Temporal and spatial variation of the human microbiota during pregnancy

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 35, 2015, Pages 11060-11065

  DiGiulio, Daniel B ^a,b   Callahan, Benjamin J ^a,c   McMurdie, Paul J ^a,c   Costello, Elizabeth K ^a   Lyell, Deirdre J ^a   Robaczewska, Anna ^a,b   Sun, Christine L ^a   Goltsman, Daniela S A ^a   Wong, Ronald J ^a   Shawa, Gary ^a   Stevenson, David K ^a   Holmes, Susan P ^a,c   Relman, David A ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Microbiome; Pregnancy; Premature labor; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAEROCOCCUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PEPTONIPHILUS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UREAPLASMA; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINAL DELIVERY; INTESTINE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PERIODONTIUM; SALIVA; VAGINA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MICROBIOTA; PERIODONTIUM; PREGNANCY; SALIVA; VAGINA;

EID: 84941005620     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1502875112     Document Type: Article

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