New series will feature new findings on microbial communities: how member organisms interact at various levels; how they influence their respective environments

Cancer and the microbiota

WS G, Science, April 3, 2015

Could a healthy microbiome protect you from environmental chemicals?

NIEHS Podcast, Mar 2

What is the Human microbiome?

From the Genetic Science Learning Center, University of Utah

Separating the microbiome from the hyperbolome.

Shanahan Fergus et al. Genome Med 2015 (1) 17

The microbes within.

David Grogan. Nature 518, S2 (26 February 2015)

Gut microbiome: The peacekeepers

M Velasquez-Manoff, Nature, February 26, 2015

Why microbiome treatments could pay off soon

Rob Knight, Nature, February 26, 2015

The gene-microbe link

Ruth Ley, Nature, February 26, 2015

Your microbes at work: Fiber fermenters keep us healthy

Nature, February 26, 2015

Microbiome engineering

Justin Sonnenberg, Nature, February 26, 2015

Mental health: thinking from the gut

Charles Schmidt, Nature, February 26, 2015

Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) for Clostridium difficile infection: Focus on immunocompromised patients.

Di Bella Stefano et al. J. Infect. Chemother. 2015 Jan 31.

The microbiome: a contributor to health and disease.

Walker Bailus et al. J Health Care Poor Underserved 2015 (1) 62-72

Stress and the commensal microbiota: importance in parturition and infant neurodevelopment.

Gur Tamar L et al. Front Psychiatry 2015 5

The immunity-diet-microbiota axis in the development of metabolic syndrome.

Brandsma Eelke et al. Curr. Opin. Lipidol. 2015 Feb 16.

The skin microbiome: is there a role in the pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis and psoriasis?

Sanchez David A et al. J Drugs Dermatol 2015 Feb 1. (2) 127-30

Pathogenesis of Crohn's disease: Bug or no bug.

Bosca-Watts Marta Maia et al. World J Gastrointest Pathophysiol 2015 Feb 15. (1) 1-12

Gut microbiota and liver diseases.

Minemura Masami et al. World J. Gastroenterol. 2015 Feb 14. (6) 1691-702

Human microbiome: When a friend becomes an enemy.

Muszer Magdalena et al. Arch. Immunol. Ther. Exp. (Warsz.) 2015 Feb 15.

The Microbiome - Partnerships for Environmental Public Health (PEPH),

NIH, NIEHS, Mar 2

Microbiome Research: Where Next? - January 23, 2015

Where next for microbiome research?

By Matthew K. Waldor, PLOS Biology, Jan 20

What is the current state of microbiome research? Helping microbes help us,

by Katherine Courage, NPR News, Jan 18

The human microbiome: Getting personal.

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Katy Califf, et al. Microbe, 9(10) 2014

The small bowel microbiota.

Moran C, Sheehan D, Shanahan F. Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 2015 Jan 19

The microbiome of the urinary tract-a role beyond infection.

Whiteside SA, et al. Nat Rev Urol. 2015 Jan 20.

Microbiota-mediated inflammation and antimicrobial defense in the intestine.

Caballero S, Pamer EG. Annu Rev Immunol. 2015 Jan 2

The infant microbiome development: mom matters.

Mueller NT, et al. Trends Mol Med. 2014 Dec 11

Fecal microbiota transplantation broadening its application beyond intestinal disorders.

Xu MQ, et al. World J Gastroenterol. 2015 Jan 7;21(1):102-111

Fecal transplant policy and legislation.

Vyas D, et al. World J Gastroenterol. 2015 Jan 7;21(1):6-11

Nutrition and the microbiome 2015.

Agostoni C, et al. Pediatr Res. 2015 Jan;77(1-2):113-4.

Cancer and the gut microbiota: An unexpected link

Laurence Zitvogel et al. Science Translational Medicine, January 21, 2015

Advances in the Microbiome: Recent Insights - December 11, 2014

Temporal variability is a personalized feature of the human microbiome.

