Microbiomes of rabbits, exercising mice, fish, bees, beetles, forest soil after a hurricane (a simulated one!), water, and – why not – the whole world.

Mammal microbiome 

* Changes in Cecal Microbiota and Mucosal Gene Expression Revealed New Aspects of Epizootic Rabbit Enteropathy – Christine Bäuerl – PLOS ONE

“Cecal microbiota was characterized in three rabbit groups (ERE-affected, healthy and healthy pretreated with antibiotics), followed by transcriptional analysis of cytokines and mucins in the cecal mucosa and vermix by q-rtPCR.”

Effect of Intestinal Microbiota on Exercise Performance in Mice – Hsu, Yi-Ju – Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research

“We investigated the association of intestinal bacteria and exercise performance in specific pathogen-free (SPF), germ-free (GF), and Bacteroides fragilis (BF) gnotobiotic mice.”

Fish microbiome

Non invasive analysis of metabolic changes following nutrient input into diverse fish species, as investigated by metabolic and microbial profiling approaches – Taiga Asakura – PeerJPrePrints

“We evaluated the microbial diversity in various fish species collected from Japan’s coastal waters using next-generation sequencing, followed by evaluation of the effects of feed type on co-metabolic modulations in fish-microbial symbiotic ecosystems in laboratory-scale experiments.”

Comparative Analysis of the Intestinal Bacterial Communities in Different Species of Carp by Pyrosequencing – Tongtong Li – Microbial Ecology

“In this study, we compared the bacterial communities harboured in the intestines and in the rearing water of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus), crucian carp (Carassius cuvieri), and bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis), by using 454-pyrosequencing with barcoded primers targeting the V4 to V5 regions of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene. “

Insect microbiome

* Microbial Communities of Three Sympatric Australian Stingless Bee Species – Sara D. Leonhardt – PLOS ONE

“Here, we characterized the microbiota of three Australian stingless bee species (Apidae: Meliponini) of two phylogenetically distant genera (Tetragonula and Austroplebeia). “

Metamicrobiomics in herbivore beetles of the genus Cryptocephalus (Chrysomelidae): toward the understanding of ecological determinants in insect symbiosis – Matteo Montagna – Insect Science

“The microbiota of C. acquitanus and C. marginellus (Calanques) were the most diverse (over 100 OTUs), while that from C. zoiai yielded less bacterial diversity (45 OTUs).”

Invertebrate microbiome

Antioxidant Activity of Bacteria Associated with the Marine Sponge Tedania anhelans – Dhivya Balakrishnan – Indian Journal of Microbiology

“In the present study, several Bacillus sp. with just 97 % similarity with its closest match in Gen Bank were isolated, and found to show free radical scavenging activity”

Soil and sediment microbiome

Effects of a simulated hurricane disturbance on forest floor microbial communities – Sharon A. Cantrell – Forest Ecology and Management

“We studied the independent and interactive hurricane effects of canopy openness and debris deposition on the relative abundance and diversity of microorganisms in soil and leaf litter using ester link fatty acids methyl esters (EL-FAME) analysis, and terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (TRFLP) profile.”

Spatiotemporal changes in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities under different nitrogen inputs over a 5-year period in intensive agricultural ecosystems on the North China Plain – Wei Liu – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

“Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism and clone sequencing were used to analyse the AMF community. “

A Long-Term Cultivation of an Anaerobic Methane-Oxidizing Microbial Community from Deep-Sea Methane-Seep Sediment Using a Continuous-Flow Bioreactor – Masataka Aoki – PLOS ONE

“Phylogenetic analyses demonstrated that phylogenetically diverse Archaea and Bacteria grew in the bioreactor.”

Water microbiome

Characterization of Wastewater Treatment Plant Microbial Communities and the Effects of Carbon Sources on Diversity in Laboratory Models – Sangwon Lee – PLOS ONE

“…using PhyloChip 16S-rRNA-gene targeting microarrays, we compared the compositions of sampled communities to those of inocula propagated in the laboratory in simulated wastewater conditionally amended with various carbon sources”

* Bacterial and archaeal communities in Lake Nyos (Cameroon, Central Africa) – Rosine E. Tiodjio – Nature Scientific Reports

“Bacterial and archaeal communities were profiled using Polymerase Chain Reaction-Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE) approach of the 16S rRNA gene. “

Comparative survey of bacterial and archaeal communities in high arsenic shallow aquifers using 454 pyrosequencing and traditional methods – Ping Li – Ecotoxicology

“A survey of bacterial and archaeal community structure was carried out in 10 shallow tube wells in a high arsenic groundwater system located in Hetao Basin, Inner Mongolia by 16S rRNA gene based two-step nested PCR-DGGE, clone libraries and 454 pyrosequencing. “

* Biogeographic Congruency among Bacterial Communities from Terrestrial Sulfidic Springs – Brendan Headd – Frontiers in Microbiology

“Complementary Sanger sequencing and 454 pyrosequencing of 16S rRNA genes retrieved five proteobacterial classes, and Bacteroidetes, Chlorobi, Chloroflexi, and Firmicutes phyla from all springs, which suggested the potential for a core sulfidic spring microbiome. “

The whole world microbiome

* The Earth Microbiome project: successes and aspirations – Jack A Gilbert, Janet K Jansson, and Rob Knight – BMC Biology

“ ‘Knight and Gilbert literally talk about sampling the entire planet. It is ludicrous and not feasible – yet they are doing it’”

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