Infants First Solid Foods - Impact on Gut Microbiota Development in Two Intercontinental Cohorts.pdf
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… https://creativecommons.org/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13082639 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/nutrients https://www.mdpi.com/article/10.3390/nu13082639?type=check_update&version=1 Nutrients 2021, 13, 2639 2 of 18 1. Introduction The gut microbiome refers to the bacterial ecosystem of the human gastrointestinal tract that consists of trillions of microbes [1] with a symbiotic relationship with the human … community was dynamic over the first year of life. All plots are colored by participant ID (PID). (A–F) Baby, Food & Mi sub-study; (G–L) LucKi-Gut sub-study. (A,G) Observed richness over the sub-study period, mean values are shown with a thick blue line. (B,H) Shannon diversity over the sub-study period, mean values are shown with a thick blue line. (C,I) Observed richness over the first year of life. (D,J) Shannon diversity over the first year of life. (E,K) PCoA plot of the sub-study … to dietary changes in infancy. Overall, this study contributes new knowledge to the research topic of the development of the gut microbiota in infancy and the influences of early dietary choices. Supplementary Materials: The following are available online at https://www.mdpi.com/article/10 .3390/nu13082639/s1, Figure S1: Log of sample collection over the study period at the time of solid food introduction. Colored squares mean a sample was collected on that day. Day 1 is the first day where solid …