Dynamics of Infant Gut Microbiota Are Influenced by Delivery Mode and Gestational Duration and Are Associated with Subsequent Adiposity
ABSTRACT We found that the relatively simple microbiota of young infants shifts predictably to a more mature anaerobic microbiota during infancy and the dynamics of this shift are influenced by environmental factors. In this longitudinal study of 75 infants, we demonstrate high interindividual vari...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2015-02-01
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Series: | mBio |
Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.02419-14 |