ReviewNature reviews. Microbiology2025
Human microbiome acquisition and transmission.
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- Babies at nursery shape each other's microbiomes.Nature · 2026Article
- Animal-associated jumbo phages as widespread and active modulators of gut microbiome ecology and metabolism.Science advances · 2026Article
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- Significant strain microdiversity in mother-infant dyad cohorts across ethnic groups reveals population specificity of bifidobacteria microbiota transmission.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Microbiota-gut-kidney axis in health and renal disease.International journal of biological sciences · 2026Review
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Abstract
As humans, we host personal microbiomes intricately connected to our biology and health. Far from being isolated entities, our microbiomes are dynamically shaped by microbial exchange with the surroundings, in lifelong microbiome acquisition and transmission processes. In this Review, we explore recent studies on how our microbiomes are transmitted, beginning at birth and during interactions with other humans and the environment. We also describe the key methodological aspects of transmission inference, based on the uniqueness of the building blocks of the microbiome - single microbial strains. A better understanding of human microbiome transmission will have implications for studies of microbial host regulation, of microbiome-associated diseases, and for effective microbiome-targeting strategies. Besides exchanging strains with other humans, there is also preliminary evidence we acquire microorganisms from animals and food, and thus a complete understanding of microbiome acquisition and transmission can only be attained by adopting a One Health perspective.
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