Transmission of the gut microbiota: spreading of health

Nature Reviews Microbiology 15, 531 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2017.50 Authors: Hilary P. Browne, B. Anne Neville, Samuel C. Forster & Trevor D. Lawley 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
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