The first weeks of life are key for shaping infant gut microbiota. Our review shows that breast milk contributes to Bifidobacterium, Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, Lactobacillus, Veillonella, Escherichia/Shigella and Bacteroides in the infant gut (identical strains) journals.lww.com/pidj/abstrac...

Great news for microbiome research. Stool samples can be stored in household freezers for up to six months without significant degradation or changes in microbial composition. This will make large-scale citizen science projects much easier. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Evaluating stool microbiome integrity after domestic freezer storage using whole-metagenome sequencing, genome assembly, and antimicrobial resistance gene analysis | Microbiology Spectrum

Most prior studies on sample storage have relied on amplicon sequencing, which is less applicable to metagenome sequencing—given considerations of contig quality and functional gene detection—and less...

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Our systematic review highlights that the #intestinal_microbiota influences responses to vaccines. We observed a beneficial impact of Bifidobacterium, and a detrimental effect of Pseudomonadota, notably Gammaproteobacteria. Thank you to @nigelcurtis.bsky.social @Cristina Adura rdcu.be/d4fB5

Systematic review of the impact of intestinal microbiota on vaccine responses

npj Vaccines - Systematic review of the impact of intestinal microbiota on vaccine responses

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