Early Gut Bacteria May Help Protect Babies From Respiratory Infections

Prenatal exposure to trace elements impacts mother-infant gut microbiome, metabolome and resistome during the first year of life - Nature Communications

Infancy is a critical window for the colonization of gut microbiome. However, xenobiotic impacts on gut microbiome development in early life remain poorly understood. Here, we recruit 146 mother-infant pairs and collect stool samples at 3, 6, and 12 months after delivery for amplicon sequencing (N = 353), metagenomics (N = 65), and metabolomics (N = 198). Trace elements in maternal hair samples (N = 119) affect diversity and composition of the i…

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