Laura Carolina Camelo Valera

This study uses a human microbiota-associated mouse model to show that early-life malnutrition leads to persistent microbiome immaturity and that fecal virome transplants have limited efficacy in restoring gut health.

The paper characterizes the maturation of temperate phages in the infant gut microbiome and finds that viral microdiversity, not abundance, better predicts age, with stunting not delaying maturation.

The paper analyzes prophage distribution across thousands of prokaryotic genomes to explore their diversity and host relationships.