Figure 2. Early life gut microbiota composition associates with allergic disease at age five.
The y-axis shows the percentage, colonized with (A) Lactobacilli, (B) B. bifidum, (C) B. breve, (D) B. adolescentis and (E) S. aureus. Solid line; non-allergic children n = 16–19. Dashed line; allergic children n = 18–20 (1 v–2 m), n = 9 (12 m).