Study suggests that both mother and infant can contribute to the human milk microbiome PLOSONE uwanews microbiome humanmilk milk pregnancy maternalhealth
By Tarun Sai LomteFeb 6 2023Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. In a recent study published in PLOS One, researchers examined associations between the bacterial composition of human milk and maternal and infant factors.
About the study In the present study, researchers analyzed the microbiota profiles of milk from women in Western Australia and assessed the effect of maternal/infant factors on the bacterial profiles of HM. Twenty-nine breastfeeding women without nipple pain/infection, with infants of 3 – 83 weeks old, were recruited.
Omics eBook Compilation of the top interviews, articles, and news in the last year. Download a free copy The relative abundance of operational taxonomic units was compared using a two-sample t-test. OTUs were taxonomically mapped using the basic local alignment search tool . A sequence identity of 97.8% or higher was deemed a good match. Results were reported for OTUs with a mean relative abundance of 1% or higher.
HM of overweight individuals showed a higher relative abundance of Streptococcus salivarius than that of obese and underweight mothers. The relative abundance of Streptococcus australis was higher in milk from normal-weight than underweight mothers. There were no significant differences in Shannon/beta diversity or richness according to maternal BMI.
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