Role of priority effects in the early-life assembly of the gut microbiota

Identical bacterial populations colonize premature infant gut, skin, and oral microbiomes and exhibit different in situ growth rates

(2017) Matthew R. Olm et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Does a prenatal bacterial microbiota exist?

(2017) M Hornef et al.   Mucosal Immunology

A randomized synbiotic trial to prevent sepsis among infants in rural India

(2017) Pinaki Panigrahi et al.   NATURE

Maturation of the infant microbiome community structure and function across multiple body sites and in relation to mode of delivery

(2017) Derrick M Chu et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Intestinal commensal bacteria mediate lung mucosal immunity and promote resistance of newborn mice to infection

(2017) Jerilyn Gray et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Multidomain analyses of a longitudinal human microbiome intestinal cleanout perturbation experiment

(2017) Julia Fukuyama et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Variation in Microbiome LPS Immunogenicity Contributes to Autoimmunity in Humans

(2016) Tommi Vatanen et al.   CELL

Strain competition restricts colonization of an enteric pathogen and prevents colitis

(2016) Aaron L Hecht et al.   EMBO REPORTS

An integrated metagenomics pipeline for strain profiling reveals novel patterns of bacterial transmission and biogeography

(2016) Stephen Nayfach et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Bifidobacterium breve BBG-001 in very preterm infants: a randomised controlled phase 3 trial

(2016) Kate Costeloe et al.   LANCET

Development of the gut microbiota and mucosal IgA responses in twins and gnotobiotic mice

(2016) Joseph D. Planer et al.   NATURE

Partial restoration of the microbiota of cesarean-born infants via vaginal microbial transfer

(2016) Maria G Dominguez-Bello et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

The maternal microbiota drives early postnatal innate immune development

(2016) M. Gomez de Aguero et al.   SCIENCE

Antibiotic use and its consequences for the normal microbiome

(2016) Martin J. Blaser   SCIENCE

How colonization by microbiota in early life shapes the immune system

(2016) Thomas Gensollen et al.   SCIENCE

Natural history of the infant gut microbiome and impact of antibiotic treatment on bacterial strain diversity and stability

(2016) Moran Yassour et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Antibiotics, birth mode, and diet shape microbiome maturation during early life

(2016) Nicholas A. Bokulich et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Exploring the contribution of maternal antibiotics and breastfeeding to development of the infant microbiome and pediatric obesity

(2016) Dominick J. Lemas et al.   Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine

Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth and Environmental Enteropathy in Bangladeshi Children

(2016) Jeffrey R. Donowitz et al.   mBio

The early infant gut microbiome varies in association with a maternal high-fat diet

(2016) Derrick M. Chu et al.   Genome Medicine

Salivary microbiomes of indigenous Tsimane mothers and infants are distinct despite frequent premastication

(2016) Cliff S. Han et al.   PeerJ

Comparison of placenta samples with contamination controls does not provide evidence for a distinct placenta microbiota

(2016) Abigail P. Lauder et al.   Microbiome

Human gut colonisation may be initiated in utero by distinct microbial communities in the placenta and amniotic fluid

(2016) Maria Carmen Collado et al.   Scientific Reports

Skin-to-Skin Care and the Development of the Preterm Infant Oral Microbiome

(2015) Jie Xu et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PERINATOLOGY

Historical Contingency in Community Assembly: Integrating Niches, Species Pools, and Priority Effects

(2015) Tadashi Fukami   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Exploring Vertical Transmission of Bifidobacteria from Mother to Child

(2015) Christian Milani et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Having older siblings is associated with gut microbiota development during early childhood

(2015) Martin Frederik Laursen et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

First arrived takes all: inhibitory priority effects dominate competition between co-infecting Borrelia burgdorferi strains

(2015) Godefroy Devevey et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Dynamics and Stabilization of the Human Gut Microbiome during the First Year of Life

(2015) Fredrik Bäckhed et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Spatial variation of the colonic microbiota in patients with ulcerative colitis and control volunteers

(2015) A Lavelle et al.   GUT

Contribution of neutral processes to the assembly of gut microbial communities in the zebrafish over host development

(2015) Adam R Burns et al.   ISME Journal

Neonatal environment exerts a sustained influence on the development of the intestinal microbiota and metabolic phenotype

(2015) Claire A Merrifield et al.   ISME Journal

Furry pets modulate gut microbiota composition in infants at risk for allergic disease

(2015) Merja Nermes et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Within-host competition among the honey bees pathogens Nosema ceranae and Deformed wing virus is asymmetric and to the disadvantage of the virus

(2015) Vincent Doublet et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Temporal and spatial variation of the human microbiota during pregnancy

(2015) Daniel B. DiGiulio et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Adaptive immunity increases the pace and predictability of evolutionary change in commensal gut bacteria

(2015) João Barroso-Batista et al.   Nature Communications

Diet and specific microbial exposure trigger features of environmental enteropathy in a novel murine model

