About the Authors

Sarah J. Vancuren

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Scott J. Dos Santos

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Janet E. Hill

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Janet.Hill@usask.ca

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

the Maternal Microbiome Legacy Project Team

Membership of the Maternal Microbiome Legacy Project Team is provided in the Acknowledgments

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.