Microbiota assembly, structure, and dynamics among Tsimane horticulturalists of the Bolivian Amazon

Daniel D. Sprockett; Melanie Martin; Elizabeth K. Costello; Adam R. Burns; Susan P. Holmes; Michael D. Gurven; David A. Relman

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-17541-6

Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

Microbiota assembly, structure, and dynamics among Tsimane horticulturalists of the Bolivian Amazon

Daniel D. Sprockett,
Melanie Martin,
Elizabeth K. Costello,
Adam R. Burns,
Susan P. Holmes,
Michael D. Gurven,
David A. Relman

Affiliations

Daniel D. Sprockett: Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine
Melanie Martin: Department of Anthropology, University of Washington
Elizabeth K. Costello: Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
Adam R. Burns: Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
Susan P. Holmes: Department of Statistics, Stanford University
Michael D. Gurven: Department of Anthropology, University of California Santa Barbara
David A. Relman: Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17541-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Selective and neutral forces shape human microbiota assembly in early life. Here, Sprockett et al. study microbial community assembly in 47 infant-mother pairs from the Tsimane, an indigenous Bolivian population, highlighting the importance of neutral forces during microbiota assembly.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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