Bacterial Communities in Neonatal Feces are Similar to Mothers’ Placentae

Xu-Dong Dong; Xiao-Ran Li; Jian-Jun Luan; Xiao-Feng Liu; Juan Peng; Yi-Yong Luo; Chen-Jian Liu

doi:10.1155/2015/737294

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology (Jan 2015)

Bacterial Communities in Neonatal Feces are Similar to Mothers’ Placentae

Xu-Dong Dong,
Xiao-Ran Li,
Jian-Jun Luan,
Xiao-Feng Liu,
Juan Peng,
Yi-Yong Luo,
Chen-Jian Liu

Affiliations

Xu-Dong Dong: Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Chenggong, China
Xiao-Ran Li: Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Chenggong, China
Jian-Jun Luan: Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Chenggong, China
Xiao-Feng Liu: Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Chenggong, China
Juan Peng: Department of Obstetrics, First People Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan, China
Yi-Yong Luo: Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Chenggong, China
Chen-Jian Liu: Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Chenggong, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/737294
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 26, no. 2
pp. 90 – 94

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BACKGROUND: The gut microbiota plays an important role in human health. It is essential to understand how the composition of the gut microbiota in neonates is established.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

ISSN: 1712-9532 (Print); 1918-1493 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Science: Microbiology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9575

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