Evolution of gut microbiota composition from birth to 24 weeks in the INFANTMET Cohort.

J Hill, Cian; B Lynch, Denise; Murphy, Kiera; Ulaszewska, Marynka; B Jeffery, Ian; Anne O'Shea, Carol; Watkins, Claire; Dempsey, Eugene; Mattivi, Fulvio; Tuohy, Kieran; Paul Ross, R; Anthony Ryan, C; W O' Toole, Paul; Stanton, Catherine

doi:10.1186/s40168-016-0213-y

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Evolution of gut microbiota composition from birth to 24 weeks in the INFANTMET Cohort.

Published in Microbiome • Jan 17, 2017

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Cian J Hill

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Denise B Lynch

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Kiera Murphy

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The gut is the most extensively studied niche of the human microbiome. The aim of this study was to characterise the initial gut microbiota development of a cohort of breastfed infants (n = 192 ) from 1 to 24 weeks of age. METHODS: V4-V5 region 16S rRNA amplicon Illumina sequencing and, ...

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