A large Dutch cohort study highlights the maternal gut microbiome as the primary influence on early gut development in infants, surpassing vaginal and breast milk microbes in significance.
A large Dutch birth cohort study has found that a mother’s gut microbiome appears to be the strongest microbial influence on an infant’s early gut development, outweighing the effects of vaginal and breast milk microbes in many cases. Writing in Nature, researchers from the University of Groningen and University Medical Centre Groningen said the infant gut is shaped by a mix of delivery circumstances, feeding patterns and maternal exposures, but that the maternal gut remains the main reservoir for colonisation in the first year of life. ? Wait cannot include citations in article body. Need remove.
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