Matthias A. Schmitz

This study investigates the postnatal maturation of the small intestinal epithelium, identifying developmental regulators as key drivers over microbiota effects.

The paper establishes a publicly available collection of 340 human gut bacterial strains, including 29 newly described species, and identifies plasmids and megaplasmids within these isolates.

The paper develops a lineage-specific gene prediction method for metagenomic data, improving protein prediction accuracy and enabling functional analysis of the human gut microbiome.