Prompt: List and describe potential factors that the mother or the infant could be exposed to that could influence the colonization of the microbial community in the newborn infant (in positive or negative ways).
Potential Factors:
- Antibiotic Use (negative)
- Diet (positive or negative)
- Environment (positive or negative)
- Smoking (negative)
- Alcohol Use (negative)
- Work environment/exposure to illness (negative)
