Publications from
@CJStewart7 with important conclusions. Bacterial communities in breast milk are “skin commensal/pathobionts like Staphylococcus” that "do not colonise the infant gut".
This suggests they are skin contaminants and should not be considered a 'milk microbiome'!
A couple new papers from the group, largely showing so-called "negative results", but with important connotations for the care of preterm infants.
Both papers are open-access so I will provide only key bits here.
A small thread 🧵: