348: The Bark Side of the Microbiome

TWiM explains the finding that owning a dog during adolescence alters the microbiota and improves mental health, and the molecular basis for multidrug efflux by an anaerobic-associated resistance-nodulation-cell division transporter.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Michele Swanson and Petra Levin.

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• Dog ownership and the microbiome during adolescence (iScience)
• Molecular basis for multidrug efflux (Nat Comm)
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