Table 2. Selected studies of paired human milk–infant gut microbiota profiles in different populations.
| Population | TS | n | D | Method | Predominant taxon human milk | Predominant taxon infant stool | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexican | CS | 67 | 0–6 | Ion Torrent/(V3) | Staphylococcus, Kaistobacter, Paracoccus, Pseudomonas. | Pseudomonadaceae, Bifidobacterium, Clostridium, Bacteroides. | This study |
| Hispanic-Latino-White | LG | 90 | 1–7 | Illumina/ (V3–V4) | Moraxellaceae, Staphylococcaceae, Streptococcaceae, Pseudomonadaceae | Bifidobacteriaceae, Enterobacteriaceae. | Pannaraj et al. (2017) |
| Peruvian | CS | 42 | 30–90 | Illumina/ (V1–V3) | Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, Rothia. | Escherichia/Shigella, Streptococcus, Veillonella, Enterococcus | Lackey et al. (2019) |
| Spanish | CS | 20 | 7–90 | qPCR, culture | Staphylococcus, Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus. | S. epidermidis, Bifidobacterium brevis, B. longum, Lactobacillus casei, L. gasseri, L. gastricum, L. salivaris. | Martín et al. (2012) |
| Spanish | CS | 23 | 7, 14, 35 | qPCR, culture | Staphylococcus epidermidis, S. aureus, Staphylococcus spp., Enterococcus faecalis, E. faecium, Streptococcus. | Staphylococcus epidermidis, S. aureus, others Staphylococcus, Enterococcus, Streptococcus | Jiménez et al. (2008) |
| Irish | LG | 10 | 7–14 | Illumina/ (V3–V4) | Pseudomonas, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Elizabethkingia. | Bifidobacterium, Gardnerella sp., Bacteroidetes. | Murphy et al. (2017) |
| Swiss | CS | 21 | 3–6, 9-17 | Pyrosequencing | Pseudomonas, Ralstonia, Streptococcus, Staphylococcus. | Bifidobacterium, Bacteroidetes, Parabacteroidetes | Jost et al. (2014) |
| Italian | CS | 8 | 90 | Illumina/ Metagenome | Corynebacterium, Kroppenstedtii, Staphylococcus epidermidis. | E. coli, Bifidobacterium, Veillonella, Bacteroides. | Asnicar et al. (2017) |
| Italian | CS | 36 | 2–3 (milk), 20 (stool) | Illumina/ (V3–V4) | Streptococcaceae, Paenibacillaceae, Lachnospiraceae, Bifidobacteriaceae. | Bifidobacterium, Enterobacteriaceae, Streptococcaceae, Bacteroidaceae. | Biagi et al. (2017) |
| African (Kenya, Ethiopia | CS | 377 | 30–90 | Illumina/ (V1–V3) | Corynebacterium, Streptococcus. | Veillonella, Lactobacillus. | Lackey et al. (2019) |
Notes.
Abbreviations
- n
- number of samples
- TS
- type of study
- CS
- Cross sectional study
- LG
- longitudinal study
- D
- days after delivery where samples were taken
- Method
- method of analysis of 16S rRNA gene