Rotavirus infections were carried out on MA104 cells (African green monkey kidney epithelial cells, originally obtained from Dr. T. H. Flewett, Birmingham, UK)61. Rotaviruses are classified by a binary nomenclature system based on the genes encoding outer capsid proteins VP7 (G type) and VP4...
First, in the present study the sample size (N = 3 dyads) was very small. As past studies have reported, there are extensive individual differences in feeding styles (Parkinson & Drewett, 2001). In addition, the three dyads here differed in how the infant was fed (breast- or bottle- ...
Proteobacteria was the predominant phylum in meconium samples (41.6%) and in the formula-fed group (46.4%), mainly due to the Enterobacteriaceae family, which was less prevalent in the breast-fed group (27.8%). The distribution of the Firmicutes phylum was similar between the three experimental...