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 …

The prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents is an increasing
public health problem. Pediatric overweight and obesity result from multiple factors …

Following birth, the neonatal intestine is exposed to maternal and environmental bacteria
that successively form a dense and highly dynamic intestinal microbiota. Whereas the effect …

Perinatal factors impact gut microbiota development in early life, however, little is known on
the effects of these factors on microbes in later life. Here we sequence DNA from faecal …

Initial microbial colonization and later succession in the gut of human infants are linked to
health and disease later in life. The timing of the appearance of the first gut microbiome, and …

The intestinal microbiota of newborns plays an important role in the development of
immunity and metabolism. In livestock animals, knowledge of the intestinal microbiota is …

Children delivered by elective, prelabor Cesarean section (C-section) are not exposed to the
birth canal microbiota and, in relation to vaginally delivered children, show altered …

The incidence of allergic disorders has been increasing over the past few decades,
especially in industrialized countries. Allergies can affect people of any age. The …

Background The first-pass meconium has been suggested as a proxy for the fetal gut
microbiota because it is formed in utero. This systematic review and cohort study …

The microbiome is defined as the sum of microbes, their genomes, and interactions in a
given ecological niche. Atopic dermatitis is a multifactorial chronic inflammatory skin disease …