Delivery mode shapes the acquisition and structure of the initial microbiota across multiple body habitats in newborns
Dominguez-Bello MG, Costello EK, Contreras M, et al. · PNAS 2010
Observational study · Open access
Key finding
Newborn microbial communities matched either the mother's vaginal or skin community depending on delivery mode.
In plain language
Shows the very first microbial community a person receives comes directly from another person, and which one depends on how they were born.
How much weight this carries
Repeatedly demonstrated, with agreement across independent groups.
Cite or read it
Dominguez-Bello MG, Costello EK, Contreras M, et al. (2010). Delivery mode shapes the acquisition and structure of the initial microbiota across multiple body habitats in newborns. PNAS. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1002601107