Hospitalized Premature Infants Are Colonized by Related Bacterial Strains with Distinct Proteomic Profiles
ABSTRACT During the first weeks of life, microbial colonization of the gut impacts human immune system maturation and other developmental processes. In premature infants, aberrant colonization has been implicated in the onset of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a life-threatening intestinal disease....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2018-05-01
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| Series: | mBio |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00441-18 |