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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2017 Apr;139(4):1084–1091. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2017.02.011

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Evolution of microbiota from birth to adult life.

Microbial diversity increases from birth to 3 years of life and stabilizes. Genetics, the type of birth, diet and environmental factors are associated with differences in intestinal microbial composition.