Petra Zimmermann

The first weeks of life are key for shaping infant gut microbiota. Our review shows that breast milk contributes to Bifidobacterium, Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, Lactobacillus, Veillonella, Escherichia/Shigella and Bacteroides in the infant gut (identical strains) journals.lww.com/pidj/abstrac...

Evaluating stool microbiome integrity after domestic freezer storage using whole-metagenome sequencing, genome assembly, and antimicrobial resistance gene analysis | Microbiology Spectrum Most prior studies on sample storage have relied on amplicon sequencing, which is less applicable to metagenome sequencing—given considerations of contig quality and functional gene detection—and less...

Great news for microbiome research. Stool samples can be stored in household freezers for up to six months without significant degradation or changes in microbial composition. This will make large-scale citizen science projects much easier. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Factors That Influence the Immune Response to Vaccination | Clinical Microbiology Reviews There is substantial variation between individuals in the immune response to vaccination. In this review, we provide an overview of the plethora of studies that have investigated factors that influence humoral and cellular vaccine responses in humans.

There is some evidence that breastfed infants have higher vaccine responses; however, no studies have demonstrated that this is clinically significant. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Systematic review of the impact of intestinal microbiota on vaccine responses npj Vaccines - Systematic review of the impact of intestinal microbiota on vaccine responses

Our systematic review highlights that the #intestinal_microbiota influences responses to vaccines. We observed a beneficial impact of Bifidobacterium, and a detrimental effect of Pseudomonadota, notably Gammaproteobacteria. Thank you to @nigelcurtis.bsky.social @Cristina Adura
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