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Cohousing or cross-fostering followed by cohousing does not normalize the microbiomes of genetically distinct adult mice
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Cohousing or cross-fostering followed by cohousing does not normalize the microbiomes of genetically distinct adult mice
Lietuvninkas et al. use state-of-the-art gnotobiotic approaches to investigate whether cohousing or cross-fostering overpower the role of genetics in shaping the fecal bacterial commensal population. While cohousing normalizes the microbiomes of syngeneic mice, neither cohousing nor cross-fostering followed by cohousing normalizes the microbiomes of adult genetically distinct mouse strains.
