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Contributions of the maternal oral and gut microbiome to placental microbial colonization in overweight and obese pregnant women

Overview of attention for article published in Scientific Reports, June 2017
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Title
Contributions of the maternal oral and gut microbiome to placental microbial colonization in overweight and obese pregnant women
Published in
Scientific Reports, June 2017
DOI 10.1038/s41598-017-03066-4
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Luisa F. Gomez-Arango, Helen. L. Barrett, H. David McIntyre, Leonie K. Callaway, Mark Morrison, Marloes Dekker Nitert

Abstract

A distinct bacterial signature of the placenta was reported, providing evidence that the fetus does not develop in a sterile environment. The oral microbiome was suggested as a possible source of the bacterial DNA present in the placenta based on similarities to the oral non-pregnant microbiome. Here, the possible origin of the placental microbiome was assessed, examining the gut, oral and placental microbiomes from the same pregnant women. Microbiome profiles from 37 overweight and obese pregnant women were examined by 16SrRNA sequencing. Fecal and oral contributions to the establishment of the placental microbiome were evaluated. Core phylotypes between body sites and metagenome predictive functionality were determined. The placental microbiome showed a higher resemblance and phylogenetic proximity with the pregnant oral microbiome. However, similarity decreased at lower taxonomic levels and microbiomes clustered based on tissue origin. Core genera: Prevotella, Streptococcus and Veillonella were shared between all body compartments. Pathways encoding tryptophan, fatty-acid metabolism and benzoate degradation were highly enriched specifically in the placenta. Findings demonstrate that the placental microbiome exhibits a higher resemblance with the pregnant oral microbiome. Both oral and gut microbiomes contribute to the microbial seeding of the placenta, suggesting that placental colonization may have multiple niche sources.

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Unknown 239 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 40 17%
Researcher 26 11%
Student > Master 25 10%
Student > Bachelor 24 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 14 6%
Other 42 18%
Unknown 68 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 46 19%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 40 17%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 28 12%
Immunology and Microbiology 23 10%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 2%
Other 19 8%
Unknown 78 33%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 23. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 July 2019.
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#1,636,765
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