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Early-life development of the gut virome and plasmidome: A longitudinal study in cesarean-born infants
23 May 2025
Abstract excerpt
Mobile genetic elements (MGE) are critical yet understudied determinants of gut microbiome composition. In this secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial (NCT06030713), we characterized the gut virome and plasmidome in 195 samples from 28 mother-infant dyads delivered by cesarean section. Infant mobilome increases in richness over the first 6 postnatal weeks, demonstrating high individual-specificity...
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