478: Babies Bear Bacterial Birthright

<p>This episode: How family members share gut microbes across multiple generations!</p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href= "http://traffic.libsyn.com/bacteriofiles/BF478.mp3">Download Episode</a></span> (7.3 MB, 10.7 minutes)<br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Show notes:</span><br /> Microbe of the episode: Dyozetapapillomavirus 1</p> <div><strong>Takeaways</strong></div> <div> <div> <div> <div>Our gut's microbial communities can greatly influence our health, for good or bad. The makeup of these communities can be influenced by many factors, including genetics, health status, diet, and other aspects of the environment we live in. We've learned a lot about this topic recently, but there's a lot more we still don't understand.<br /> <br /> In this study, gut microbe samples from individuals spanning multiple generations in the same families were compared, to see how much influence family relationships and cohabitation could have on the gut communities. Both genetic ...