The Bacterial Ecosystem of Mother’s Milk and Infant’s Mouth and Gut

The Bacterial Ecosystem of Mother’s Milk and Infant’s Mouth and Gut

The progressive building of the infants’ gut microbiota is pivotal for educating their immune system. Human breast milk is among the first sources of microbes for the assembly of the infant’s microbiota, but research struggles to give a demonstration for the origin of bacteria in milk. Aiming at con...

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Main Authors: Elena Biagi, Sara Quercia, Arianna Aceti, Isadora Beghetti, Simone Rampelli, Silvia Turroni, Giacomo Faldella, Marco Candela, Patrizia Brigidi, Luigi Corvaglia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
infant gut microbiota
infant oral microbiota
milk microbiota
microbiota assembly
breastfeeding
term infants
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01214/full

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