Mother’s prenatal gut microbiota may predict child behavior: Study Increased diversity of a mother’s gut microbiota during the third trimester of pregnancy may influence a child’s brain development and behavior, says a new study from Australia. Data published in EBioMedicine indicated that increased maternal alpha diversity during pregnancy was associated with a reduction in internalizing symptoms in children at two years of age. In addition, researchers reported that butyrate-producing families of bacteria called Lachnospiraceae and Ruminococcaceae ...