[Abstract Only] Study: C-section Babies are Missing Key Microbes

C-section babies are missing key microbes – Nature News (free)

Original Study: Stunted microbiota and opportunistic pathogen colonization in caesarean-section birth – Nature (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Other Commentaries: Babies’ gut bacteria affected by delivery method, Baby Biome project shows – Wellcome Sanger Institute (free) AND Babies born by C-section have more potentially infectious bacteria in their guts – ScienceNews (free)

“UK study provides the best evidence yet that the way infants are born can alter their microbiomes — but the health effects are unclear.”