Could baby's first bacteria take root before birth?

Nature. 2018 Jan 18;553(7688):264-266. doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-00664-8.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Amniotic Fluid / microbiology
  • Animals
  • Cesarean Section
  • DNA, Bacterial / analysis
  • DNA, Bacterial / isolation & purification*
  • Female
  • Fetus / immunology
  • Fetus / microbiology*
  • Germ-Free Life
  • Healthy Volunteers
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Meconium / microbiology
  • Mice
  • Microbiota*
  • Parturition* / immunology
  • Placenta / immunology
  • Placenta / microbiology*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications / immunology
  • Pregnancy Complications / microbiology
  • Pregnancy Complications / prevention & control
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Uncertainty
  • Vagina / microbiology

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial