The who, how, and when of mother-infant microbial sharing.

Authors

Phoebe Crossley, Conor Feehily

Published in

Trends in microbiology. Sep 21, 2026. Epub Sep 21, 2026.

Abstract

The establishment of the infant gut microbiome is strongly linked to health outcomes throughout life. Recently, Mueller et al. reported that the majority of strains shared between a mother and an infant are gut-derived, as opposed to vaginally derived, and strain sharing could be observed into the second year of life.

PMID:
42767852
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 22 Sep 2026.

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