Mom knows best: the universality of maternal microbial transmission.

Mom knows best: the universality of maternal microbial transmission.

The sterile womb paradigm is an enduring premise in biology that human infants are born sterile. Recent studies suggest that infants incorporate an initial microbiome before birth and receive copious supplementation of maternal microbes through birth and breastfeeding. Moreover, evidence for microbi...

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Auteurs principaux: Lisa J Funkhouser, Seth R Bordenstein
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Publié: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
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Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:43cd635e04e141408383fb2ffae2c1662021-11-18T05:37:53ZMom knows best: the universality of maternal microbial transmission.1544-91731545-788510.1371/journal.pbio.1001631https://doaj.org/article/43cd635e04e141408383fb2ffae2c1662013-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23976878/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1544-9173https://doaj.org/toc/1545-7885The sterile womb paradigm is an enduring premise in biology that human infants are born sterile. Recent studies suggest that infants incorporate an initial microbiome before birth and receive copious supplementation of maternal microbes through birth and breastfeeding. Moreover, evidence for microbial maternal transmission is increasingly widespread across animals. This collective knowledge compels a paradigm shift—one in which maternal transmission of microbes advances from a taxonomically specialized phenomenon to a universal one in animals. It also engenders fresh views on the assembly of the microbiome, its role in animal evolution, and applications to human health and disease.Lisa J FunkhouserSeth R BordensteinPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleBiology (General)QH301-705.5ENPLoS Biology, Vol 11, Iss 8, p e1001631 (2013)
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QH301-705.5
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QH301-705.5
Lisa J Funkhouser
Seth R Bordenstein
Mom knows best: the universality of maternal microbial transmission.
description The sterile womb paradigm is an enduring premise in biology that human infants are born sterile. Recent studies suggest that infants incorporate an initial microbiome before birth and receive copious supplementation of maternal microbes through birth and breastfeeding. Moreover, evidence for microbial maternal transmission is increasingly widespread across animals. This collective knowledge compels a paradigm shift—one in which maternal transmission of microbes advances from a taxonomically specialized phenomenon to a universal one in animals. It also engenders fresh views on the assembly of the microbiome, its role in animal evolution, and applications to human health and disease.
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author Lisa J Funkhouser
Seth R Bordenstein
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title Mom knows best: the universality of maternal microbial transmission.
title_short Mom knows best: the universality of maternal microbial transmission.
title_full Mom knows best: the universality of maternal microbial transmission.
title_fullStr Mom knows best: the universality of maternal microbial transmission.
title_full_unstemmed Mom knows best: the universality of maternal microbial transmission.
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