(2015) Eric M. Brown et al.   Nature Communications

Dysbiosis gut microbiota associated with inflammation and impaired mucosal immune function in intestine of humans with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

(2015) Weiwei Jiang et al.   Scientific Reports

Production of immune response mediators by HT-29 intestinal cell-lines in the presence ofBifidobacterium-treated infant microbiota

(2015) S. Arboleya et al.   Beneficial Microbes

Milk- and solid-feeding practices and daycare attendance are associated with differences in bacterial diversity, predominant communities, and metabolic and immune function of the infant gut microbiome

(2015) Amanda L. Thompson et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Dysbiosis and Alterations in Predicted Functions of the Subgingival Microbiome in Chronic Periodontitis

(2014) Mariana E. Kirst et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The vaginal microbiome, vaginal anti-microbial defence mechanisms and the clinical challenge of reducing infection-related preterm birth

(2014) SS Witkin   BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY

Bacteria from Diverse Habitats Colonize and Compete in the Mouse Gut

(2014) Henning Seedorf et al.   CELL

Altering the Intestinal Microbiota during a Critical Developmental Window Has Lasting Metabolic Consequences

(2014) Laura M. Cox et al.   CELL

The Treatment-Naive Microbiome in New-Onset Crohn’s Disease

(2014) Dirk Gevers et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Species associations during the succession of wood-inhabiting fungal communities

(2014) Elisabet Ottosson et al.   Fungal Ecology

Impact of lactation stage, gestational age and mode of delivery on breast milk microbiota

(2014) P Khodayar-Pardo et al.   Journal of Perinatology

Is a foetus developing in a sterile environment?

(2014) T.M. Wassenaar et al.   LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Persistent gut microbiota immaturity in malnourished Bangladeshi children

(2014) Sathish Subramanian et al.   NATURE

Convergent evolution and adaptation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa within patients with cystic fibrosis

(2014) Rasmus Lykke Marvig et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Life at the beginning: perturbation of the microbiota by antibiotics in early life and its role in health and disease

(2014) Sebastian Zeissig et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

The microbiota regulates neutrophil homeostasis and host resistance to Escherichia coli K1 sepsis in neonatal mice

(2014) Hitesh S Deshmukh et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Assessing the relative importance of neutral stochasticity in ecological communities

(2014) Mark Vellend et al.   OIKOS

Pacifier Cleaning Practices and Risk of Allergy Development

(2014) J. C. Thompson et al.   PEDIATRICS

Stool Microbiota and Vaccine Responses of Infants

(2014) M. N. Huda et al.   PEDIATRICS

Meconium Microbiome Analysis Identifies Bacteria Correlated with Premature Birth

(2014) Alexandria N. Ardissone et al.   PLoS One

Rectal Swabs for Analysis of the Intestinal Microbiota

(2014) Andries E. Budding et al.   PLoS One

Secretory antibodies in breast milk promote long-term intestinal homeostasis by regulating the gut microbiota and host gene expression

(2014) E. W. Rogier et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Environmental variability counteracts priority effects to facilitate species coexistence: evidence from nectar microbes

(2014) C. M. Tucker et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Primary sclerosing cholangitis and the microbiota: current knowledge and perspectives on etiopathogenesis and emerging therapies

(2014) James H. Tabibian et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

The Placenta Harbors a Unique Microbiome

(2014) K. Aagaard et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Intraspecies Competition for Niches in the Distal Gut Dictate Transmission during Persistent Salmonella Infection

(2014) Lilian H. Lam et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Comparative metagenomic analyses reveal viral-induced shifts of host metabolism towards nucleotide biosynthesis

(2014) Hagay Enav et al.   Microbiome

Intestinal microbiota of preterm infants differ over time and between hospitals

(2014) Diana H Taft et al.   Microbiome

Shaping the oral microbiota through intimate kissing

(2014) Remco Kort et al.   Microbiome

Historical contingency in species interactions: towards niche-based predictions

(2013) Rachel L. Vannette et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Decreased gut microbiota diversity, delayed Bacteroidetes colonisation and reduced Th1 responses in infants delivered by Caesarean section

(2013) Hedvig E Jakobsson et al.   GUT

The subgingival microbiome in health and periodontitis and its relationship with community biomass and inflammation

(2013) Loreto Abusleme et al.   ISME Journal

Inhibition of tissue inflammation and bacterial translocation as one of the protective mechanisms of Saccharomyces boulardii against Salmonella infection in mice

(2013) Flaviano S. Martins et al.   MICROBES AND INFECTION

Microbiota-liberated host sugars facilitate post-antibiotic expansion of enteric pathogens

(2013) Katharine M. Ng et al.   NATURE

Bacterial colonization factors control specificity and stability of the gut microbiota

(2013) S. Melanie Lee et al.   NATURE

Intestinal microbiota metabolism of l-carnitine, a nutrient in red meat, promotes atherosclerosis

(2013) Robert A Koeth et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Bacterial Diversity in Meconium of Preterm Neonates and Evolution of Their Fecal Microbiota during the First Month of Life

