Correlating Infant Faecal Microbiota Composition and Human Milk Oligosaccharide Consumption by Microbiota of One ‐Month Old Breastfed Infants

ConclusionsHMOs in maternal milk are among important factors shaping GI tract microbiota composition in one ‐month old breastfed infants. Infant's ability to metabolise different HMOs strongly correlate with faecal microbiota composition, and with phylotypes within generaBifidobacterium, Bacteroides andLactobacillus.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved

Source: Molecular Nutrition and Food Research - April 23, 2019 Category: Food Science Authors: Klaudyna Borewicz, Fangjie Gu, Edoardo Saccenti, Ilja C.W. Arts, John Penders, Carel Thijs, Sander S. Leeuwen, Cordula Lindner, Arjen Nauta, Ellen Leusen, Henk A. Schols, Hauke Smidt Tags: Research Article Source Type: research