Metagenomic Analysis of Milk of Healthy and Mastitis-Suffering Women

Conclusion:
Human milk contains a complex microbial metagenome constituted by the genomes of bacteria, archaea, viruses, fungi, and protozoa. In mastitis cases, the milk microbiome reflects a loss of bacterial diversity and a high increase of the sequences related to the presumptive etiological agents.

Source: Journal of Human Lactation - July 16, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Jimenez, E., de Andres, J., Manrique, M., Pareja-Tobes, P., Tobes, R., Martinez-Blanch, J. F., Codoner, F. M., Ramon, D., Fernandez, L., Rodriguez, J. M. Tags: Original Research Source Type: research