Maternal gut and breast milk microbiota affect infant gut antibiotic resistome and mobile genetic elements

Maternal gut and breast milk microbiota affect infant gut antibiotic resistome and mobile genetic elements

The infant gut microbiota has a high abundance of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) even in the absence of antibiotic exposure. Here, Pärnänen et al. analyse breast milk as well as infant and maternal gut microbiomes, and show that some of the infant gut ARGs are transferred from the mothers.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Katariina Pärnänen, Antti Karkman, Jenni Hultman, Christina Lyra, Johan Bengtsson-Palme, D. G. Joakim Larsson, Samuli Rautava, Erika Isolauri, Seppo Salminen, Himanshu Kumar, Reetta Satokari, Marko Virta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06393-w

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06393-w

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