Human fetal lungs harbor a microbiome signature

ScienceDaily
Jan 17, 2020, 12:39 pm221 ptsTrending
The lungs and placentas of fetuses in the womb -- as young as 11 weeks after conception -- already show a bacterial microbiome signature, which suggests that bacteria may colonize the lungs well before birth. This first-time finding deepens the mystery of how the microbes or microbial products reach those…

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