The human gut microbiota is engaged in multiple interactions affecting host health during
the host's entire life span. Microbes colonize the neonatal gut immediately following birth …

Epidemiological data suggest that early life exposures are key determinants of immune-
mediated disease later in life. Young children are also particularly susceptible to infections …

Our understanding of the human gut microbiome continues to evolve at a rapid pace, but
practical application of thisknowledge is still in its infancy. This review discusses the type of …

The gastrointestinal microbiome is a diverse consortium of bacteria, archaea, fungi,
protozoa, and viruses that inhabit the gut of all mammals. Studies in humans and other …

Human microbial communities are characterized by their taxonomic, metagenomic and
metabolic diversity, which varies by distinct body sites and influences human physiology …

Importance Establishment of the infant microbiome has lifelong implications on health and
immunity. Gut microbiota of breastfed compared with nonbreastfed individuals differ during …

Animals assemble and maintain a diverse but host-specific gut microbial community. In
addition to characteristic microbial compositions along the longitudinal axis of the intestines …

The gut microbiota is central to human health, but its establishment in early life has not been
quantitatively and functionally examined. Applying metagenomic analysis on fecal samples …

The widespread use of antibiotics in the past 80 years has saved millions of human lives,
facilitated technological progress and killed incalculable numbers of microbes, both …

Background Understanding the factors regulating our microbiota is important but requires
appropriate statistical methodology. When comparing two or more populations most existing …