Optimisation and Application of a Novel Method to Identify Bacteriophages in Maternal Milk and Infant Stool Identifies Host-Phage Communities Within Preterm Infant Gut

• Main Authors: Gregory R. Young (Author), Wen C. Yew (Author), Andrew Nelson (Author), Simon H. Bridge (Author), Janet E. Berrington (Author), Nicholas D. Embleton (Author), Darren L. Smith (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Human milk oligosaccharides, proteins, such as lactoferrin, and bacteria represent just some of the bioactive components of mother's breast milk (BM). Bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria) are an often-overlooked component of BM that can cause major changes in microbial composition and...