Investigates how household cohabitation governs strain-level oral and gut microbiome sharing and implications for microbial transmission dynamics.
Key Takeaways
- Cohabitants shared 19% of gut strains and 26% of oral strains on average
- Romantic partners shared an average of 44% of oral microbial strains
- Most transmissible gut microbes were associated with Type 2 diabetes biomarkers