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. 2024 Jan 31;25(3):1732. doi: 10.3390/ijms25031732

Table 1.

Microbiome composition of urine in healthy females.

Age No Bacteria Urine Sample Reference
27–67 8 Lactobacillus, Prevotella, Gardnerella, Peptoniphilus, Dialister, Finegoldia, Anaerococcus, Allisonella, Streptococcus, Staphylococcus MSU [31]
22–51 15 Streptococcus, Aerococcus, Gardnerella, Prevotella, Escherichia, Enterococcus MSU [38]
NA 12 Lactobacillus, Actinobaculum, Aerococcus, Anaerococcus, Atopobium, Burkholderia, Corynebacterium, Gardnerella, Prevotella, Ralstonia, Sneathia, Staphylococcus,
Streptococcus, Veillonella
MSU SPA TUC [39]
NA 10 Firmicutes, Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes MSU [34]
NA 24 Lactobacillus, Corynebacterium, Streptococcus, Actinomyces, Staphylococcus, Aerococcus, Gardnerella, Bifidobacterium, Actinobaculum TUC [30]
35–65 58 Lactobacillus, Gardnerella, Corynebacterium, Enterobacteriaceae, Anaerococcus, Bifidobacterium, Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, Sneathia, Peptoniphilus, Atopobium, Rhodanobacter, Trueperella, Alloscardovia, Veillonella TUC [27]
18–25 24 Lactobacillus, Staphylococci, Peptococcus, Corynebacterium, Propionibacterium,
Eubacterium, Peptostreptococcus, Candida, Bacteroides, Bacillus, Veillonella,
Enterobacteriaceae, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus, Micrococcus, Prevotella, Actinomyces, Streptococcus
MSU [40]
35–65 60 Lactobacillus, Gardnerella, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Enterococcus, Bifidobacterium, Atopobium, Enterobacteriaceae TUC [41]
NA 10 Anoxybacillus, Lactobacillus, Prevotella, Gardnerella, Arthrobacter, Escherichia, Shigella TUC [42]
19–62 49 Prevotella amnii, Gardnerella vaginalis, Atopobium vaginae, Lactobacillus iners,
Shigella sonnei, Escherichia coli, Enterococcus faecalis, Streptococcus agalacticie, Citrobacter murliniae, Lactobacillus crispatus
MSU [36]
NA 10 Lactobacillus, Corynebacterium, Gardnerella, Prevotella, Bacillus MSU [32]
NA 60 Staphylococcus epidermidis, Micrococcus luteus, Lactobacillus gasseri, Escherichia coli, Streptococcus oralis, Neisseria perflava, Lactobacillus crispatus, Lactobacillus jensenii, Gardnerella vaginalis, Rothia mucilaginosa, Lactobacillus delbrueckii, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Bacillus infantis, Actinomyces odontolyticus, Bacillus idriensis,
Corynebacterium amycolatum, Streptococcus anginosus, Streptococcus agalactiae,
Gordonia terrae, Staphylococcus warneri, Lactobacillus iners, Streptococcus mitis, Bifidobacterium bifidum, Streptococcus gordonii, Aerococcus urinae, Actinomyces neuii, Enterococcus faecalis, Streptococcus salivarius, Streptococcus sanguinis,
Corynebacterium aurimucosum, Actinomyces naeslundii, Streptococcus equinus,
Alloscardovia omnicolens, Corynebacterium tuscaniense, Bifidobacterium longum
TUC [29]
≈53 84 Lactobacillus, Streptococcus, Tepidimonas, Prevotella, Flavobacterium, Escherichia, Ureaplasma, Shuttleworthia, Aerococcus, Gardnerella, Veillonella, Bacteroides,
Enterobacter, Acidovorax, Sneathia, Clostridium, Fusobacterium, Sphingobium,
Proteus, Trabulsiella
TUC [43]
NA 224 Predominant urotypes: Lactobacillus, Gardnerella, Streptococcus, EscherichiaOther: Aerococcus, Alloscardovia, Anaerococcus, Bifidobacterium, Corynebacterium, Enterococcus, Finegoldia, Klebsiella, Prevotella, Staphylococcus TUC [44]
≈38 110 Bifidobacterium, Staphylococcus, Lactobacillus, Corynebacterium MSU [45]

NA = not available; MSU = midstream urine; SPA = suprapubic aspirate; TUC = transurethral catheter.