Reposted by Mireia Valles-Colomer
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Our study on infant gut microbiome and #straintransmission is now published in @nature.com:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Baby-to-baby strain transmission shapes the developing gut microbiome - Nature
A metagenomic survey of babies attending the first year of nursery detected extensive baby-to-baby microbial strain transmission, pointing to social interactions in infancy as crucial drivers of infan...