Interesting study, admittedly a bit hard to follow in the methodology section, but informative, especially in the introduction and discussion. Perhaps improving gut barrier integrity beforehand with something like reelin might reduce bacteremia risk with FMT.
"While no single species was exclusively associated with any of the 94 obesity-associated pathways, 7 of the 26 species enriched in obesity were positively correlated with obesity-enriched pathways and negatively correlated with those depleted in obesity (FDR-adjusted p < 0.05, Spearman’s rank...