First-Pass Meconium Samples from Healthy Term Vaginally-Delivered Neonates : An Analysis of the Microbiota

Acknowledgments The authors would like to thank the parents who consented to provide samples with limited notice at an emotional and stressful time. This work was supported entirely from personal donations to the neonatal endowments fund at Aberdeen Maternity Hospital and we thank families for their continued generosity, year-on-year. The Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health receives funding from the Scottish Government (SG-RESAS). Funding: This work was funded from NHS Grampian Neonatal Endowments. The Rowett Institute receives funding from the Rural and Environmental Science and Analytical Services programme of the Scottish Government. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

XY Scatterplot of “meconium colonisation interval” (defined as rupture of membrane interval plus time to passage of meconium plus sample time to laboratory) against total bacterial count (r² = 0.023).

<p>XY Scatterplot of “meconium colonisation interval” (defined as rupture of membrane interval plus time to passage of meconium plus sample time to laboratory) against total bacterial count (r² = 0.023).</p

Neonatal details for final cohort.

<p>Neonatal details for final cohort.</p

Maternal details for final cohort.

<p>Maternal details for final cohort.</p

Diagrammatic indication of bacterial composition in FISH-positive meconium samples based on proportions of specific bacterial groups relative to the total bacterial count.

<p>Diagrammatic indication of bacterial composition in FISH-positive meconium samples based on proportions of specific bacterial groups relative to the total bacterial count.</p