There is a new paper out of possible interest. Source: Stagaman K, Cepon-Robins TJ, Liebert MA, Gildner TE, Urlacher SS, Madimenos FC, Guillemin K, Snodgrass JJ, Sugiyama LS, Bohannan BJM. 2018. Market integration predicts human gut microbiome attributes across a gradient of economic development. mSystems 3:e00122-17. https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00122-17. Abstract: Economic development is marked by dramatic …
Here, Brandon Bubba Brooks speaks about the very interesting topic of “The NICU microbiome’s role in neonate gut colonization.” This was recorded at the MoBE 2017 symposium in Washington D.C. If you’re interested, check out all of the other speakers from MoBE 2017 on our YouTube channel!
Andrew Moeller gave a talk at UC Davis Tuesday on “The evolution of the human gut microbiome”. He is a post doc at UC Berkeley working in the Nachman lab. I did not have a working computer so – gasp – I took notes with paper and pen. The talk was quite interesting and I thought …
This article by Beth Mole is a fairly detailed summary of recent research on the effects of antimicrobial soaps. As we have mentioned before on microBEnet, antimicrobials increase resistance in the environment, wildlife, and people. In addition, the soaps are often not used for long enough to confer a benefit. The article particularly focuses on triclosan and triclocarban, …
