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Association Between Breast Milk Bacterial Communities and Establishment and Development of the Infant Gut Microbiome
Author(s) -
Pia S. Pannaraj,
Fan Li,
Chiara Cerini,
Jeffrey M. Bender,
Shangxin Yang,
Adrienne Rollie,
Helty Adisetiyo,
Sara Zabih,
Pamela J. Lincez,
Kyle Bittinger,
Aubrey Bailey,
Frederic D. Bushman,
John W. Sleasman,
Grace M. Aldrovandi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
jama pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.004
H-Index - 183
eISSN - 2168-6211
pISSN - 2168-6203
DOI - 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2017.0378
Subject(s) - breastfeeding , breast milk , microbiome , medicine , breast feeding , population , physiology , pediatrics , biology , environmental health , bioinformatics , biochemistry
Establishment of the infant microbiome has lifelong implications on health and immunity. Gut microbiota of breastfed compared with nonbreastfed individuals differ during infancy as well as into adulthood. Breast milk contains a diverse population of bacteria, but little is known about the vertical transfer of bacteria from mother to infant by breastfeeding.

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