For this analysis, investigators used metagenomic sequencing files from the Gut Bugs trial, a placebo-controlled multidonor fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) trial conducted among adolescents ...

Researchers have discovered a new mode of vertical mother-to-infant microbiome transmission, where microbes in the maternal gut shared genes with microbes in the infant gut during the perinatal period ...

The discovery of a hot spot for horizontal gene transfer draws attention to the possible roles of parasites and ecology in such changes. Perched on a leaf in the rainforest, the tiny golden mantella ...