BGI

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus

dataset 2017

The Microbiota Continuum along the Female Reproductive Tract and Its Relation to Uterine-related Diseases

·doi:10.26036/cnphis0000064

Foetal development in humans is assumed to proceed in a sterile environment. Reports on bacteria detected in maternal fluids during pregnancy are typically associated with adverse consequences, and whether the female reproductive track harb…

dataset 2016

We systematically sample the microbiota in the female reproductive tract from a large cohort of Chinese women of reproductive age using 16S rRNA gene sequencing, conventional bacterial culture and real-time PCR, and demonstrate a continuity of the vagino-uterine microbiome.

·doi:10.26036/cnphis0000056

Human fetuses are long believed to grow in a sterile environment until birth, when they receive their mothers’ vaginal microbiota. Bacteria have been detected in umbilical cord, amniotic fluid and placenta, which is as yet not viewed as a n…