Carol Anne O'Shea

TL;DR: These findings confirm that mode of delivery and gestational age both have significant effects on early neonatal microbiota composition and there is also a significant difference between the metabolite profile of FT and PT infants.

TL;DR: Describing the bacterial communities in human milk and infant faeces over the first 3 months of life revealed a large diversity of the human milk microbiota, identifying over 207 bacterial genera in milk samples, supporting the hypothesis of vertical transfer of bacteria from milk to the infant gut.

TL;DR: It is shown that gestational age at birth still imprints on the microbiome at four years of age, suggesting a link between altered microbiome in prematurity and long term health implications.

TL;DR: It is suggested that the metabolome of pre-term milk changes within 5–7 weeks postpartum to resemble that of term milk, independent of time of gestation at pre-mature delivery.

TL;DR: Multivariate analysis revealed that PLs containing LC-PUFA contributed highly to the differences in the PL composition of preterm and term colostrum, and differences related to gestation decreased as the milk matured.