Bacterial diversity in meconium of preterm neonates and evolution of their fecal microbiota during the first month of life.

The establishment and succession of bacterial communities in infants may have a profound impact in their health, but information about the composition of meconium microbiota and its evolution in hospitalized preterm infants is scarce. In this context, the objective of this work was to characterize t...

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Main Authors: Laura Moles, Marta Gómez, Hans Heilig, Gerardo Bustos, Susana Fuentes, Willem de Vos, Leónides Fernández, Juan M Rodríguez, Esther Jiménez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23840569/?tool=EBI