Nora Bergfeldt – Scientific Reports

Microbiome Analysis: Tools, Protocols, Techniques and Resources

A comparison of short-read, HiFi long-read, and hybrid strategies for genome-resolved metagenomics – Raphael Eisenhofer – Microbiology Spectrum

OMEinfo: global geographic metadata for -omics experiments – Matthew Crown – Bioinformatics Advances

Successful topical treatment of human biofilms using multiple antibiotic elution from a collagen-rich hydrogel – Ayushi D Sharma – Scientific Reports

The astounding exhaustiveness and speed of the Astral mass analyzer for highly complex samples is a quantum leap in the functional analysis of microbiomes – Thibaut Dumas – Microbiome

March 6, 2024

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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

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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 28, 2024

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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 15, 2024

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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

January 20, 2024

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Human and General Microbiome

Gut microbiome for predicting immune checkpoint blockade-associated adverse events – Muni Hu – Genome Medicine

The fusion of multi-omics profile and multimodal EEG data contributes to the personalized diagnostic strategy for neurocognitive disorders – Yan Han – Microbiome

Prediction of lung cancer using novel biomarkers based on microbiome profiling of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid – Gihyeon Kim – Scientific Reports

Exploring the intestinal ecosystem: from gut microbiota to associations with subtypes of inflammatory bowel disease – Fan Li – Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Simulated digestions of free oligosaccharides and mucin-type O-glycans reveal a potential role for Clostridium perfringens – Andrew G McDonald – Scientific Reports

Oral microbiome associated with differential ratios of Porphyromonas gingivalis and Streptococcus cristatus – Qingguo Wang – Microbiology Spectrum

Impact of intratumoral microbiome on tumor immunity and prognosis in human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma – Shohei Abe – Journal of Gastroenterology

Evaluation of gut microbiota predictive potential associated with phenotypic characteristics to identify multifactorial diseases – Danielle Cristina Fonseca – Gut Microbes

Review: The Gut Microbiome Affects Atherosclerosis by Regulating Reverse Cholesterol Transport – Yangyang Jiang – Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research

Review: Role of vertical and horizontal microbial transmission of antimicrobial resistance genes in early life: insights from maternal-infant dyads – Manuel Bernabeu – Current Opinion in Microbiology

Beneficial Microbes and Compounds

Complement in breast milk modifies offspring gut microbiota to promote infant health – Dongqing Xu – Cell

An Oral Nanomedicine Elicits In Situ Vaccination Effect against Colorectal Cancer – Menghang Zu – ACS Nano

Model and Non-Model Animal Microbiome 

Oral bacteria accelerate pancreatic cancer development in mice – Elias Saba – Gut

Bacterial community and diversity in the rumen of 11 Mongolian cattle as revealed by 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing – Yijiu Jia – Scientific Reports

Novel taxonomic and functional diversity of eight bacteria from the upper digestive tract of chicken – Bibiana Rios-Galicia – International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Plant Microbiome

A tripartite bacterial-fungal-plant symbiosis in the mycorrhiza-shaped microbiome drives plant growth and mycorrhization – Changfeng Zhang – Microbiome

Host genotype, soil composition, and geo-climatic factors shape the fonio seed microbiome – Naheed Tabassum – Microbiome

The role of plants in ironstone evolution: iron and aluminium cycling in the rhizosphere – Anat Paz – The Science of the Total Environment

Consistent effects of independent domestication events on the plant microbiota – Riccardo Soldan – Current Biology 

Inactivation of siderophore iron-chelating moieties by the fungal wheat root symbiont Pyrenophora biseptata – Katie S French – Environmental Microbiology Reports

Environmental Microbiome

New insights into inhibition of high Fe(III) content on anaerobic digestion of waste-activated sludge – Xuepeng Wang – The Science of the Total Environment

Microbiome Analysis: Tools, Techniques and Resources

Drying as an effective method to store soil samples for DNA-based microbial community analyses: a comparative study – Emily Smenderovac – Scientific Reports

Mock community taxonomic classification performance of publicly available shotgun metagenomics pipelines – E Michael Valencia – Scientific Data

