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Yeast infections: A link with schizophrenia?
Yeast infections have been linked to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in a new study published in npj Schizophrenia, leading researchers to suggest that infections like thrush could be an early sign of mental illness.
Human gut microbiome and xenobiotic metabolism
A nice Review has been published in Nature Reviews Mcrobiology on how the gut microbiome affects the efficacy and toxicity of xenobiotics, including drugs, dietary compounds and environmental toxins
The biogeography of polymicrobial infection
A new Review article in Nature Reviews Microbiology, in the Microbial biofilms article series
10:1 or not?
A new preprint in BioRxiv.org has attempted to update the estimates of the ratio of human cells to bacterial cells in the human body
Transgenerational gut microbiome study and the effects of diet
A new paper in Nature entitles Diet-induced extinctions in the gut microbiota compound over generations - a transgenerational gut microbiome study
Leaf surface microbiome protects against a fungal pathogen
A new interesting paper in the New Phytologist
Modifying microbes to work for us
Interdisciplinary researchers at the Nanyang Technological University and SCELSE in Singapore have significantly boosted both energy generation and hydrogen production by
coupling chemically modified bacteria with Au-TiO2 photo-anodes.
New on Nature.com: The Orphan Response Regulator EpsW Is A Substrate Of The DifE Kinase And It Regulates Exopolysaccharide In Myxococcus Xanthus
Published online on December 7, 2015 by Scientific Reports, this article by Wesley P. Black, Lingling Wang, Manli Y. Davis and Zhaomin Yang (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, US) and Lingling Wang (South China Agricultural University, China)is now available to view.
New On Nature.com: Towards Biome-specific Analysis Of Meta-omics Data
Published online on December 1, 2015 by The ISME Journal, this article by Youssef Darzi, Gwen Falony, Sara Vieira-Silva and Jeroen Raes (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium) is now available to view.
New On Nature.com: Surveying The Endomicrobiome And Ectomicrobiome Of Bark Beetles: The Case Of Dendroctonus Simplex
Published online on November 26, 2015 by Scientific Reports, this article by Audrey-Anne Durand, Amélie Bergeron, Philippe Constant, Jean-Philippe Buffet, Eric Déziel and Claude Guertin (NRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Canada) is now available to view.
New On Nature.com: Synbiotic Approach Restores Intestinal Homeostasis And Prolongs Survival In Leukaemic Mice With Cachexia
Published online on November 23, 2015 by The ISME Journal, this article by Laure B Bindels, Audrey M Neyrinck, Patrice D Cani and Nathalie M Delzenne (Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium), Sandrine P Claus and Caroline I Le Roy (University of Reading, UK), Corinne Grangette and Bruno Pot (Université Lille Nord de France, France) and Inés Martinez and Jens Walter (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada) is now available to view.