Tag Archives: probiotics

April 3, 2025

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General microbiome

[REVIEW] The regulatory framework for microbiome-based therapies: insights into European regulatory developments – Rodriguez et al. npj Biofilms and microbiomes

Early life microbiome

Bifidobacteria support optimal infant vaccine responses – Ryan et al. Nature

Gut microbiome evolution from infancy to 8 years of age – Sawhney et al. Nature Medicine

Animal experiments

Gut metagenomes reveal interactions between dietary restriction, ageing and the microbiome in genetically diverse mice – Litichevskyiy et al. Nature Microbiology

Life-long microbiome rejuvenation improves intestinal barrier function and inflammaging in mice – Sommer et al. Microbiome

Faecalibacterium prausnitzii-derived outer membrane vesicles reprogram gut microbiota metabolism to alleviate Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus infection – Xing et al. Microbiome

Bioinformatics

Elementary methods provide more replicable results in microbial differential abundance analysis – Pelto et al. Briefings in Bioinformatics

DMoVGPE: predicting gut microbial associated metabolites profiles with deep mixture of variational Gaussian Process experts – Weng et al. BMC Bioinformatics

October 27, 2024

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Human and General Microbiome

Gut

A human gut Faecalibacterium prausnitzii fatty acid amide hydrolase – Jiye Cheng – Science

A ubiquitous mobile genetic element changes the antagonistic weaponry of a human gut symbiont – Madeline L Sheahan – Science

Exploring alterations of gut/blood microbes in addressing iron overload-induced gut dysbiosis and cognitive impairment in thalassemia patients – Kanokphong Suparan – Scientific Reports

Effects of bile acids on the growth, composition and metabolism of gut bacteria – Yi-Lei Peng – NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes

Gut-first Parkinson’s disease is encoded by gut dysbiome – Mário F Munoz-Pinto – Molecular Neurodegeneration

Metaproteomics reveals diet-induced changes in gut microbiome function according to Crohn’s disease location – Stefano Levi Mortera – Microbiome

Review: Examining the healthy human microbiome concept – Raphaela Joos – Nature Reviews Microbiology

Review: Host-pathobiont interactions in Crohn’s disease – Roberta Caruso – Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Early Microbiome

Species- and subspecies-level characterization of health-associated bacterial consortia that colonize the human gut during infancy – Samuel S Minot – Gut Microbes

Metal availability shapes early life microbial ecology and community succession – Joshua Soto Ocaña – mBio

Virome

Oral reovirus reshapes the gut microbiome and enhances antitumor immunity in colon cancer – Won Suk Lee – Nature Communications

Oral Cavity

Pooled analysis of oral microbiome profiles defines robust signatures associated with periodontitis – Assem Soueidan – mSystems

Animal Microbiome (Model and Non-Model Organisms)

Type VI secretion systems promote intraspecific competition and host interactions in a bee gut symbiont – Erick V S Motta – PNAS

Gut bacteria facilitate leaf beetles in adapting to dietary specialization by enhancing larval fitness – Meiqi Ma – NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes

The dietary effects of two strain probiotics (Leuconostoc mesenteroides, Lactococcus lactis) on growth performance, immune response and gut microbiota in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) – Assel Paritova – PloS One

Effects of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum CBT LP3 and Bifidobacterium breve CBT BR3 supplementation on weight loss and gut microbiota of overweight dogs – Jihee Choi – Scientific Reports

Maternal gastrointestinal microbiome shapes gut microbial function and resistome of newborns in a cow-to-calf model – Yimin Zhuang – Microbiome

Integrated analysis of metabolome and microbiome in a rat model of perimenopausal syndrome – Yanqiu Wei – mSystems

Maternal dysbiosis produces long-lasting behavioral changes in offspring – Jacob Hudobenko – Molecular Psychiatry

DNA metabarcoding analyses reveal fine-scale microbiome structures on Western Canadian bat wings – Chadabhorn Insuk – Microbiology Spectrum

Plant and Environmental Microbiome

Aquificae overcomes competition by archaeal thermophiles, and crowding by bacterial mesophiles, to dominate the boiling vent-water of a Trans-Himalayan sulfur-borax spring – Nibendu Mondal – PloS One

Metagenome-assembled genomes of Macrocystis-associated bacteria – Emily G Aguirre – Microbiology Resource Announcements

Metagenomic time-series reveals a western English Channel viral community dominated by members with strong seasonal signals – Luis M Bolaños – The ISME Journal

Volatile-mediated interspecific plant interaction promotes root colonization by beneficial bacteria via induced shifts in root exudation – Xingang Zhou – Microbiome

Other Microbes

Microbial community acclimation during anaerobic digestion of high-oil food waste – Yangqing Hu – Scientific Reports

The choice of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis impacted characterization of highly variable surface microbiota in dairy processing environments – Sarah E Daly – mSystems

Microbiome Analysis: Tools, Techniques and Resources

A single-stranded based library preparation method for virome characterization – Xichuan Zhai – Microbiome

