A multiscale spatiotemporal model including a switch from aerobic to anaerobic metabolism reproduces succession in the early infant gut microbiota
David M. Versluis, Ruud Schoemaker, Ellen Looijesteijn, Daniël Muysken, Prescilla V. Jeurink, Marcel Paques, Jan M.W. Geurts, Roeland M. H. Merks
The paper develops a multiscale model of infant gut microbiota succession, showing that oxygen levels influence the transition from facultative to strict anaerobes like Bifidobacterium.
mSystems · Sep 1, 2022Peer-reviewedSystems Biology