(2013) Laura Moles et al.   PLoS One

Mother-to-Infant Transmission of Intestinal Bifidobacterial Strains Has an Impact on the Early Development of Vaginally Delivered Infant's Microbiota

(2013) Hiroshi Makino et al.   PLoS One

Genomic evolution and transmission ofHelicobacter pyloriin two South African families

(2013) Xavier Didelot et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gut Microbiota from Twins Discordant for Obesity Modulate Metabolism in Mice

(2013) V. K. Ridaura et al.   SCIENCE

Microbiome Assembly across Multiple Body Sites in Low-Birthweight Infants

(2013) E. K. Costello et al.   mBio

Mom Knows Best: The Universality of Maternal Microbial Transmission

(2013) Lisa J. Funkhouser et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Cohabiting family members share microbiota with one another and with their dogs

(2013) Se Jin Song et al.   eLife

The human milk microbiome changes over lactation and is shaped by maternal weight and mode of delivery

(2012) Raul Cabrera-Rubio et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Meconium microbiota types dominated by lactic acid or enteric bacteria are differentially associated with maternal eczema and respiratory problems in infants

(2012) M. J. Gosalbes et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGY

Human milk oligosaccharide consumption by intestinal microbiota

(2012) A. Marcobal et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Time series community genomics analysis reveals rapid shifts in bacterial species, strains, and phage during infant gut colonization

(2012) I. Sharon et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Human milk oligosaccharides: Every baby needs a sugar mama

(2012) L. Bode   GLYCOBIOLOGY

Sharing of Bacterial Strains Between Breast Milk and Infant Feces

(2012) Virginia Martín et al.   JOURNAL OF HUMAN LACTATION

Antibiotics in early life alter the murine colonic microbiome and adiposity

(2012) Ilseung Cho et al.   NATURE

How glycan metabolism shapes the human gut microbiota

(2012) Nicole M. Koropatkin et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Adaptation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to the cystic fibrosis airway: an evolutionary perspective

(2012) Anders Folkesson et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Transmission of the major skin microbiota, Malassezia, from mother to neonate

(2012) Rie Nagata et al.   PEDIATRICS INTERNATIONAL

Integrated Metagenomics/Metaproteomics Reveals Human Host-Microbiota Signatures of Crohn's Disease

(2012) Alison R. Erickson et al.   PLoS One

The Application of Ecological Theory Toward an Understanding of the Human Microbiome

(2012) E. K. Costello et al.   SCIENCE

Bacteroides in the Infant Gut Consume Milk Oligosaccharides via Mucus-Utilization Pathways

(2011) Angela Marcobal et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Characterization of the Diversity and Temporal Stability of Bacterial Communities in Human Milk

(2011) Katherine M. Hunt et al.   PLoS One

Diversity of microbes in amniotic fluid

(2011) Daniel B. DiGiulio   Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine

Diversity, transmission and persistence ofEscherichia coliin a cohort of mothers and their infants

(2011) Eric J. de Muinck et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Establishment and development of lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria microbiota in breast-milk and the infant gut

(2010) G. Solís et al.   ANAEROBE

Elective Cesarean Delivery: Does It Have a Negative Effect on Breastfeeding?

(2010) Vincenzo Zanardo et al.   BIRTH-ISSUES IN PERINATAL CARE

Mode of delivery affects the bacterial community in the newborn gut

(2010) Giacomo Biasucci et al.   EARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Transmission of Diverse Oral Bacteria to Murine Placenta: Evidence for the Oral Microbiome as a Potential Source of Intrauterine Infection

(2010) Y. Fardini et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Incomplete recovery and individualized responses of the human distal gut microbiota to repeated antibiotic perturbation

(2010) L. Dethlefsen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Succession of microbial consortia in the developing infant gut microbiome

(2010) J. E. Koenig et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Delivery mode shapes the acquisition and structure of the initial microbiota across multiple body habitats in newborns

(2010) M. G. Dominguez-Bello et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Conceptual Synthesis in Community Ecology

(2010) Mark Vellend   QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY

Bacterial Community Variation in Human Body Habitats Across Space and Time

(2009) E. K. Costello et al.   SCIENCE

Unstable Composition of the Fecal Microbiota in Ulcerative Colitis During Clinical Remission

(2008) Cristina Martinez et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

The Practice of Prelacteal Feeding to Newborns Among Hindu and Muslim Families

(2008) Kathleen M. McKenna et al.   JOURNAL OF MIDWIFERY & WOMENS HEALTH

A core gut microbiome in obese and lean twins

(2008) Peter J. Turnbaugh et al.   NATURE

The genome sequence of Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis reveals adaptations for milk utilization within the infant microbiome

(2008) D. A. Sela et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Is meconium from healthy newborns actually sterile?

(2008) Esther Jiménez et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

Horizontal versus Familial Transmission of Helicobacter pylori

(2008) Sandra Schwarz et al.   PLoS Pathogens