Indigenous infants in remote Australia retain an ancestral gut microbiome despite encroaching Westernization

Author(s):

Leonard C. Harrison, Theo R. Allnutt, Sarah Hanieh, Alexandra J. Roth-Schulze, Katrina M. Ngui, Natalie L. Stone, Esther Bandala-Sanchez, Lilly Backshell, George Gurruwiwi, Veronica Gondarra, Jennifer J. Couper, Maria E. Craig, Elizabeth A. Davis, Tony Huynh, Georgia Soldatos, John M. Wentworth, Peter Vuillermin, Megan A.S. Penno, Beverley Ann Biggs, Jason Tye-Din, Rebecca L. Thomson, Grant Morahan, Kelly J. McGorm, Ki Wook Kim, Aveni Haynes, William D. Rawlinson, Emma E. Hamilton-Williams, Peter G. Colman, Simon C. Barry, Patricia Ashwood

Details:

Nature Communications, Volume 16, Issue 1, 2025-12-01, Article number 9904

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Affiliations:

• University of Melbourne
• The University of Queensland
• Monash University
• UNSW Sydney
• Deakin University
• Royal Melbourne Hospital
• The University of Sydney School of Medicine
• The Children's Hospital at Westmead
• Prince of Wales Hospital
• Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
• Monash Health
• Adelaide Medical School
• Women's and Children's Hospital Adelaide
• The Kids Research Institute Australia
• UWA Medical School
• The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
• Faculty of Medicine
• The Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research
• Barwon Health
• Perth Children's Hospital
• Queensland Children’s Hospital
• Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
• Mater Pathology