Questioning the fetal microbiome illustrates pitfalls of low-biomass microbial studies

Kennedy, K M, de Goffau, M C, Perez-Muñoz, M E, Arrieta, M-C, Bӓckhed, F, Bork, P, Braun, T, Bushman, F D, Dore, J, de Vos, W M, Earl, A M, Eisen, J A, Elovitz, M A, Ganal-Vonarburg, S C, Gӓnzle, M G, Garrett, W S, Hall, L J, Hornef, M W, Huttenhower, C, Konnikova, L, Lebeer, S, Macpherson, A J, Massey, R C, McHardy, A C, Koren, O, Lawley, T D, Ley, R E, O’Mahony, L, O'Toole, P W, Pamer, E G, Parkhill, J, Raes, J, Rattei, T, Salonen, A, Segal, E, Segata, N, Shanahan, F, Sloboda, D M, Smith, G C S, Sokol, H, Spector, T D, Surette, M G, Tannock, G W, Walker, A, Yassour, M & Walter, J 2023, 'Questioning the fetal microbiome illustrates pitfalls of low-biomass microbial studies', Nature, vol. 613, pp. 639–649 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05546-8