To determine the characteristics of the gut microbiota in preterm infants of different gestational ages from birth to one year after birth, we collected fecal samples from neonates of different gestat
In this study, we totally collected 451 facal samples from 124 infants at 6 time points during first half year, and GM was analysed by 16S sequencing method
We aimed to characterize the longitudinal changes in the gut microbiota of a cohort of term Chinese children across the first three years of life by using 16S rRNA gene sequencing.