By day seven, vaginally-born babies tended to have either B.longum or B.brevae in their digestive tracts, while babies born via C-section were more likely to be colonised by E. faecalis. The gut microbiome of vaginally born babies tended to match that of their mothers, confirming that bacteria are passed mostly from the mother’s gut, not her vagina. Meanwhile, babies born …
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