Microbes in the neonatal intensive care unit resemble those found in the gut of premature infants
Planetary Science Institute · University of California, Berkeley · +4 more institutions
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: The source inoculum of gastrointestinal tract (GIT) microbes is largely influenced by delivery mode in full-term infants, but these influences may be decoupled in very low birth weight (VLBW,
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8- BBBrandon BrooksCorresponding
Planetary Science Institute, University of California, Berkeley
- BFBrian Firek
University of Pittsburgh
- CSChristopher S. Miller
Planetary Science Institute, University of Denver, University of Colorado Denver, University of California, Berkeley
- ISItai Sharon
Planetary Science Institute, University of California, Berkeley
- BCBrian C. Thomas
Planetary Science Institute, University of California, Berkeley
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Keywords
- Biology
- Neonatal intensive care unit
- Amplicon
- Feces
- Staphylococcus epidermidis
- 16S ribosomal RNA
- Microbiology
- Genetics
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