OT: Mom Knows Best: Maternal Microbial Transmission

Moms can help us in so many ways:

http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info ... io.1001631

From the article:

"Finally, with microbes contributing 99% of all unique genetic information present in the human body, maternal microbial transmission should be viewed as an additional and important mechanism of genetic and functional change in human evolution. Similar to deleterious mutations in our genetic code, disruption of maternal microbial acquisition during infancy could “mutate” the composition of the microbial community, leading to improper and detrimental host-microbe interactions during development."

So perhaps our chemical based farming along with our antibiotic raising of livestock couple with our use of "preservatives" making the microbial contribution of our current generations of moms less effective?!

The following makes me shudder as I consider lack of breast feeding along with sugar filled formulas!!

http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info ... io.1001637