Strain-level and phenotypic stability contrasts with plasmid and phage variability in water kefir communities
Vincent Somerville, Aiswarya Prasad, Corinne F. Maurice, Daniel Garrido‐Sanz, Eric Ulrich, Florent Mazel, Garance Sarton-Lohéac, Germán Bonilla‐Rosso, Gilles Baud, Jeanne Tamarelle, Lucie Kesner, Malick Ndiaye, Sylvain Moineau, Vincent de Bakker, Vladimir Sentchilo, , Philipp Engel
This study examines microbial community stability and variability in water kefir, finding species-level stability but plasmid and phage diversity across generations and households.
bioRxiv · Feb 27, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology