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. 2024 Jan 12;80:12098. doi: 10.3389/bjbs.2023.12098

TABLE 2.

Relative abundance of the vaginal microbiome in various reproductive conditions.

Reproductive condition Author (Year) Genital microbiome relative abundance (%)
Actinobacteria Bacteroidetes Candidatus Saccharibacteria Cyanobacteria Firmicutes Fusobacteria Proteobacteria Tenericutes Verrucomicrobia
Tubal pregnancy Ruan (2021) [47] Gardnerella 12 Prevotella 6 Lactobacillus 62 Sneathia 3
Atopobium 4 Megasphaera 2
Chronic endometritis Lozano (2021) [48] Prevotella 0.98 Lactobacillus 87.44 Escherichia 0.17
Streptococcus 9.44
Dialister 0.68
Veillonella 0.68
Chlamydia trachomatis Ceccarani (2019) [34] Gardnerella 3.65 Prevotella 1.6 Lactobacillus 67.45 Sneathia 0.41 Escherichia 0.33 Akkermansia 0.39
Atopobium 1 Bacteroides 0.91 Roseburia 4.42 Haemophilus 0.1
Bifidobacterium 0.46 Megasphaera 2.97
Coriobacteriaceae, unclassified a 0.19 Faecalibacterium 2.31
Ruminococcaceae a 1.95
Clostridiales, unclassified a 1.56
Ruminococcaceae, unclassified a 1.03
Blautia 0.91
Coprococcus 0.66
Clostridium 0.65
Lachnospiraceae, unclassified a 0.59
Ruminococcus 0.58
Dialister 0.56
Oscillospira 0.56
Shuttleworthia 0.54
Streptococcus 0.49
Aerococcus 0.24
Peptoniphilus 0.15
Vulvovaginal candidiasis Ceccarani (2019) [34] Gardnerella 7.68 Prevotella 3.76 Lactobacillus 56.69 Sneathia 0.53 Haemophilus 1.42 Ureaplasma 0.41 Akkermansia 0.35
Atopobium 1.94 Bacteroides 0.81 Roseburia 3.51 Escherichia 0.4
Bifidobacterium 1.28 Faecalibacterium 2.14
Alloscardovia 0.57 Ruminococcaceae a 1.86
Coriobacteriaceae, Aerococcus 1.5
unclassified a 0.24 Clostridiales, unclassified a 1.44
Megasphaera 1.04
Streptococcus 1.04
Ruminococcaceae, unclassified a 1.02
Dialister 0.78
Blautia 0.77
Coprococcus 0.63
Ruminococcus 0.59
Lachnospiraceae, unclassified a 0.54
Oscillospira 0.53
Gemellaceae, unclassified a 0.49
Veillonella 0.46
Anaerococcus 0.46
Finegoldia 0.45
Gemella 0.37
Clostridium 0.32
Shuttleworthia 0.31
Parvimonas 0.17
Peptoniphilus 0.13
LR-HPV Infection Zhou (2019) [39] Gardnerella 10.83 Prevotella 4.17 Lactobacillus 49.95 Sneathia 5.69 Pseudomonas 1.57
Atopobium 4.62 Bacteroides 1.89 Saccharofermentans 1.33 Fusobacterium 0.66 Hydrogenophilus 0.55
Bifidobacterium 2.43 Megasphaera 1.12 Burkholderia 0.48
Corynebacterium 1.33 Peptostreptococcus 0.62 Escherichia/Shigella 0.30
Stenotrophomonas 0.57
Dialister 0.42
Aerococcus 0.27
Anaerococcus 0.25
Bacterial vaginosis Ceccarani (2019) [34] Gardnerella 11.44 Prevotella 9.15 Rs-045, unclassified a 0.43 Lactobacillus 18.8 Sneathia 7.76 Escherichia 0.23 Akkermansia 0.32
Atopobium 4.92 Bacteroides 0.86 Megasphaera 8.64
Coriobacteriaceae, unclassified a 0.89 Porphyromonas 0.73 Shuttleworthia 7.48
Mobiluncus 0.49 Roseburia 3.51
Bifidobacterium 0.33 Clostridium 2.14
Faecalibacterium 2.09
Aerococcus 2.06
Dialister 2.02
Ruminococcaceae a 1.81
Clostridiales, unclassified a 1.58
Parvimonas 1.39
Peptoniphilus 1.09
Ruminococcaceae, unclassified a 1.03
Blautia 0.74
Peptostreptococcus 0.63
Coprococcus 0.59
Oscillospira 0.58
Ruminococcus 0.56
Streptococcus 0.54
Lachnospiraceae, unclassified a 0.52
Anaerococcus 0.39
Gemella 0.27
Finegoldia 0.16
Bacterial vaginosis Hong (2016) [28] Atopobium 4.46 Prevotella 27.80 Lactobacillus 38.98 Sneathia 7.48 Diaphorobacter 1.67 Mycoplasma 0.35
Gardnerella 1.36 Porphyromonas 1.29 Aerococcus 5.62 Fusobacterium 0.30 Cupriavidus 1.03
Mobiluncus 0.69 Megasphaera 1.72
Coriobacteriaceae, unclassified a 0.38 Dialister 1.05
Saccharofermentans 0.94
Peptoniphilus 0.69
Anaerococcus 0.55
Moryella 0.35
Vaginosis Campisciano (2017) [29] Actinobacteria a 16 Bacteroidia a 5 Bacilli a 71 Fusobacteria a 1 Gammaproteobacteria a 4 Tenericutes a 1
Clostridia a 1
Aerobic vaginitis Wang (2019) [41] Gardnerella Prevotella Lactobacillus 41.6 Sneathia Klebsiella 0.5 Ureaplasma 0.3
Atopobium Streptococcus Escherichia Mycoplasma 0.12
Bifidobacterium Aerococcus
Alloscardovia Anaerococcus
Eubacterium
Veillonella
Megasphaera
Dialister
Empty-sac miscarriage Liu (2021) [49] Bacteroides Lactobacillus Halomonas
Missed miscarriage Liu (2021) [49] Bacteroides Cyanobacteria a Lactobacillus Fusobacterium Halomonas
Lachnospiraceae a Escherichia/Shigella
Bacillus Succinivibrio
Staphylococcus Burkhoderia
Acetobacter
Embryonic miscarriage Xu (2020) [50] Bifidobacterium Bacteroides Lactobacillus Escherichia-Shigella
Gardnerella Parabacteroides Faecalibacterium
Alistipes Lachnospiraceae a
Roseburia
ART failure Bernabeu (2019) [51] Gardnerella Lactobacillus Ureaplasma
Streptococcus
Clostridium
IUI failure Amato (2020) [46] Bifidobacteriaceae a 12 Lactobacillaceae a 83
IVF failure Kong (2020) [52] Gardnerella 7.24 Prevotella 3.02 Lactobacillus 63.09 Sneathia 3.75 Proteobacteria a 8.01
Atopobium 4.14 Streptococcus
Megasphaera
Aerococcus
Infertility Riganelli (2020) [53] Bifidobacterium Prevotella Lactobacillus Escherichia
Gardnerella Streptococcus
Atopobium Shuttleworthia
Zhao (2020) [44] Bifidobacterium Prevotella Lactobacillus
Atopobium Aerococcus
Idiopathic infertility Campisciano (2017) [29] Actinobacteria a 8 Bacteroidia a 1 Bacilli a 84 Gammaproteobacteria a 3 Tenericutes a 2
Clostridia a 1
Diagnosed infertility Campisciano (2017) [29] Actinobacteria a 5 Bacilli a 71 Gammaproteobacteria a 23
Clostridia a 1
Deep endometriosis Hernandes (2020) [54] Gardnerella Prevotella Lactobacillus Pseudomonas Ureaplasma
Corynebacterium Streptococcus Alishewanella
Enterococcus
Anaerococcus
PCOS Hong (2021) [55] Gardnerella 10.4 Prevotella 7.94 Lactobacillus 58.52 Sneathia 1.57 Mycoplasma 1.25
Atopobium 4.36 Streptococcus 2.76
Bifidobacterium 1.55 Megasphaera 1.54
Tu (2020) [25] Gardnerella Prevotella Lactobacillus Sneathia Escherichia-Shigella Ureaplasma
Atopobium Porphyromonas Streptococcus Fusobacterium Campylobacter Mycoplasma
Bifidobacterium Aerococcus Acinetobacter
Corynebacterium Dialister
Lawsonella Peptoniphilus
Finegoldia
Anaerococcus
Veillonella
Megasphaera
Peptostreptococcus
Varibaculum
Staphylococcus
Ezakiella
Intrauterine adhesion Liu (2019) [37] Actinobacteria a 24.37 Bacteroidetes a 8.64 Firmicutes a 61.84 Proteobacteria a 2.74
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Unknown genera.