Reacción a "Reactions: Mother's microbiota may pass genes to baby's microbiota by horizontal transfer"

This is a highly interesting study that shows for the first time the importance of metabolites produced by the maternal microbiota in the development of the newborn's microbiota independently of the transfer of microbial strains. Although further studies are needed to confirm these initial data, the results of Xavier Ramnik and colleagues would reinforce the potential therapeutic use of postbiotics, in which the benefit is not produced by the transfer of live microbial strains but by the products generated by the bacteria.