title: Another Reason to Thank Mom: Gestational Effects of Microbiota Metabolites.
abstract: Microbial colonization after birth profoundly affects development of the host. In a recent paper, Gomez de Agüero et al. (2016) reveal a new aspect of ontogeny influenced by the microbiota: the impact of gestational gut bacterial metabolites on early immune maturation of the neonatal intestine.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: seth.rakoff-nahoum@childrens.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Seth
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rakoff-Nahoum
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D000069196:Gastrointestinal Microbiome / Q000276:immunology*; D007107:Immune System / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000382:microbiology*; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000276:immunology*; D007112:Immunity, Maternally-Acquired / Q000276:immunology*; D007422:Intestines / Q000276:immunology*; D011247:Pregnancy