Is a breast milk fatty acid linked to microbes in infants’ guts?
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In 50 mother-infant pairs, lower breast milk butyric acid (C4) was associated with higher abundance of Salmonella and Salmonella enterica in infant feces. C4 levels were also significantly correlated with infants’ lysine and arginine biosynthesis pathways.
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