%0 Journal Article
%T The microbiota of the mother at birth and its influence on the emerging infant oral microbiota from birth to 1 year of age: a cohort study
%A C. Anthony Ryan
%A Carol Anne O¡¯Shea
%A Catherine Stanton
%A David Mullins
%A Eimear Hurley
%A Helen Whelton
%A Hugh M. B. Harris
%A Martin Kinirons
%A Maurice P. Barrett
%A Paul W. O¡¯Toole
%J Journal of Oral Microbiology
%D 2019
%R https://doi.org/10.1080/20002297.2019.1599652
%X ABSTRACT Background: The acquisition of microbial communities and the influence of delivery mode on the oral microbiota of the newborn infant remains poorly characterised. Methods: A cohort of pregnant women were enrolled in the study (n = 84). All infants were born full term, by Spontaneous vaginal delivery (SVD) or by Caesarean section (CS). At delivery a saliva sample along with a vaginal/skin sample from the mother. Saliva samples were the taken from the infant within one week of birth, and at week 4, week 8, 6 months and 1 year of age. We used high-throughput sequencing of V4-V5 region 16S rRNA amplicons to compare the microbiota of all samples. Results: The vaginal microbiota had a lower alpha diversity than the skin microbiota of the mother, while the infant oral microbiota diversity remained relatively stable from birth to 8 weeks of age. The oral microbiota of the neonate differed by birth modality up to 1 week of age (p < 0.05), but birth modality did not have any influence on the infant oral microbiota beyond this age. Conclusions: We conclude thatbirth mode does not have an effect on the infant oral microbiota beyond 4 weeks of age, and the oral microbiota of infants continues to develop until 1 year of age
%U https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20002297.2019.1599652