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Transmission of intestinal Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum strains from mother to infant, determined by multilocus sequencing typing and amplified fragment length polymorphism.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Oct 2011
Makino Hiroshi, Kushiro Akira, Ishikawa Eiji, Muylaert Delphine, Kubota Hiroyuki, Sakai Takafumi, Oishi Kenji, Martin Rocio, Ben Amor Kaouther, Oozeer Raish, Knol Jan, Tanaka Ryuichiro
Abstract excerpt
The gastrointestinal tracts of neonates are colonized by bacteria immediately after birth. It has been discussed that the intestinal microbiota of neonates includes strains transferred from the mothers. Although some studies have indicated possible bacterial transfer from the mother to the newbor...
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