Amniotic fluid from healthy term pregnancies does not harbor a detectable microbial community

Microbiome

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Lim, Efrem S ^a,b   Rodriguez, Cynthia ^c   Holtz, Lori R ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Bacteria; Microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity; Microbiome; Sterile body fluid; Virome; Virus

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BODY FLUID; CONTAMINATION; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; INFANT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOME; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; VIRUS; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; VIROLOGY;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; BACTERIA; BODY FLUIDS; FEMALE; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; PREGNANCY; VIRUSES;

EID: 85051675128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20492618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40168-018-0475-7     Document Type: Article

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