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Gut microbiota of healthy Canadian infants: profiles by mode of delivery and infant diet at 4 months

2013· article· en· 963 citations· W2126422091 on OpenAlex· 10.1503/cmaj.121189

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Canadian funderA Canadian agency funded it. The work may carry no Canadian affiliation at all.
Canadian venueIt was published in a Canadian venue.
About CanadaIts subject is Canada, wherever its authors sit.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The gut microbiota is essential to human health throughout life, yet the acquisition and development of this microbial community during infancy remains poorly understood. Meanwhile, there is increasing concern over rising rates of cesarean delivery and insufficient exclusive breastfeeding of infants in developed countries. In this article, we characterize the gut microbiota of healthy Canadian infants and describe the influence of cesarean delivery and formula feeding. METHODS: We included a subset of 24 term infants from the Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) birth cohort. Mode of delivery was obtained from medical records, and mothers were asked to report on infant diet and medication use. Fecal samples were collected at 4 months of age, and we characterized the microbiota composition using high-throughput DNA sequencing. RESULTS: We observed high variability in the profiles of fecal microbiota among the infants. The profiles were generally dominated by Actinobacteria (mainly the genus Bifidobacterium) and Firmicutes (with diverse representation from numerous genera). Compared with breastfed infants, formula-fed infants had increased richness of species, with overrepresentation of Clostridium difficile. Escherichia-Shigella and Bacteroides species were underrepresented in infants born by cesarean delivery. Infants born by elective cesarean delivery had particularly low bacterial richness and diversity. INTERPRETATION: These findings advance our understanding of the gut microbiota in healthy infants. They also provide new evidence for the effects of delivery mode and infant diet as determinants of this essential microbial community in early life.

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The record

Venue
Canadian Medical Association Journal
Topic
Gut microbiota and health
Field
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Canadian institutions
Hamilton Health SciencesMcMaster UniversityToronto and Region Conservation AuthorityChildren's Hospital Research Institute of ManitobaUniversity of Alberta
Funders
Canadian Institutes of Health ResearchAlberta InnovatesKillam TrustsAstraZeneca
Keywords
Gut floraBreastfeedingBifidobacteriumBreast feedingMedicineFecesFirmicutesMicrobiomePediatricsBiologyImmunologyLactobacillusBioinformaticsMicrobiologyGeneticsBacteria
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yes