A critical assessment of the “sterile womb” and “in utero colonization” hypotheses: implications for research on the pioneer infant microbiome
Abstract After more than a century of active research, the notion that the human fetal environment is sterile and that the neonate’s microbiome is acquired during and after birth was an accepted dogma. However, recent studies using molecular techniques suggest bacterial communities in the placenta,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-04-01
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| Series: | Microbiome |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-017-0268-4 |