Asier Fernández-Pato

This study profiles the infant gut virome using dual methods and finds associations with eczema and wheeze.

The paper analyzes the gut virome in mother-infant pairs to identify factors influencing its development and persistence, finding that delivery mode and breastmilk shape the infant virome and that viral diversity is linked to food allergies.

The paper identifies and analyzes prophages in infant-derived Bifidobacterium longum subspecies, revealing their antagonistic and synergistic strategies for persistence in the gut.

The paper identifies a novel subspecies of Bifidobacterium longum, BL. nexti, in infant gut microbiomes, showing its association with formula feeding and vertical transmission.

The paper analyzes the gut mobilome in mother-infant dyads, finding increased infant mobilome richness over time, formula feeding effects, and antibiotic resistance gene presence in plasmids.