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Human microbiome variation associated with race and ethnicity emerges as early as 3 months of age – Elizabeth K Mallott – PLoS Biology
Mapping the T cell repertoire to a complex gut bacterial community – Kazuki Nagashima – Nature
Comparison of the relative impacts of acute consumption of an inulin-enriched diet, milk kefir or a commercial probiotic product on the human gut microbiome and metabolome – Liam H. Walsh – npj Science of Food
High-resolution strain-level microbiome composition analysis from short reads – Herui Liao – Microbiome
Preprint: Profiling novel lateral gene transfer events in the human microbiome – Tiffany Y. Hsu – bioRxiv
Human and General Microbiome
Preprint: Major data analysis errors invalidate cancer microbiome findings – Abraham Gihawi – bioRxiv
Microdiversity of the vaginal microbiome is associated with preterm birth – Jingqiu Liao – Nature Communications
Dysbiosis of gut microbiota during fecal stream diversion in patients with colorectal cancer – Soo Young Lee – Gut Pathogens
The gut microbiome contributes to somatic morphine withdrawal behavior and implicates a TLR2 mediated mechanism – Bridget Truitt – Gut Microbes
Association of the human gut microbiota with vascular stiffness – Rafael R C Cuadrat – Scientific Reports
Gut microbiota and intervertebral disc degeneration: a bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization study – Ziming Geng – Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
News & Views: Microbiome alterations in autism spectrum disorder – Elena J Coley-O’Rourke – Nature Microbiology
Beneficial Microbes and Compounds
Rosmarinic acid alleviates intestinal inflammatory damage and inhibits endoplasmic reticulum stress and smooth muscle contraction abnormalities in intestinal tissues by regulating gut microbiota – Kan Li – Microbiology Spectrum
Prevotella copri alleviates sarcopenia via attenuating muscle mass loss and function decline – Xiaolei Liu – Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle
The Influence of Protein Secretomes of Enterococcus durans on ex vivo Human Gut Microbiome – Carolina Baldisserotto Comerlato – Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins
Kombucha tea as an anti-hyperglycemic agent in humans with diabetes – a randomized controlled pilot investigation – Chagai Mendelson – Frontiers in Nutrition
Animal Microbiome
The unique gut microbiome of giant pandas involved in protein metabolism contributes to the host’s dietary adaption to bamboo – Feilong Deng – Microbiome
Systematic review of cnidarian microbiomes reveals insights into the structure, specificity, and fidelity of marine associations – M McCauley – Nature Communications
Review: Toward an Integrated Understanding of the Lepidoptera Microbiome – Yongqi Shao – Annual Review of Entomology
Plant Microbiome
Characterization of bacterial community in tobacco leaves at flue-curing and redrying processing stages – Yue Yang – Scientific Reports
Environmental Microbiome
Inter-comparison of marine microbiome sampling protocols – Francisco Pascoal – ISME Communications
Discovery of a novel bacterial class with the capacity to drive sulfur cycling and microbiome structure in a paleo-ocean analog – Adrien Vigneron – ISME Communications
Microbiome Research: Resources, Tools and Techniques
MT-MAG: Accurate and interpretable machine learning for complete or partial taxonomic assignments of metagenome assembled genomes – Wanxin Li – PloS one
BinaRena: a dedicated interactive platform for human-guided exploration and binning of metagenomes – Michael J Pavia – Microbiome
Detection of viable commensal bacteria in murine melanoma tumors by culturomics – Catherine M Phelps – STAR Protocols
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