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- Title
Potential association of vacuum cleaning frequency with an altered gut microbiota in pregnant women and their 2-year-old children.
- Authors
Avershina, Ekaterina; Anuradha Ravi; Storrø, Ola; Øien, Torbjørn; Johnsen, Roar; Rudi, Knut
- Abstract
Background: Westernized lifestyle and hygienic behavior have contributed to dramatic changes in the humanassociated microbiota. This particularly relates to indoor activities such as house cleaning. We therefore investigated the associations between washing and vacuum cleaning frequency and the gut microbiota composition in a large longitudinal cohort of mothers and their children. The gut microbiota composition was determined using 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene Illumina deep sequencing. Results: We found that high vacuum cleaning frequency about twice or more a week was associated with an altered gut microbiota composition both during pregnancy and for 2-year-old children, while there were no associations with house washing frequency. In total, six Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) showed significant False Discovery Rate (FDR) corrected associations with vacuum cleaning frequency for mothers (two positive and four negative) and five for 2-year-old children (four positive and one negative). For mothers and the 2-year-old children, OTUs among the dominant microbiota (average >5 %) showed correlation to vacuum cleaning frequency, with an increase in Faecalibacterium prausnitzii for mothers (p = 0.013, FDR corrected), and Blautia sp. for 2-year children (p = 0.012, FDR corrected). Conclusions: Bacteria showing significant associations are among the dominant gut microbiota, which may indicate indirect immunomodulation of the gut microbiota possibly through increased allergen (dust mites) exposure as a potential mechanism. However, further exploration is needed to unveil mechanistic details.
- Publication
Microbiome, 2015, Vol 3, p1
- ISSN
2049-2618
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s40168-015-0125-2