What E. Coli Knows About Your 1-Year-Old Infant: Antibiotic Use, Lifestyle, Birth Mode, And Siblings

The infant gut microbiota is shaped by diverse environmental exposures that alter its composition and can enrich antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs). In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Li et al. (2021) studied the causes, spread, and dynamics of ARGs and their relationship with asthma-associated microbiota in Danish children.