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Laura Noël-Romas1,2, Kelsey Fehr1,2, Saeid Khakisahneh1
1Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 3P4, Canada.
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Maternal milk contains its own diverse microbiome, which has been hypothesized to colonize the infant gut during breastfeeding; however, the dynamics of this process are not well understood, particularly among very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants. A recent study published in Cell Reports Medicine by Shama et al. identifies novel dose-dependent relationships between maternal milk microbiota and infant gut microbiota in a cohort of VLBW infants and further explores the potential impact of infant feeding practices and antibiotic use on these microbial colonization dynamics.
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