Metabolic model predictions enable targeted microbiome manipulation through precision prebiotics – Georgios Marinos – Microbiology Spectrum

Metagenomes and metagenome-assembled genomes from ex vivo fecal incubations of six unique donors – Adrienne B Narrowe – Microbiology Resource Announcements

Bioinformatic Approach to Investigate Larvae Gut Microbiota Cellulosimicrobium protaetiae via Whole-Genome Analysis – Han Le Ho – Molecular Biotechnology





December 29, 2023

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Human and General Microbiome

Differential responses of the gut microbiome and resistome to antibiotic exposures in infants and adults – Xuanji Li – Nature Communications

Social anxiety disorder-associated gut microbiota increases social fear – Nathaniel L Ritz – PNAS

Plasmid-encoded toxin defence mediates mutualistic microbial interactions – Sarah Moraïs – Nature Microbiology

Oral microbiome-driven virulence factors: A novel approach to pancreatic cancer diagnosis – Xuemin Zeng – Biomolecules & Biomedicine

The Gut Microbiome: A Primer for the Clinician – Olga C Aroniadis – The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Exploring the role of gut microbiota in migraine risk: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study – Xiangyue Meng – Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

High-Throughput Combined Analysis of Saliva Microbiota and Metabolomic Profile in Chinese Periodontitis Patients: A Pilot Study – Jing Ding – Inflammation

Microbiome preterm birth DREAM challenge: Crowdsourcing machine learning approaches to advance preterm birth research – Jonathan L Golob – Cell Reports. Medicine

Impact of dietary inflammatory index on gingival health – Roberta Andrade Reis – Journal of Periodontology

Air particulate pollution exposure associated with impaired cognition via microbiota gut-brain axis: an evidence from rural elderly female in northwest China – Jia Yuan – Environmental Science and Pollution Research International

Metabolic flux and catabolic kinetics of prebiotic-like dietary polyphenol phlorizin in association with gut microbiota in vitro – Jiang Chen – Food Chemistry

Review: Genital tract microbiota composition profiles and use of prebiotics and probiotics in gynaecological cancer prevention: review of the current evidence, the European Society of Gynaecological Oncology prevention committee statement – Anita Mitra – The Lancet. Microbe

Review: Wound Microbiota and Its Impact on Wound Healing – Małgorzata Zielińska – International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Review: Microbial collaborations and conflicts: unraveling interactions in the gut ecosystem – Shuang Wang – Gut Microbes

Animal Model Studies

Gut microbiome responds to alteration in female sex hormone status and exacerbates metabolic dysfunction – Tzu-Wen L Cross – Gut Microbes

Oral fecal transplantation enriches Lachnospiraceae and butyrate to mitigate acute liver injury – Chun-Ju Yang – Cell Reports 

Impact of various high fat diets on gene expression and the microbiome across the mouse intestines – Jose Martinez-Lomeli – Scientific Reports

Non-Model Animal Microbiome

Characteristics of gut microbiota in captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) from infant to elderly – Sarisa Klinhom – Scientific Reports

Honeybee symbiont Bombella apis could restore larval-to-pupal transition disrupted by antibiotic treatment – Chen Xiaowen – Journal of Insect Physiology

Toll receptor ligand Spätzle 4 responses to the highly pathogenic Enterococcus faecalis from Varroa mites in honeybees – Wenhao Zhang – PLoS Pathogens

Plant Microbiome

Review: Unveiling the significance of rhizosphere: Implications for plant growth, stress response, and sustainable agriculture – Wogene Solomon – Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Environmental Microbiome

Connecting molecular biomarkers, mineralogical composition, and microbial diversity from Mars analog lava tubes – Vera Palma – The Science of the Total Environment

The undiscovered biosynthetic potential of the Greenland Ice Sheet microbiome – Ate H Jaarsma – Frontiers in Microbiology

Review: A global review on the abundance and threats of microplastics in soils to terrestrial ecosystem and human health – Wenshan Shi – The Science of the Total Environment

Microbiome analysis: tools, techniques and resources

VIBES: A consensus subtyping of the vaginal microbiota reveals novel classification criteria – Diego Fernández-Edreira – Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal

Generalized matrix decomposition regression: estimation and inference for two-way structured data – Yue Wang – The Annals of Applied Statistics

Single-cell and spatiotemporal transcriptomic analyses reveal the effects of microorganisms on immunity and metabolism in the mouse liver – Ruizhen Zhao – Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal

PETR: A novel peristaltic mixed tubular bioreactor simulating human colonic conditions – David Vorländer – Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Mock microbial community meta-analysis using different trimming of amplicon read lengths – Diana Haider – Environmental Microbiology

Review: In Vitro Models for Investigating Intestinal Host-Pathogen Interactions – Reece McCoy – Advanced Science

December 23, 2023

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Happy Holidays, from the MicrobiomeDigest team!

Human and General Microbiome

Gut microbiota predicts severity and reveals novel metabolic signatures in acute pancreatitis – Christoph Ammer-Herrmenau – Gut

Human gut microbiota from hepatitis B virus-infected individuals is associated with reduced triglyceride level in mice: faecal transplantation study – Han-Na Kim – Microbes and Infection

Commensal bacteria maintain a Qa-1(b)-restricted unconventional CD8(+) T population in gut epithelium – Jian Guan – eLife

Akkermansia muciniphila – friend or foe in colorectal cancer? – Ekaterina O Gubernatorova – Frontiers in Immunology

Association between erythrocyte membrane fatty acids and gut bacteria in obesity-related cognitive dysfunction – Tong Zhao – AMB Express

Impact of the gut microbiome on immunological responses to COVID-19 vaccination in healthy controls and people living with HIV – Shilpa Ray – NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes

The relationship between sleep, gut microbiota, and metabolome in patients with depression and anxiety: A secondary analysis of the observational study – Arisa Tanaka – PloS ONE

Persistence of gut dysbiosis in individuals with anorexia nervosa – Yukiko Morisaki – PloS ONE

Unique microbial diversity, community composition, and networks among Pacific Islander endocervical and vaginal microbiomes with and without Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Fiji – Sankhya Bommana – mBio

Gut microbiome-based machine learning for diagnostic prediction of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Xiaopei Liu – BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Targeting gut microbial nitrogen recycling and cellular uptake of ammonium to improve bortezomib resistance in multiple myeloma – Yinghong Zhu – Cell Metabolism

Variations in the oral microbiome and metabolome of methamphetamine users – Dawei Wang – mSystems

Investigating the causal impact of gut microbiota on glioblastoma: a bidirectional Mendelian randomization study – Chuan Zeng – BMC Genomics

Alterations of oral and gut viromes in hypertension and/or periodontitis – Hui-Lin Ye – mSystems

Heterogeneous associations of gut microbiota with Crohn’s disease activity – Susanne Pinto – Gut Microbes

Early / Infant / Children Microbiome

Gut-resident microorganisms and their genes are associated with cognition and neuroanatomy in children – Kevin S Bonham – Science Advances

The association of tonsillar microbiota with biochemical indices based on obesity and tonsillar hypertrophy in children – Jiwon Park – Scientific Reports

Synergistic horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance genes and transposons in the infant gut microbial genome – Yanwen Ding – mSphere

Beneficial Microbes and Compounds

Potential therapeutic implications of histidine catabolism by the gut microbiota in NAFLD patients with morbid obesity – Sergio Quesada-Vázquez – Cell Reports Medicine

Attenuation of allergen-specific immunotherapy for atopic dermatitis by ectopic colonization of Brevundimonas vesicularis in the intestine – Xiaochun Liu – Cell Reports Medicine

Model and Non-Model Animal Microbiome

The influence of diet on gut microbiome and body mass dynamics in a capital-breeding migratory bird – Isabelle Jones – PeerJ

Autophagic dysfunction and gut microbiota dysbiosis cause chronic immune activation in a Drosophila model of Gaucher disease – Magda L Atilano – PLoS Genetics

Cytolethal distending toxin B inoculation leads to distinct gut microtypes and IBS-D-like microRNA-mediated gene expression changes in a rodent model – Gabriela Leite – Gut Microbes

