Microbiomes: Infant Chimps Crawling with Bacteria

Daniel D. Sprockett, Andrew H. Moeller

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Abstract

Human guts are colonized at birth by a limited set of microbes that gradually increases in diversity throughout infancy. A new study reports the opposite pattern in infant chimpanzees, raising questions about how host–microbiota relationships have changed during ape evolution.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)R124-R126
JournalCurrent Biology
Volume31
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 8 2021
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Neuroscience
  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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