Microbial Communities in Human Milk Relate to Measures of Maternal Weight

The process of breastfeeding exposes infants to bioactive substances including a diversity of bacteria from breast milk as well as maternal skin. Knowledge of the character of and variation in these microbial communities, as well as the factors that influence them, is limited. We aimed to identify p...

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Main Authors: Sara N. Lundgren, Juliette C. Madan, Margaret R. Karagas, Hilary G. Morrison, Anne G. Hoen, Brock C. Christensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
BMI
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02886/full