Identification of shared bacterial strains in the vaginal microbiota of reproductive-age mothers and daughters using genome-resolved metagenomics
M. T. France, S. E. Brown, a. m. rompalo, R. M. Brotman, J. Ravel
The paper examines vertical transmission of vaginal microbiota in mother-daughter pairs and finds limited evidence for transmission but suggests biogeographic patterns in bacterial strain distribution.
bioRxiv · Nov 16, 2021 · PreprintMicrobiology