The inflammation cluster research groups led by Saleh Ibrahim of the University of Lübeck, and John Baines of the MPI and CAU, correlated the genomic variations of hundreds of mice that partially develop skin inflammatory diseases
with skin microbiota.
Examining the gill
microbiota, they found that IgT was the primary antibody coating bacteria in the gills, consistent
with the team's earlier findings in fish
skin and gut.
A few interesting articles in early life human microbiome, plus: A comparison between Staphylococcus epidermidis commensal and pathogenic lineages from the
skin of healthy individuals living in North American and India; A new tool to reconstruct microbial genome - scale metabolic models (GSMMs) from their genome sequence; The seasonal changes in Amazon rainforest soil microbiome are associated
with changes in the canopy; A specific class of chemicals secreted by birds modulates their feather microbiome; chronic stress alters gut
microbiota and triggers a specific immune response in a mouse model of colitis; and evidence that the short chain fatty acids profile in the gut reflects the impact of dietary fibre on the microbiome using the PolyFermS continuous intestinal fermentation model.