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When to suspect contamination rather than colonization - lessons from a putative fetal sheep microbiome.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Gut microbiota translocation and dissemination in health: can it be beneficial and purposeful?Gut microbes · 2026Review
- Role of microbial metabolites in the pathogenesis of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: From short‑chain fatty acids to tryptophan metabolites (Review).Molecular medicine reports · 2026Review
- Bile Microbiota Profiling in Obese and Non-Obese Patients: A Comparison of Shotgun Metagenomics and 16S rRNA Amplicon Sequencing.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Unraveling the dynamic changes in the intestinal microbiome: impacts on pre-weaning calf health and productivity.Journal of animal science and biotechnology · 2026Review
- Progressive microbial alterations in the human gut and lung across early life: implications for translational medicine.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026Review
- Streamlined extraction of nucleic acids and metabolites from low- and high-biomass samples using isopropanol and matrix tubes.Microbiology spectrum · 2025Article
- Clearing the plate: a strategic approach to mitigate well-to-well contamination in large-scale microbiome studies.mSystems · 2024Article
- Non-Targeted RNA Sequencing: Towards the Development of Universal Clinical Diagnosis Methods for Human and Veterinary Infectious Diseases.Veterinary sciences · 2024Review
- Questioning the fetal microbiome illustrates pitfalls of low-biomass microbial studies.Nature · 2023Review
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Abstract
There is an ongoing controversy around the existence of a prenatal, fetal microbiome in humans, livestock, and other animals. The '
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