The placenta harbors a unique microbiome

Humans and their microbiomes have coevolved as a physiologic community composed of distinct body site niches with metabolic and antigenic diversity. The placental microbiome has not been robustly interrogated, despite recent demonstrations of intracellular bacteria with diverse metabolic and immune...

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Published in:	Science translational medicine Vol. 6; no. 237; p. 237ra65
Main Authors:	Aagaard, Kjersti, Ma, Jun, Antony, Kathleen M, Ganu, Radhika, Petrosino, Joseph, Versalovic, James
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 21.05.2014
Subjects:	Bacteria - classification Bacteria - genetics Bacteria - isolation & purification Case-Control Studies Chi-Square Distribution Classification DNA, Bacterial - genetics Female Humans Metagenomics Microbiota - genetics Multivariate Analysis Placenta - microbiology Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - microbiology Pregnancy Trimester, First Premature Birth - microbiology Ribotyping Risk Factors RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics Urinary Tract Infections - microbiology
ISSN:	1946-6242, 1946-6242
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