Establishment of intestinal microbiota during early life: A longitudinal, explorative study of a large cohort of Danish infants

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2889-2900

  Bergström, Anders ^a   Skov, Thomas Hjort ^b   Bahl, Martin Iain ^a   Roager, Henrik Munch ^a   Christensen, Line Brinch ^b   Ejlerskov, Katrine Tschentscher ^b   Mølgaard, Christian ^b   Michaelsen, Kim F ^b   Licht, Tine Rask ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CLOSTRIDIUM SPP; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GUT MICROBIOTA; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; QUANTITATIVE PCR;

FATTY ACIDS;

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; BREAST FEEDING; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BACTERIA; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINES; MALE; MICROBIOTA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 84898646785     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00342-14     Document Type: Article

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