Partial convergence of the human vaginal and rectal maternal microbiota in late gestation and early post-partum

Partial convergence of the human vaginal and rectal maternal microbiota in late gestation and early post-partum

Abstract The human vaginal and fecal microbiota change during pregnancy. Because of the proximity of these perineal sites and the evolutionarily conserved maternal-to-neonatal transmission of the microbiota, we hypothesized that the microbiota of these two sites (rectal and vaginal) converge during...

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Main Authors: Hakdong Shin, Keith A. Martinez, Nora Henderson, Melanie Jay, William Schweizer, Debby Bogaert, Gwoncheol Park, Nicholas A. Bokulich, Martin J. Blaser, Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-06-01
Series:npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41522-023-00404-5

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41522-023-00404-5

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