Microbiome-based correction for random errors in nutrient profiles derived from self-reported dietary assessments – Tong Wang – Nature Communications

Fecal samples and rectal swabs adequately reflect the human colonic luminal microbiota – Julia Rode – Gut Microbes

Optimal 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing analysis for oral microbiota to avoid the potential bias introduced by trimming length, primer, and database – Takahiko Nagai – Microbiology Spectrum

Moving Toward Metaproteogenomics: A Computational Perspective on Analyzing Microbial Samples via Proteogenomics – Franziska Singer – Methods in Molecular Biology

October 2, 2024

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Gut Microbiome

Gut microbiota wellbeing index predicts overall health in a cohort of 1000 infants – Brandon Hickman et al – Nature Communications

Pangenomes of human gut microbiota uncover links between genetic diversity and stress response – Saar Shoer et al – Cell Host & Microbe

[MINI REVIEW] The human gut microbiome in health and disease: time for a new chapter? – Jee-Yon Lee et al – ASM Infection & Immunity

Metabolic interactions shape emergent biofilm structures in a conceptual model of gut mucosal bacterial communities – Amin Valiei et al – NPJ Biofilms & Microbiomes

A population-scale analysis of 36 gut microbiome studies reveals universal species signatures for common diseases – Wen Sun et al – NPJ Biofilms & Microbiomes

A single amplified genome catalog reveals the dynamics of mobilome and resistome in the human microbiome – Tetsuro Kawano-Sugaya et al – BMC Microbiome

Stratification of human gut microbiomes by succinotype is associated with inflammatory bowel disease status – Laura Anthamatten et al – BMC Microbiome

Impact of complementary feeding on infant gut microbiome, metabolites and early development – Yudong Shi et al – Food & Function

Can longer lifespan be associated with gut microbiota involvement in lipid metabolism? – Sára Šardzíková et al – FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Beneficial microbes & compounds

[REVIEW] Preventive effect of probiotics on oral mucositis induced by anticancer therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials – Bo Yang et al – BMC Oral Health

Animal Microbiome

Bacteria from the Amycolatopsis genus associated with a toxic bird secrete protective secondary metabolites – Elena Seibel et al – Nature Communications

Impact of virginiamycin on the ruminal microbiota of feedlot cattle – Bruna Parapinski Santos – Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Microbiome of death

From carrion to soil: microbial recycling of animal carcasses – Jennifer M. DeBruyn et al – Cell Trends in Microbiology

Water & extremophile microbiome

Microbiome–metabolite linkages drive greenhouse gas dynamics over a permafrost thaw gradient – Viviana Freire-Zapata et al – Nature Microbiology

Prescribed fire regimes influence responses of fungal and bacterial communities on new litter substrates in a brackish tidal marsh – Viet Q. Dao et al – PLOS One

Plant, root & soil microbiome

The phyllosphere of Nigerian medicinal plants, Euphorbia lateriflora and Ficus thonningii is inhabited by a specific microbiota – Anderson O. Oaikhena et al – Scientific Reports

Water‒soil-air‒plant mutual feedback mechanism under the application of red bed composite polymers – Tianpeng Chen et al – PLOS One

Diversity and community distribution of soil bacterial in the Yellow River irrigation area of Ningxia, China – Xia Wu et al – PLOS One

Bioinformatics & tools

Strain-resolved de-novo metagenomic assembly of viral genomes and microbial 16S rRNAs – Annika Jochheim et al – BMC Microbiome

September 29, 2024

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Human and General Microbiome

Gut microbiota drives colon cancer risk associated with diet: a comparative analysis of meat-based and pesco-vegetarian diets – Carlotta De Filippo – Microbiome

Decoding the diagnostic and therapeutic potential of microbiota using pan-body pan-disease microbiomics – Georges P Schmartz – Nature Communications

Deep longitudinal lower respiratory tract microbiome profiling reveals genome-resolved functional and evolutionary dynamics in critical illness – Minghui Cheng – Nature Communications

Small Bowel Microbiome Profiles in Overweight and Obese Humans – Liqi Li – The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Intratumoral microbiota as a novel prognostic indicator in bladder cancer – Yuwei Zhang – Scientific Reports

Research Highlight: Identifying antimicrobials in the human microbiome – Sarah Crunkhorn – Nature Reviews. Drug Discovery

Review: Akkermansia muciniphila as a Potential Guardian against Oral Health Diseases: A Narrative Review – Molly H Anderson – Nutrients

Review: Intratumoral microbiota in colorectal cancer: focus on specific distribution and potential mechanisms – Jing Long – Cell Communication and Signaling

Review: Bacterial extracellular vesicles at the interface of gut microbiota and immunity – Inês Melo-Marques – Gut Microbes

Beneficial Microbes and Compounds

GV-971 prevents severe acute pancreatitis by remodeling the microbiota-metabolic-immune axis – Xi Chen – Nature Communications

