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The person-to-person transmission landscape of the gut and oral microbiomes

Valles-Colomer M, Blanco-Míguez A, Manghi P, et al. · Nature 2023

Large-scale metagenomic study · Open access

Key finding

Bacterial strains are routinely transmitted between people who live together, and between mothers and infants.

In plain language

The largest study of microbial sharing between people. It confirms that strains genuinely move between household members and partners.

How much weight this carries

Repeatedly demonstrated, with agreement across independent groups.

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Valles-Colomer M, Blanco-Míguez A, Manghi P, et al. (2023). The person-to-person transmission landscape of the gut and oral microbiomes. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05620-1

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