Lack of Evidence for Microbiota in the Placental and Fetal Tissues of Rhesus Macaques
ABSTRACT The prevailing paradigm in obstetrics has been the sterile womb hypothesis. However, some are asserting that the placenta, intra-amniotic environment, and fetus harbor microbial communities. The objective of this study was to determine whether the fetal and placental tissues of rhesus macaq...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2020-06-01
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| Series: | mSphere |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00210-20 |