Fecal Microbiota Transplantation-Mediated Rebalancing of the Gut-Brain Axis Alleviates Cisplatin-Induced Neuropathic Pain – Mousmi Rani – ACS Chemical Neuroscience

FMT rescues mice from DSS-induced colitis in a STING-dependent manner – Dan Pu – Gut Microbes

Aged garlic oligosaccharides modulate host metabolism and gut microbiota to alleviate high-fat and high-cholesterol diet-induced atherosclerosis in ApoE(-/-) mice – Xiaomin Wang – Food Chemistry

Phytoactives for Obesity Management: Integrating Nanomedicine for Its Effective Delivery – Ashok Kumar Mandal – Nutrition Reviews

Animal Microbiome

Exploring microbial diversity and biosynthetic potential in zoo and wildlife animal microbiomes – Georges P Schmartz – Nature Communications

Fur microbiome as a putative source of symbiotic bacteria in sucking lice – Jana Martin Říhová – Scientific Reports

Fecal microbiota transplantation from patients with polycystic ovary syndrome induces metabolic disorders and ovarian dysfunction in germ-free mice – Feiling Huang – BMC Microbiology

Dietary fiber intake impacts gut bacterial and viral populations in a hypertensive mouse model – Laura Avellaneda-Franco – Gut Microbes

Effect of shipping on the microbiome of donor mice used to reconstitute germ-free recipients – Zachary L McAdams – Gut Microbes Reports

Bacterial microbiome diversity along poultry slaughtering lines: insights from chicken carcasses and environmental sources – Arife Ezgi Telli – Journal of Veterinary Research

The Gut Microbiome of Two Wild Bumble Bee Species Native of South America: Bombus pauloensis and Bombus bellicosus – Gregorio Fernandez de Landa – Microbial Ecology

Gill-associated ammonia oxidizers are widespread in teleost fish – Wouter Mes – Microbiology Spectrum

Microbiome Analysis: Methods, Tools and Resources

Automated annotation of scientific texts for ML-based keyphrase extraction and validation – Oluwamayowa O Amusat – Database

SpeciateIT and vSpeciateDB: novel, fast, and accurate per sequence 16S rRNA gene taxonomic classification of vaginal microbiota – Johanna B Holm – BMC Bioinformatics

Implementing high-throughput insect barcoding in microbiome studies: impact of non-destructive DNA extraction on microbiome reconstruction – Veronika Andriienko – PeerJ

A Metagenomics Pipeline to Characterize Self-Collected Vaginal Microbiome Samples – Krystal Thomas-White – Diagnostics

Microbe-drug association prediction model based on graph convolution and attention networks – Bo Wang – Scientific Reports

September 26, 2024

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General microbiome

[RESOURCE/COLLECTION]Microbial Primers

Phages reconstitute NAD+ to counter bacterial immunity – Osterman et al. – Nature

The direct inhibitory effects of Lactobacillus acidophilus, a commensal urinary bacterium, on calcium oxalate stone development – Noonin et al. – Microbiome

Pregnancy and early life

Neonatal gut microbiota profile and the association with retinopathy of prematurity in preterm infants – Chang et al. – Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology

Human skin microbiome

The wound microbiota: microbial mechanisms of impaired wound healing and infection – Uberoi, McCready-Vangi, Grice – Nature Reviews Microbiology

Human oral microbiome

[PREPRINT]Altered oral microbiota of drug-resistant organism carriers exhibit impaired gram-negative pathogen inhibition – Zelasko et al. – bioRxiv

Human gut microbiome

Emergence of community behaviors in the gut microbiota upon drug treatment – Garcia-Santamarina et al. – Cell

Microbial transformation of dietary xenobiotics shapes gut microbiome composition – Culp et al. – Cell

[REVIEW]Microglia and Gut Microbiota: A Double-Edged Sword in Alzheimer’s Disease – Bano et al. – Ageing Research Reviews

[REVIEW]What defines a healthy gut microbiome? – van Hul et al. – Gut

[OUTLOOK]The gut microbiome and chronic pain – Watson – Nature

Acarbose enhances the efficacy of immunotherapy against solid tumours by modulating the gut microbiota – Zhang et al. – Nature Metabolism

Animal microbiome (for animals in the wild)

Trait-based study predicts glycerol/diol dehydratases as a key function of the gut microbiota of hindgut-fermenting carnivores – Li et al. – Microbiome

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

Microbial community storm dynamics signal sources of “old” stream water – URycki et al. – PLOS One

Hyperexpansion of genetic diversity and metabolic capacity of extremophilic bacteria and archaea in ancient Andean lake sediments – Lezcano et al. – Microbiome

Food microbiology

Bronze Age cheese reveals human-Lactobacillus interactions over evolutionary history – Liu et al. – Cell

Bioinformatics

A realistic benchmark for differential abundance testing and confounder adjustment in human microbiome studies – Wirbel et al. – Genome Biology

[PREPRINT]Quantifying Data Distortion in Bar Graphs in Biological Research – Lin & Landry – bioRxiv

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