An individualized mosaic of maternal microbial strains is transmitted to the infant gut microbial community
To understand the origins of the infant gut microbial community, we have used a published metagenomic dataset of the faecal microbiome of mothers and their related infants at early (4, 7 and 21 days) and late times (6–15 months) following birth. Using strain-tracking analysis, individual-specific pa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
2020-04-01
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| Series: | Royal Society Open Science |
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| Online Access: | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.192200 |