Fig. 3From: Elimination of “kitome” and “splashome” contamination results in lack of detection of a unique placental microbiomeThe microbial communities at the phylum level in all samples from the expanded study. Colored bars illustrate the percentage of total reads classified into specific phyla and are the average of all samples from all three study groups and all blanks. Average number of reads for each sample type: VRS, 180759; cord blood, 26; maternal blood, 36, placenta, 59; and blanks, 100Back to article page