Babies, Bacteria and Breast Milk: Genome Sequence Reveals Evolutionary Alliance

(PhysOrg.com) -- As every parent discovers, human babies are bubbling, burping processing plants that take in milk, extract compounds useful for rapid growth and development, and unceremoniously excrete the byproducts. Those babies’ guts are full of helpful bacteria, and a new study shows how humans and bacteria evolved together.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news151172950.html">Babies, Bacteria and Breast Milk: Genome Sequence Reveals Evolutionary Alliance</a></p> <p>(PhysOrg.com) -- As every parent discovers, human babies are bubbling, burping processing plants that take in milk, extract compounds useful for rapid growth and development, and unceremoniously excrete the byproducts. Those babies’ guts are full of helpful bacteria, and a new study shows how humans and bacteria evolved together.</p>