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Open AccessDiscordant transmission of bacteria and viruses from mothers to babies at birth
The earliest microbial colonizers of the human gut can have life-long consequences for their hosts. Precisely how the neonatal gut bacterial microbiome and virome are initially populated is not well understood...
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Infant diet and maternal gestational weight gain predict early metabolic maturation of gut microbiomes
Commensal gut bacterial communities (microbiomes) are predicted to influence human health and disease1,2. Neonatal gut microbiomes are colonized with maternal and environmental flora and mature toward a stable co...
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Open AccessIntestinal dysbiosis in preterm infants preceding necrotizing enterocolitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a catastrophic disease of preterm infants, and microbial dysbiosis has been implicated in its pathogenesis. Studies evaluating the microbiome in NEC and preterm infants lack ...
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Early life dynamics of the human gut virome and bacterial microbiome in infants
Colonization of the infant gut by viruses, bacteriophages and bacteria over the first two years of life.
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Open AccessErratum: Gut resistome development in healthy twin pairs in the first year of life
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Open AccessGut resistome development in healthy twin pairs in the first year of life
The early life of the human host marks a critically important time for establishment of the gut microbial community, yet the developmental trajectory of gut community-encoded resistance genes (resistome) is un...