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Inter-microbial relations shape the preterm gut

Pairwise interactions within and between bacteria and fungi are key drivers of the predictable development of the preterm infant gut microbiome.

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Fig. 1: MK-SpikeSeq quantifies absolute changes of abundances occurring within the preterm infant gut microbiome.

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Licht, T.R. Inter-microbial relations shape the preterm gut. Nat Microbiol 6, 423–424 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-021-00883-2

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