Comparison of placenta samples with contamination controls does not provide evidence for a distinct placenta microbiota

Microbiome

Volumn 4, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Lauder, Abigail P ^a   Roche, Aoife M ^a   Sherrill Mix, Scott ^a   Bailey, Aubrey ^a   Laughlin, Alice L ^a   Bittinger, Kyle ^a   Leite, Rita ^a   Elovitz, Michal A ^a   Parry, Samuel ^a   Bushman, Frederic D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Low biomass samples; Microbiome; Placenta; Reagent contamination

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VAGINA SMEAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH; PREGNANCY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STANDARDS;

FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; MOUTH; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84996604223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20492618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40168-016-0172-3     Document Type: Article

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