Review Article

The Intestinal Dysbiosis of Mothers with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) and Its Impact on the Gut Microbiota of Their Newborns

Table 1

Comparison of changes in the gut microbiota between GDM women and non-GDM women.

Surveyed countryNo.GW (weeks)Features of gut microbial communityReference
G+G−G+G−IncreaseDecrease

China111131.2 ± 0.532.7 ± 0.3Verrucomicrobia (P)
Akkermansia (G)
Faecalibacterium (G)[20]

China438126.2 ± 1.225.9 ± 1.9Parabacteroides (G)
Megamonas (G)
Phascolarctobacterium (G)
Streptococcus agalactiae (S)
Lachnospiraceae bacterium (S)
Ruminiclostridium (G)
Roseburia (G)
Fusobacterium (G)
Haemophilus (G)
Clostridium (G)
Bifidobacterium (S)
Eubacterium siraeum (S)
Alistipes shahii (S)
[21]

Denmark5015728.7 ± 1.428.4 ± 1.1Actinobacteria (P)
Collinsella (G)
Desulfovibrio (G)
Blautia (G)
Ruminococcus (G)
Bacteroides (G)
Faecalibacterium (G)
Ruminococcus (G)
Isobaculum (G)
[16]

Brazil264232.45 ± 7.0428.23 ± 5.68Firmicutes (P)
Ruminococcus (G)
Collinsella (G)
Lachnospiraceae (G)
Dorea (G)
Bacteroides (P)
Eubacterium rectale (G)
[19]

China7473Fusobacterium (G)
Prevotella (G)
Faecalibacterium (G)[5]

China232638.6–39.739.0–40.6Bacteroides dorei (S)Alistipes putredinis (S)
Lactobacillus casei (S)
[25]

China303138.3 ± 0.738.5 ± 0.8Haemophilus (G)Alistipes (G)
Rikenellaceae (G)
[22]

China361625.6 ± 1.025.9 ± 1.1Blautia (G)Faecalibacterium (G)
Phascolarctobacterium Roseburia (G)
[2]

China454525.55 ± 1.1725.68 ± 1.26Blautia (G)
Faecalibacterium (G)
Bacteroides (P)
Akkermansia (G)
Odoribacter (G)
Butyricimonas (G)
[26]

China3110324.5 ± 0.524.5 ± 0.5Holdemania (G)
Megasphaera (G)
Eggerthella (G)
Streptococcus (G)[24]

No., number; G+, GDM; G−, non-GDM; GW, gestational weeks; P, phylum; G, genus; S, species. The increased/decreased microbiota in GDM women when compared with non-GDM.