Elevated fecal pH indicates a profound change in the breastfed infant gut microbiome due to reduction of Bifidobacterium over the past century

mSphere

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  Henrick, Bethany M ^a,d   Hutton, Andra A ^a   Palumbo, Michelle C ^a   Casaburi, Giorgio ^a   Mitchell, Ryan D ^a   Underwood, Mark A ^b,c   Smilowitz, Jennifer T ^b   Frese, Steven A ^a,d  

^a Evolve Biosystems   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California at Davis School of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium; Biochemistry; Infant microbiome; Microbiome

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045197693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23795042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mSphere.00041-18     Document Type: Article

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