Lessons learned from the prenatal microbiome controversy

Abstract For more than a century, the prenatal environment was considered sterile. Over the last few years, findings obtained with next-generation sequencing approaches from samples of the placenta, the amniotic fluid, meconium, and even fetal tissues have challenged the dogma of a sterile womb, and...

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Main Authors: Martin J. Blaser, Suzanne Devkota, Kathy D. McCoy, David A. Relman, Moran Yassour, Vincent B. Young
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:Microbiome
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-020-00946-2