Reena Debray

This study examines microbiome strain sharing among zoo-housed great apes, finding that phylogenetic structure persists despite shared environments and that spore-forming bacteria may drive cross-exhibit transmission.

The paper links social microbiome transmission to microbial specialization and host lifespan in wild baboons using metagenomic data.

The paper provides four newly available data sets from a long-term study of wild baboons in Amboseli, Kenya, covering demographics, activity, diet, and weather data spanning 1971-2023.

The paper shows that strain sharing in microbiomes can reflect both transmission and environmental factors, emphasizing the need for careful study design.

The paper shows that phages enhance plant resistance to pathogens by modulating the microbiome, with allopatric phages providing stronger protection than sympatric ones.

The paper uses metabolic modeling to predict precision prebiotics that specifically enhance the abundance of a beneficial microbiome species in C. elegans.