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Microbiome· 2017Q1· Review

A critical assessment of the “sterile womb” and “in utero colonization” hypotheses: implications for research on the pioneer infant microbiome

María Elisa Pérez-Muñoz, Marie‐Claire Arrieta, Amanda E. Ramer‐Tait, Jens Walter

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Current evidence does not support the hypothesis that the fetal environment is colonized by microbes in utero, challenging the "in utero colonization" idea.

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