Early life is characterized by developmental milestones such as holding up the head, turning
over, sitting up and walking that are typically achieved sequentially in specific time windows …

Maternal health status is vital for the development of the offspring of humans, including
physiological health and psychological functions. The complex and diverse microbial …

The majority of organisms that inhabit the human body reside in the gut. Since babies are
born with an immature immune system, they depend on a highly synchronized microbial …

The early‐life microbiome is gaining appreciation as a major influencer in human
development and long‐term health. Multiple factors are known to influence the initial …

Background The gut microbiome undergoes primary ecological succession over the course
of early life before achieving ecosystem stability around 3 years of age. These maturational …

The assembly of microbial communities within the gastrointestinal tract during early life plays
a critical role in immune, endocrine, metabolic, and other host developmental pathways …

The evolutional trajectory of gut microbial colonization from birth has been shown to prime
for health later in life. Here, we combined cultivation‐independent 16S rRNA gene …

Highlights•The intestinal microbiota follows a common successional pattern in early
life.•Particular bacterial taxa are mainly transmitted from the mother to the infant after …

Human microbial colonization begins at birth and continues to develop and modulate in
species abundance for about 3 years, until the microbiota becomes adult-like. During the …

During early life, the gut microbial composition rapidly changes by maternal microbiota
composition, delivery mode, infant feeding mode, antibiotic usage, and various …