The human milk microbiome and factors influencing its composition and activity

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 400-405

  Gomez Gallego, Carlos ^a   Garcia Mantrana, Izaskun ^b   Salminen, Seppo ^a   Collado, María Carmen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Diet; Gestational age; Lactation; Milk microbiota

Indexed keywords

LACTOFERRIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PEPTIDE; WHEY PROTEIN;

BABY FOOD; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD HEALTH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LACTATION; MATERNAL WELFARE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIOME; NUTRITION; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; FEMALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PHYSIOLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION; MICROBIOTA; MILK, HUMAN;

EID: 84973532930     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: 18780946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2016.05.003     Document Type: Review

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