Article
The meconium microbiota shares more features with the amniotic fluid microbiota than the maternal fecal and vaginal microbiota
2 Aug 2020
Abstract excerpt
The early-life gut microbiota is associated with potential development of diseases in adulthood. The sterile womb paradigm has been challenged by recent reports that revealed the presence of the meconium, amniotic fluid, and placenta microbiome. This study aimed to explore the maternal origin of the microbiota of neonate meconium by using the PacBio single-molecule real-time circular consensus sequencing...