Could baby's first bacteria take root before birth?

Subjects

Subjects :

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

Details

Language :

English

ISSN :

1476-4687

Volume :

553

Issue :

7688

Database :

MEDLINE

Journal :

Nature

Publication Type :

Academic Journal

Accession number :

29345664

Full Text :

https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-00664-8