Quantifying the interplay between rapid bacterial evolution within the mouse intestine and transmission between hosts
K. S. Vasquez, L. Willis, N. Cira, K. M. Ng, M. F. Pedro, A. Aranda-Diaz, M. Rajendram, F. B. Yu, S. K. Higginbottom, N. Neff, G. Sherlock, K. B. Xavier, S. Quake, J. Sonnenburg, B. H. Good, K. C. Huang
The paper tracks bacterial evolution and transmission in mice using barcoded E. coli strains, showing rapid selection and migration effects on microbiota composition.
bioRxiv · Dec 4, 2020Microbiology