G-quadruplex motifs cluster near gene starts across oral bacterial genomes
A computational survey of 381 oral bacterial genomes found 48,234 G-quadruplex motifs, with a 2.5 to 3-fold enrichment in promoter ...
Tag: Microbiome
Plants Read Their Microbes Along a Chemical Continuum, Review Argues
A new review argues that plant recognition of microbes is a fluid, context-dependent chemical process rather than a binary split ...
Animal markets linked to higher viral diversity and virus–host connectivity
A metatranscriptomic study in Guangdong, China, found that animal-market samples showed higher viral richness, distinct virome structure and broader virus–host ...
Lung cavities in tuberculosis linked to microbial imbalance, study finds
A retrospective study of 189 tuberculosis patients found that cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis is associated with higher abundance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis ...
Psychobiotics and Polyphenols May Modulate the Gut-Brain Axis in Mental Health, Review Finds
A narrative review proposes that psychobiotics and polyphenols may support mental health care through microbiota-guided nutritional strategies, while noting limited ...
Salmonella Thrives by Listening to Microbial Chatter in Poultry Farms
A new narrative review argues that Salmonella persistence in poultry is governed by microbial communication networks spanning the gut, litter, ...
Only Two Soil Cleanup Approaches Actually Work in the Field, Review Finds
A new mini-review finds that only metal immobilization and hydrocarbon rhizoremediation by cultured consortia have been field-validated, while microplastic remediation ...
Tributyrin emerges as a promising gut-health additive for fish and shrimp feeds
A new review finds tributyrin, a stable butyrate precursor, can improve growth, gut health and immunity in farmed fish and ...
Venue, not beer, shapes the microbes lurking in draught no-alcohol beer
A nanopore sequencing study of draught no- and low-alcohol beers in Nottingham pubs found that the dispensing venue, not the ...
Nano-enabled biostimulants could rewire root exudates and soil microbes
A new review proposes that engineered nanocarrier surfaces and release kinetics could reprogram root exudation to recruit beneficial rhizosphere microbes.
Gastric microbiome shifts linked to H. pylori-negative stomach ulcers in pilot study
A prospective multicenter pilot study reports that antral gastric microbiome differences were associated with H. pylori-negative idiopathic gastric ulcers, with ...
Season beats diet: temperature drives farmed seabream microbiomes
A longitudinal study of farmed gilthead seabream found that seasonal change, not diet, was the dominant force shaping gut and ...
Captive sika deer and fallow deer share a largely conserved gut microbiome
A metagenomic study of 22 captive deer at Yinchuan City Zoo found shared dominant gut bacteria between sika and fallow ...
Scientists isolate bacteria predicted to boost seagrass growth and restoration
A new study sequenced 61 bacterial cultures from Zostera marina and identified a six-member community predicted to promote seagrass growth.
Mosquito Microbes That Block Malaria Parasites Reviewed in New Systematic Analysis
A systematic review of 41 studies finds that Wolbachia, Microsporidia MB and Serratia strains can suppress Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites in ...
Soft tick microbiomes in Mexico reveal contrasting bacterial diversity patterns
An exploratory comparison of two 16S rRNA datasets from the soft tick Otobius megnini in Querétaro and Comarca Lagunera found ...
Sweeteners and food additives may reshape gut microbes linked to brain cancer
A narrative review proposes that food additives could alter gut microbes in ways relevant to glioblastoma, while stressing that no ...
Why Most Microbiome Therapies Never Reach the Clinic, and What Decides the Ones That Do
A new review argues that clinical translation of microbial therapeutics depends less on biological sophistication than on durable colonization, demonstrated ...
Mycoplasma pneumoniae reshapes lower airway microbiota in children with lobar pneumonia
Sequencing of paired airway samples from 40 children shows that Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection is associated with distinct upper and lower ...
Oral bacterium’s metabolites reshape colorectal cancer and immunotherapy outcomes
A new review details how metabolites produced by Fusobacterium nucleatum drive periodontal inflammation, reprogram colorectal tumor metabolism and immunity, and ...
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