Gilberto E Flores et al. Genome Biology, December 3, 2014

Gut emotions - mechanisms of action of probiotics as novel therapeutic targets for depression and anxiety disorders.

Slyepchenko A, et al. CNS Neurol Disord Drug Targets. 2014 Nov 30.

Could the improvement of obesity-related co-morbidities depend on modified gut hormones secretion?

Finelli C, et al World J Gastroenterol. 2014 Nov 28;20(44):16649-16664.

Gut microbiota in alcoholic liver disease: Pathogenetic role and therapeutic perspectives.

Malaguarnera G, et al. World J Gastroenterol. 2014 Nov 28;20(44):16639-16648.

Effect of probiotic administration on the intestinal microbiota, current knowledge and potential applications.

de Moreno de LeBlanc A, LeBlanc JG. World J Gastroenterol. 2014 Nov 28;20(44):16518-16528.

Mechanistic links between gut microbial community dynamics, microbial functions and metabolic health.

Ha CW, et al. World J Gastroenterol. 2014 Nov 28;20(44):16498-16517.

Sequencing reveals changes in gut microbiome from PPI treatment, supports link to C. diff infection

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by Ashford M., GenomeWeb, Dec 1

Effect of non-tuberculous Mycobacteria on host biomarkers potentially relevant for tuberculosis management

Dhanasekaran S, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2014; 8(10): e3243.

Microbiome: The bacterial tightrope

Bourzac K. Nature 2014; 516: S14–S16.

The feline oral microbiome: a provisional 16S rRNA gene based taxonomy with full-length reference sequences

Dewhurst FE, et al. Vet Microbiol, Dec 1, 2014.

Microbiome and Obesity: Recent Insights - November 13, 2014

Genetics may foster bugs that keep you thin.

Elizabeth Pennisi, Science, November 7, 2014

Human genetics shape the gut microbiome

Julia K. Goodrich et al. Cell. Volume 159, Issue 4, p789–799, 6 November 2014

Childhood Malnutrition and the Intestinal Microbiome.

Kane AV, et al. Pediatr Res. 2014 Oct 30.

Obesity-a disease with many aetiologies disguised in the same oversized phenotype: has the overeating theory failed?

Stenvinkel P. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2014 Oct 31.

Current status and prospects of intestinal microbiome studies.

Han DS. Intestinal Res. 2014 Jul;12(3):178-83.

There is no ‘healthy’ microbiome,

by Ed Yong, New York Times, Nov 1

The Microbiome and Public Health: Promise & Hype - September 4, 2014

If you think you're only human, you'd better think again,

Genome Magazine, August 2014

Human microbiome science: vision for the future, Bethesda, MD, July 24 to 26, 2013.

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Jacques Ravel et al. Microbiome, 2014,2:16

Top Science Magazine News Story for 2013: Your body is mostly microbes-Microbiome shapes new view of animals as superorganisms,

Dec 2013

The Human Microbiome Project

at the National Institutes of Health

Nature Microbiome Nature Special Series:

The human body is colonized by a vast number of microbes, collectively referred to as the human microbiota. The link between these microbes and our health is the focus of a growing number of research initiatives, and new insights are emerging rapidly.

Need for prospective cohort studies to establish human gut microbiome contributions to disease risk

J Natl Cancer Inst. 2013 Dec 18;105(24):1850-1851

The promise of the microbiome: Function and dysfunction in humans and beyond

(Webinar)
Science, Jul 10, 2014--available online.

Microbiology: Microbiome science needs a healthy dose of scepticism.

Nature20 August 2014

Taking the yuck out of microbiome medicine,

by Carl Zimmer, National Geographic, Aug 15

Do gut bacteria rule our minds? In an ecosystem within us, microbes evolved to sway food choices,

by Jeffrey Norris, UCSF Aug 15

Analyzing the human microbiome: a "how to" guide for physicians.

Am J Gastroenterol. 2014 Jul;109(7):983-93.