Assessment of intestinal microbiota of full-term breast-fed infants from two different geographical locations

The intestinal microbiota in the breast-fed infant is considered as ideally healthy. We assessed the microbiota of breast-fed full-term neonates from two different Spanish locations. Statistically significant geographical differences for different bacterial groups were found, underlining the need to consider and define geographical-related effects on microbiota. (c) 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.