Microbiome and Evolution

Evolutionary patterns and processes in animal microbiomes – Florent Mazel – Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Plant and Soil Microbiome

Wheat fungal endophyte communities are inseparable from the host and influence plant development – Or Sharon – mBio

Environmental Microbiome

Metagenomics-Based Microbial Ecological Community Threshold and Indicators of Anthropogenic Disturbances in Estuarine Sediments – Yingyu Bao – Environmental Science & Technology

Microbiome Analysis: Tools, Techniques and Resources

Review: Nine (not so simple) steps: a practical guide to using machine learning in microbial ecology – Corinne Walsh – mBio

SOHPIE: Statistical Approach via Pseudo-Value Information and Estimation for Differential Network Analysis of Microbiome Data – Seungjun Ahn – Bioinformatics

Examining the functional space of gut microbiome-derived peptides – Ying-Chiang J Lee – MicrobiologyOpen

A new absolute quantitative method for peptide and metabolite detection – Carlo Brogna – Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Next steps in studying host-microbiome interactions in apical periodontitis – Athina C Georgiou – Frontiers in Oral Health

December 18, 2023

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Human and General Microbiome

Microbiome diversity protects against pathogens by nutrient blocking – Frances Spragge – Science 

Shotgun metagenomics reveals interkingdom association between intestinal bacteria and fungi involving competition for nutrients – Zixuan Xie – Microbiome

Functional alterations and predictive capacity of gut microbiome in type 2 diabetes – Nihar Ranjan Dash – Scientific Reports

Fecal metabolite profiling identifies liver transplant recipients at risk for postoperative infection – Christopher J Lehmann – Cell Host & Microbe

Establishment of oral microbiome in very low birth weight infants during the first weeks of life and the impact of oral diet implementation – Pedro A R Vanzele – PloS One

Infant gut DNA bacteriophage strain persistence during the first 3 years of life – Yue Clare Lou – Cell Host & Microbe

Metabolic diversity in commensal protists regulates intestinal immunity and trans-kingdom competition – Elias R Gerrick – Cell

Poly-omic risk scores predict inflammatory bowel disease diagnosis – Christopher H Arehart – mSystems

Review: Impact of glyphosate (Roundup(TM)) on the composition and functionality of the gut microbiome – Lauren Walsh – Gut Microbes

Rapid turnover and short-term blooms of Escherichia coli in the human gut – Na Han – Journal of Bacteriology

Designing a multi-epitope vaccine against Peptostreptococcus anaerobius based on an immunoinformatics approach – Yudan Mao – Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology

Twnbiome: a public database of the healthy Taiwanese gut microbiome – Amrita Chattopadhyay – BMC Bioinformatics

Identification of inulin-responsive bacteria in the gut microbiota via multi-modal activity-based sorting – Alessandra Riva – Nature Communications

Review: Application of omics technologies in cariology research: A critical review with bibliometric analysis – Josie Shizhen Zhang – Journal of Dentistry

Dysbiosis and associated stool features improve prediction of response to biological therapy in inflammatory bowel disease – Clara Caenepeel – Gastroenterology

Highlight: Female Reproductive Tract Microbiome

Review: Culturomics in Unraveling the Upper Female Reproductive Tract Microbiota – Robin Vanstokstraeten – Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

A manifold-based framework for studying the dynamics of the vaginal microbiome – Mor Tsamir-Rimon – NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes

Culturomics reveals a hidden world of vaginal microbiota with the isolation of 206 bacteria from a single vaginal sample – Linda Abou Chacra – Archives of Microbiology

Effects of variation in sample storage conditions and swab order on 16S vaginal microbiome analyses – Tanya Kumar – Microbiology Spectrum

Non-Model Animal Microbiome

Activity budget and gut microbiota stability and flexibility across reproductive states in wild capuchin monkeys in a seasonal tropical dry forest – Shasta E Webb – Animal Microbiome

Validation of method for faecal sampling in cats and dogs for faecal microbiome analysis – Xavier Langon – BMC Veterinary Research

