Open AccessHigh-Level Acquisition of Maternal Oral Bacteria in Formula-Fed Infant Oral Microbiota
Author(s) -
Shinya Kageyama,
Michiko Furuta,
Toru Takeshita,
Jiale Ma,
Mikari Asakawa,
Yoshihisa Yamashita
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
mbio
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.562
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 2161-2129
pISSN - 2150-7511
DOI - 10.1128/mbio.03452-21
Subject(s) - bacteria , transmission (telecommunications) , medicine , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , computer science , telecommunications
Acquisition of oral bacteria during infancy can affect the subsequent formation of stable oral microbiota. This study focused on the mother-to-infant transmission of oral bacteria, a major acquisition route of infant oral microbiota, and demonstrated that most infants acquired oral bacteria from their biological mother even at the single-nucleotide level.