Human milk fungi: environmental determinants and inter-kingdom associations with milk bacteria in the CHILD Cohort Study

Human milk fungi: environmental determinants and inter-kingdom associations with milk bacteria in the CHILD Cohort Study

Abstract Background Fungi constitute an important yet frequently neglected component of the human microbiota with a possible role in health and disease. Fungi and bacteria colonise the infant gastrointestinal tract in parallel, yet most infant microbiome studies have ignored fungi. Milk is a source...

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Main Authors: Shirin Moossavi, Kelsey Fehr, Hooman Derakhshani, Hind Sbihi, Bianca Robertson, Lars Bode, Jeffrey Brook, Stuart E. Turvey, Theo J. Moraes, Allan B. Becker, Piushkumar J. Mandhane, Malcolm R. Sears, Ehsan Khafipour, Padmaja Subbarao, Meghan B. Azad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Subjects:
Breastmilk
Human milk
Breastfeeding
Mycobiota
Fungi
Environment
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-020-01829-0

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