Bacterial diversity and strain dynamics in the infant respiratory microbiome during the first year of life
Camila Gazolla Volpiano, Louise M. Judd, Taylor Harshegyi, Ryan R. Wick, Peter David Sly, Patrick G. Holt, Merci M.H. Kusel, Deborah H. Strickland, Michael Inouye, Kathryn E. Holt, Guillaume Méric
The paper analyzes bacterial diversity and strain dynamics in the infant respiratory microbiome using whole genome sequencing and metagenomics, revealing age-dependent shifts in dominant taxa and expanding reference genomes for airway microbes.
bioRxiv · May 20, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology