Table 3.

Multispacer sequence typing of 23 Methanobrevibacter smithii detected in 23 meconium preterm babies.

Samples	Peripartum maternal antibiotic therapy	Mode of delivery	Gestational age	Genotype
				Spacer1	Spacer2	Spacer 3	Spacer 4	Spacer type*
1	Yes	Cesarean	26	X	X	X	X	1
2	No	Cesarean	32	X	X	X	X	1
3	No	Vaginal delivery	30	X	X	X	X	1
4	No	Vaginal delivery	30	X	X	X	X	1
5	Yes	Vaginal delivery	30	X	X	X	X	1
6	No	Cesarean	28	X	X		X	2
7	Yes	Cesarean	27	X	X	X	X	1
8	Yes	Cesarean	30	X	X	X	X	1
9	No	Cesarean	30	X	X	X	X	1
10	No	Cesarean	31	X	X	X	X	1
11	No	Cesarean	32	X	X	X	X	1
12	No	Cesarean	29	X	X	X	X	1
13	No	Cesarean	29	X	X	X	X	1
14	No	Cesarean	32	X	X	X	X	1
15	No	Cesarean	32	X	X	X	X	1
16	No	Cesarean	25	X	X	X	X	1
17	No	Cesarean	30	X	X	X	X	1
18	No	Cesarean	30	X	X	X	X	1
19	No	Cesarean	27	X	X	X	X	1
20	No	Vaginal delivery	25	X	X	X	X	1
21	No	Cesarean	31	X	X	X	X	1
22	No	Cesarean	31	X	X	X	X	1
23	Yes	Vaginal delivery	32	X	X	X	X	1

*Spacer type was determined according to references (Grine et al., 2017; Guindo et al., 2021; Nkamga et al., 2015).