characterization of the diversity and temporal stability of bacterial communities in human milk对细菌群落的多样性和时间稳定在母乳.pdfVIP

Characterization of the Diversity and Temporal Stability of Bacterial Communities in Human Milk 1,6 2,6 2,6 ¨ 2 2,6 Katherine M. Hunt , James A. Foster , Larry J. Forney , Ursel M. E. Schutte , Daniel L. Beck , Zaid 3,6 4 1 5 1,6 Abdo , Lawrence K. Fox , Janet E. Williams , Michelle K. McGuire , Mark A. McGuire * 1 Department of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America, 2 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America, 3 Department of Statistics, Department of Mathematics, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America, 4 Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America, 5 School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America, 6 Initiative for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies (IBEST), University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America Abstract Recent investigations have demonstrated that human milk contains a variety of bacterial genera; however, as of yet very little work has been done to characterize the full diversity of these milk bacterial communities and their relative stability over time. To more thoroughly investigate the human milk microbiome, we utilized microbial identification techniques based on pyrosequencing of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene. Specifically, we characterized the bacterial communities present in milk samples collected