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SUBMITTER: Hunt KM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3416375 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hunt K M KM Preuss J J Nissan C C Davlin C A CA Williams J E JE Shafii B B Richardson A D AD McGuire M K MK Bode L L McGuire M A MA
Applied and environmental microbiology 20120504 14
Human milk oligosaccharides (HMO), which constitute a major component of human milk, promote the growth of particular bacterial species in the infant's gastrointestinal tract. We hypothesized that HMO also interact with the bacterial communities present in human milk. To test this hypothesis, two experiments were conducted. First, milk samples were collected from healthy women (n = 16); culture-independent analysis of the bacterial communities was performed, HMO content was analyzed, and the rel ...[more]