title: Author response to comment on "the placenta harbors a unique microbiome".
authors.affiliation: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA. E-mail: aagaardt@bcm.tmc.edu.
authors.forename: Kjersti M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Aagaard
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D064307:Microbiota / Q000235:genetics*; D010920:Placenta / Q000382:microbiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S