The Influence of Different Maternal Microbial Communities on the Development of Infant Gut and Oral Microbiota.

ABSTRACT: Very few studies have analyzed how the composition of mother's microbiota affects the development of infant's gut and oral microbiota during the first months of life. Here, microbiota present in the mothers' gut, vagina, breast milk, oral cavity, and mammary areola were compared with the gut and oral microbiota of their infants over the first six months following birth. Samples were collected from the aforementioned body sites from seven mothers and nine infants at three different time points over a 6-month period. Each sample was analyzed with 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The gut microbiota of the infants harbored distinct microbial communities that had low similarity with the various maternal microbiota communities. In contrast, the oral microbiota of the infants exhibited high similarity w

SUBMITTER: Drell T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5577157 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature