The effect of prebiotic fortified infant formulas on microbiota composition and dynamics in early life

Scientific Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Borewicz, Klaudyna ^a   Suarez Diez, Maria ^a   Hechler, Christine ^b   Beijers, Roseriet ^b,c   de Weerth, Carolina ^c   Arts, Ilja ^d   Penders, John ^e,f   Thijs, Carel ^d   Nauta, Arjen ^g   Lindner, Cordula ^g   Van Leusen, Ellen ^g   Vaughan, Elaine E ^h   Smidt, Hauke ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g FRIESLANDCAMPINA   (Netherlands)

^h Sensus BV (Royal Cosun)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PREBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTIFICIAL MILK; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FECES; FEMALE; FORTIFIED FOOD; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; MILK, HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; PHYLOGENY; PREBIOTICS;

EID: 85061967984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-38268-x     Document Type: Article

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