ReviewNature reviews. Microbiology2017
Transmission of the gut microbiota: spreading of health.
Review in Nature reviews. Microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 126 papers.
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126 citing papers in PubMed.
- Synergy between Enterobacteriaceae and diet mediates competition between dominant Bacteroidales in the human gut.Nature microbiology · 2026Article
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- The island biology of the host microbiome.Trends in microbiology · 2026Review
- Humans as an extended phenotype of their microbiota.Theory in biosciences = Theorie in den Biowissenschaften · 2026Article
- Social microbiome transmission predicts microbial specialization and host lifespan in a wild primate.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
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- Types and characteristics of shared microbiota within families of ethnic minorities in Inner Mongolia.Microbiology spectrum · 2026Article
- Gut microbiome composition and strain-sharing in multiplex autism spectrum disorder families.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Metagenomic strain tracking reveals patterns of bacterial spread and the impact of water chlorination.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Commensal Microbiota and Reproductive Health in Livestock: Mechanisms, Cross-System Crosstalk, and Precision Strategies.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Review
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- The role of theFrontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Metagenomic analysis of fecal and environmental microbiota in rural mixed livestock farming systems in South Africa.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026Article
- Shared environments can facilitate microbial transmission and alter metabolic outcomes.Gut microbes · 2025Article
- Dynamics of Gut Microbiota in Japanese Tits (Microorganisms · 2025Article
- Integration of gut microbiome and lipid metabolism reveals the anti-cancer effects of pentadecanoic acid on bladder cancer.BMC medicine · 2025Article
- From Gut to Reproductive Health: Exploring Microbiome Interactions and Future Interventions.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2025Review
- The Gut-Brain Axis in Alzheimer's Disease: Exploring Microbial Influences and Therapeutic Strategies.Molecular neurobiology · 2025Review
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Abstract
Transmission of commensal intestinal bacteria between humans could promote health by establishing, maintaining and replenishing microbial diversity in the microbiota of an individual. Unlike pathogens, the routes of transmission for commensal bacteria remain unappreciated and poorly understood, despite the likely commonalities between both. Consequently, broad infection control measures that are designed to prevent pathogen transmission and infection, such as oversanitation and the overuse of antibiotics, may inadvertently affect human health by altering normal commensal transmission. In this Review, we discuss the mechanisms and factors that influence host-to-host transmission of the intestinal microbiota and examine how a better understanding of these processes will identify new approaches to nurture and restore transmission routes that are used by beneficial bacteria.
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