Microbiology
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Effects of preservation method on canine (Canis lupus familiaris) fecal microbiota (2018) PeerJ
Konstantinos Kormas –– Sampling and handling of samples is very crucial in -omics based studies and very often the necessary attention is not met in publiched works. Such studies are necessary... Read more
6 December 2018
Bacterial communities in the digester bed and liquid effluent of a microflush composting toilet system
Editor rating: 7 / 10
Scott Wallen –– The bacterial communities and their distributions are critical for understanding the efficacy of this system and the results presented give the first data on this for the GSAP Microflush toilet.
9 November 2018
Interaction between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Aspergillus fumigatus in cystic fibrosis
Section Editor rating: 7 / 10
Siouxsie Wiles –– Many pathogens are considered in isolation rather than as part of communities. This review of the interactions of a bacterium and fungus in cystic fibrosis is an important addition to the literature.
7 November 2018
Microbiome differences between river-dwelling and cave-adapted populations of the fish Astyanax mexicanus (De Filippi, 1853)
Editor rating: 7 / 10
Keith Crandall –– The blind cavefish is a tremendous model system for the evolution of vision loss. This paper adds significantly to our understanding of this model system by characterizing the microbiome diversity associated with this transition from river to cave environment.
16 October 2018
Analysis of adult damselfly fecal material aids in the estimation of antibiotic-resistant Enterobacterales contamination of the local environment
Section Editor rating: 8 / 10
Siouxsie Wiles –– This is a really neat study, looking at antibiotic-resistant bacteria in damselfly poo as a potential means of identifying what resistant-bacteria are present in the wider environment. I would love to see them extend the study to look at genomic analyses rather than being limited to what they could grow on selective agar.
10 October 2018
Production of exopolysaccharide by strains of Lactobacillus plantarum YO175 and OF101 isolated from traditional fermented cereal beverage
Editor rating: 7 / 10
Carlos Conte-Junior –– This article is relevant to food science and technology.
28 September 2018
Functions of Candida albicans cell wall glycosidases Dfg5p and Dcw1p in biofilm formation and HOG MAPK pathway
Editor rating: 7 / 10
Jürg Bähler –– Candida biofilm formation is a fascinating biological process and has medical implications.
28 September 2018
Cellular production of a counterfeit viral protein confers immunity to infection by a related virus
Editor rating: 7 / 10
Kate Bishop –– The acquisition of viral genes by hosts to use as anti-viral proteins is interesting and this adds to our knowledge of such mechanisms.
12 September 2018
Molecular typing and profiling of topoisomerase mutations causing resistance to ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin in Elizabethkingia species
Editor rating: 7 / 10
Paul Tulkens –– Although Elizabethkingia may seem as a rather rare organism in terms fo human pathology, the study illustrates well the various mechanisms of resistance to a important fluoroquinolone and will be of interest to many investigators of antibacterial resistance and to clinicians using ciprofloxacin or other fluoroquinolones.
22 August 2018
Fine-scale differentiation between Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus cereus group signatures in metagenome shotgun data
Editor rating: 9 / 10
Lesley Hoyles –– Highlights the need for careful analyses of metagenomic data when looking at closely related bacteria, and proposes a way of dealing with this. Applicable to metagenomic studies across a range of ecological niches.
10 August 2018
A meta-analysis reveals the environmental and host factors shaping the structure and function of the shrimp microbiota
Editor rating: 8 / 10
Konstantinos Kormas –– A very good effort on putting together and analysing shrimp gut microbiota. 
Academic Editors
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Laura Williams @MicroWavesSci
14 days ago
My @providencecol colleague Steve Mecca, who passed away this year, was dedicated to improving public health in communities worldwide https://t.co/uZVIgsNQ7C Today, our paper on bacterial communities in his microflush composting toilet is out in @thePeerJ https://t.co/httqk3boQo
Cara Fiore @SpongeSymbiont
36 days ago
Interaction between PA and AF in CF https://t.co/4Zpo2USNGa via @thePeerJ
Keith Crandall @crandallkeith
43 days ago
caves and microbiome - two of my favorite things! @thePeerJ https://t.co/cQUliT1u23 #EvolutionaryStudies #Genomics #Microbiology
Behav Ecol Papers @BehavEcolPapers
65 days ago
Analysis of adult damselfly fecal material aids in the estimation of antibiotic-resistant Enterobacterales contamination of the local environment https://t.co/7YN0CCSZzC @thePeerJ https://t.co/9CGpFizzZu
Behav Ecol Papers @BehavEcolPapers
83 days ago
Functions of Candida albicans cell wall glycosidases Dfg5p and Dcw1p in biofilm formation and HOG MAPK pathway https://t.co/mWItXMLdTM @thePeerJ https://t.co/9drzdViZnU
Timothy Read PhD @tdread_emory
120 days ago
New paper by @rpetit3 with @jose_sandeep @jamesmhogan @mezewudo Bacillus anthracis identification in shotgun metagenome data using k-mers. taking into account lethal toxin gene presence and false positives from close relatives https://t.co/M6huJiFUxP via @thePeerJ
Kostas Kormas @kkormas
132 days ago
A meta-analysis reveals the environmental and #host factors shaping the structure and function of the #shrimp #microbiota https://t.co/il8mxlFwsa via @thePeerJ