Sanzhima Garmaeva, Trishla Sinha, Anastasia Gulyaeva, Nataliia Kuzub, Johanne E Spreckels, Sergio Andreu-Sánchez, Ranko Gacesa, Arnau Vich Vila, Siobhan Brushett, Marloes Kruk, Jackie Dekens, Jan Sikkema, Folkert Kuipers, Andrey N Shkoporov, Colin Hill, Sicco Scherjon, Cisca Wijmenga, Jingyuan Fu, Alexander Kurilshikov, Alexandra Zhernakova
Early development of the gut ecosystem is crucial for lifelong health. While infant gut bacterial communities have been studied extensively, the infant gut virome remains under-explored. To study the development of the infant gut virome over time and the factors that shape it, we longitudinally assess the composition of gut viruses and their bacterial hosts in 30 women during and after pregnancy and in their 32 infants during their first year of life. Using shotgun metagenomic sequencing applied to dsDNA extracted from Virus-Like Particles (VLPs) and bacteria, we generate 205 VLP metaviromes and 322 total metagenomes...
March 2, 2024: Nature Communications