Unveiling balanced prenatal microbial colonization in amniotic fluid through an integrated culture and sequencing approach.

This finding is highly significant as it suggests that the global microbial profile within the amniotic environment in our studied cohort is largely independent of these major clinical and obstetric factors, challenging the notion that maternal or foetal characteristics directly lead to substantial shifts in the overall microbial landscape of the AF [ 24 ].

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