Patterned progression of bacterial populations in the premature infant gut

PS La Rosa, BB Warner, Y Zhou… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
In the weeks after birth, the gut acquires a nascent microbiome, and starts its transition to
bacterial population equilibrium. This early-in-life microbial population quite likely influences …

Rate of establishing the gut microbiota in infancy has consequences for future health

S Dogra, O Sakwinska, SE Soh, C Ngom-Bru… - Gut …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The gut of the human neonate is colonized rapidly after birth from an early sparse and highly
distinct microbiota to a more adult-like and convergent state, within 1 to 3 years. The …

Individuality and convergence of the infant gut microbiota during the first year of life

EJ de Muinck, P Trosvik - Nature Communications, 2018 - nature.com
The human gut microbiota plays a vital role in health and disease, and microbial
colonization is a key process in infant development. Here, we analyze 2684 fecal specimens …

Natural history of the infant gut microbiome and impact of antibiotic treatment on bacterial strain diversity and stability

M Yassour, T Vatanen, H Siljander… - Science translational …, 2016 - science.org
The gut microbial community is dynamic during the first 3 years of life, before stabilizing to
an adult-like state. However, little is known about the impact of environmental factors on the …

Development of the human infant intestinal microbiota

C Palmer, EM Bik, DB DiGiulio, DA Relman… - PLoS …, 2007 - journals.plos.org
Almost immediately after a human being is born, so too is a new microbial ecosystem, one
that resides in that person's gastrointestinal tract. Although it is a universal and integral part …

How delivery mode and feeding can shape the bacterial community in the infant gut

SJ Song, MG Dominguez-Bello, R Knight - Cmaj, 2013 - Can Med Assoc
374 CMAJ, March 19, 2013, 185 (5) ruption during development may have lifelong effects on
the baby's microbiome and thus the individual. Antibiotic use—an increasingly prevalent …

Succession of microbial consortia in the developing infant gut microbiome

JE Koenig, A Spor, N Scalfone… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
The colonization process of the infant gut microbiome has been called chaotic, but this view
could reflect insufficient documentation of the factors affecting the microbiome. We …

Successional stages in infant gut microbiota maturation

L Beller, W Deboutte, G Falony, S Vieira-Silva, RY Tito… - MBio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Disturbances in the primary colonization of the infant gut can result in lifelong consequences
and have been associated with a range of host conditions. Although early-life factors have …

Clinical implications of preterm infant gut microbiome development

DB Healy, CA Ryan, RP Ross, C Stanton… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Perturbations to the infant gut microbiome during the first weeks to months of life affect
growth, development and health. In particular, assembly of an altered intestinal microbiota …

Dichotomous development of the gut microbiome in preterm infants

TTB Ho, MW Groer, B Kane, AL Yee, BA Torres… - Microbiome, 2018 - Springer
Background Preterm infants are at risk of developing intestinal dysbiosis with an increased
proportion of Gammaproteobacteria. In this study, we sought the clinical determinants of the …