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ABSTRACT:
INSTRUMENT(S): LTQ Orbitrap Elite
ORGANISM(S): Microbiome
SUBMITTER: Robert L. Hettich
PROVIDER: MSV000086096 | MassIVE |
REPOSITORIES: MassIVE
mBio 20180410 2
During the first weeks of life, microbial colonization of the gut impacts human immune system maturation and other developmental processes. In premature infants, aberrant colonization has been implicated in the onset of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a life-threatening intestinal disease. To study the premature infant gut colonization process, genome-resolved metagenomics was conducted on 343 fecal samples collected during the first 3 months of life from 35 premature infants housed in a neonat ...[more]