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The Fecal Microbial Community of Breast-fed Infants from Armenia and Georgia
- Source :
- Scientific reports, vol 7, iss 1, Lewis, ZT; Sidamonidze, K; Tsaturyan, V; Tsereteli, D; Khachidze, N; Pepoyan, A; et al.(2017). The Fecal Microbial Community of Breast-fed Infants from Armenia and Georgia. Scientific Reports, 7. doi: 10.1038/srep40932. UC Davis: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/1vf0w37q, Scientific Reports
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- eScholarship, University of California, 2017.
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Abstract
- Multiple factors help shape the infant intestinal microbiota early in life. Environmental conditions such as the presence of bioactive molecules from breast milk dictate gut microbial growth and survival. Infants also receive distinct, personalized, bacterial exposures leading to differential colonization. Microbial exposures and gut environmental conditions differ between infants in different locations, as does the typical microbial community structure in an infant’s gut. Here we evaluate potential influences on the infant gut microbiota through a longitudinal study on cohorts of breast-fed infants from the neighboring countries of Armenia and Georgia, an area of the world for which the infant microbiome has not been previously investigated. Marker gene sequencing of 16S ribosomal genes revealed that the gut microbial communities of infants from these countries were dominated by bifidobacteria, were different from each other, and were marginally influenced by their mother’s secretor status. Species-level differences in the bifidobacterial communities of each country and birth method were also observed. These community differences suggest that environmental variation between individuals in different locations may influence the gut microbiota of infants.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Male
Longitudinal study
Gut flora
Low Birth Weight and Health of the Newborn
Georgia (Republic)
2.2 Factors relating to physical environment
Feces
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Infant Mortality
2.2 Factors relating to the physical environment
Colonization
Aetiology
Cancer
Pediatric
Multidisciplinary
Armenia
3. Good health
Other Physical Sciences
Breast Feeding
Female
16S
Georgia
030106 microbiology
Zoology
Biology
Breast milk
digestive system
Article
Microbiology
03 medical and health sciences
Microbial ecology
Preterm
Breast Cancer
Genetics
Humans
Microbiome
Nutrition
Ribosomal
Prevention
Infant, Newborn
Infant
Perinatal Period - Conditions Originating in Perinatal Period
biology.organism_classification
Newborn
Gastrointestinal Microbiome
030104 developmental biology
Good Health and Well Being
Microbial population biology
RNA
Bifidobacterium
Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Subjects
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- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Scientific reports, vol 7, iss 1, Lewis, ZT; Sidamonidze, K; Tsaturyan, V; Tsereteli, D; Khachidze, N; Pepoyan, A; et al.(2017). The Fecal Microbial Community of Breast-fed Infants from Armenia and Georgia. Scientific Reports, 7. doi: 10.1038/srep40932. UC Davis: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/1vf0w37q, Scientific Reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....55f9d2c58719b1b065aa5b1ec350561a