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A major factor contributing to this disconnect is the sanitized housing environment, which deprives laboratory mice of physiological microbial exposure critical for immune maturation. Various approaches have been developed to introduce microbes to SPF mice, aiming to mimic human-like microbial experiences and engender adult human-like immune traits. However, some of these methods, specifically the pet store mice cohousing approach suffer from significant variability in pathogen exposure driven by the uncontrolled nature of microbial exchange and is associated with heightened mortality. Here we present an alternative gavage-fomite (GaF) method that exposes mice to a similarly diverse array of pathogens and commensal as the pet store cohousing method while limiting mortality. GaF-treated mice exhibited consistent gut microbial composition, robust immune maturation characterized by mucosal T cell distribution, elevated serum inflammatory cytokines, and a splenic immune transcriptional signature closely aligned with that of adult humans. Furthermore, these mice demonstrated enhanced protection against a virulent bacterial challenge. 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