Transmission of antimicrobial resistance in the gut microbiome of gregarious cockroaches: the importance of interaction between antibiotic exposed and non-exposed populations – Amalia Bogri – mSystems

Plant and Soil Microbiome

Fungal community composition changes and reduced bacterial diversity drive improvements in the soil quality index during arable land restoration – Pingxing Wan – Environmental Research

Two-for-one: root microbiota orchestrates both soil pH and plant nutrition – João Antonio Siqueira – Trends in Plant Science

Cotton microbiome profiling and Cotton Leaf Curl Disease (CLCuD) suppression through microbial consortia associated with Gossypium arboreum – Rhea Aqueel – NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes

Environmental Microbiome

Benthic microbial biogeographic trends in the North Sea are shaped by an interplay of environmental drivers and bottom trawling effort – Guido Bonthond – ISME Communications

Increased prokaryotic diversity in the Red Sea deep scattering layer – Tamara Megan Huete-Stauffer – Environmental Microbiome

December 10, 2023

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General and Human Microbiome

Altered gut microbiome associated with metabolic-associated fatty liver disease in Chinese children – Jing Ji – Clinical Nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland)

Airway environment drives the selection of quorum sensing mutants and promote Staphylococcus aureus chronic lifestyle – Xiongqi Ding – Nature Communications

Review: Gut microbiota in overweight and obesity: crosstalk with adipose tissue – Patrice D Cani – Nature Reviews. Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Review: Recent advances in single-cell engineered live biotherapeutic products research for skin repair and disease treatment – Muhamad Aidilfitri Mohamad Roslan – NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes

Metaproteomic assessment of gut microbial and host functional perturbations in Helicobacter pylori-infected patients subjected to an antimicrobial protocol – Marcello Abbondio – Gut Microbes

The facial microbiome and metabolome across different geographic regions – Rong Tao – Microbiology Spectrum

Periodontitis salivary microbiota exacerbates colitis-induced anxiety-like behavior via gut microbiota – Jun Qian – NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes

Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide plays a key role in the microbial-neuroimmune control of intestinal motility – Xiaopeng Bai – Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Multi-omics analyses reveal bacteria and catalase associated with keloid disease – Mengjie Shan – EBioMedicine

Beneficial Microbes and Compounds

Genomic and Phenotypic Insight into the Probiotic Potential of Lactic Acid Bacterial spp. Associated with the Human Gut Mucosa – Kanwal Aziz – Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins

Review: A review on the use of prebiotics in ulcerative colitis – James M Kennedy – Trends in Microbiology

Oral magnesium prevents acetaminophen-induced acute liver injury by modulating microbial metabolism – Dongping Li – Cell Host & Microbe

Review: Akkermansia muciniphila and Alcohol-Related Liver Diseases. A Systematic Review – Lydie Sparfel – Molecular Nutrition & Food Research

Review: Triangulating nutrigenomics, metabolomics and microbiomics toward personalized nutrition and healthy living – George Lagoumintzis – Human Genomics

Non-Model Animal Microbiome 

The role of diet and host species in shaping the seasonal dynamics of the gut microbiome – Claire E Williams – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Increased environmental microbial diversity reduces the disease risk of a mosquitocidal pathogen – Zhiwei Kang – mBio

Plant and Soil Microbiome

Characterization of microbial contamination in agricultural soil: A public health perspective – Xiaodi Li – The Science of the Total Environment

Metagenomics reveals effects of fluctuating water conditions on functional pathways in plant litter microbial community – Matevž Likar – Scientific Reports

Crop rotation and native microbiome inoculation restore soil capacity to suppress a root disease – Yanyan Zhou – Nature Communications

Environmental Microbiome

Environmental determinants and demographic influences on global urban microbiomes, antimicrobial resistance and pathogenicity – Yang Chen – NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes

Multiple spatial scales of bacterial and fungal structural and functional traits affect carbon mineralization – Zhiyuan Ma – Molecular Ecology

Microbiome Analysis: tools, techniques and resources

Review: Establishing genetic manipulation for novel strains of human gut bacteria – Paul O Sheridan – Microbiome Research Reports