Table 2.

Microbiome composition of urine from healthy males.

Age	No	Bacteria	Urine Sample	Reference
≈18	9	Lactobacillus, Corynebacterium, Escherichia, Streptococcus	FC	[37]
≈28	22	Lactobacillus, Sneathia, Veillonella, Corynebacterium, Prevotella, Streptococcus, Ureaplasma, Mycoplasma, Anaerococcus, Atopobium, Aerococcus, Staphylococcus, Gemella, Enterococcus, Finegoldia	FC	[54]
24–50	11	Lactobacillus, Klebsiella, Corynebacterium, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Aerococcus, Gardnerella, Prevotella, Escherichia, Enterococcus	MSU	[38]
14–17	18	Corynebacterium, Lactobacillus, Staphylococcus, Gardnerella, Streptococcus, Anaerococcus, Veillonella, Prevotella, Escherichia	FC	[55]
39–86	6	Firmicutes	MSU	[34]
18–25	28	Staphylococci, Eubacterium, Corynebacterium, Peptostreptococcus, Enterococcus, Bacteroides, Peptococcus, Megasphaera, Mobiluncus, Enterobacteriaceae, S. aureus, Propionibacterium, Veillonella, Fusobacterium	MSU	[40]
23–58	31	Prevotella amnii, Sneathia amnii, Shigella sonnei, Enterococcus faecalis, Streptococcus agalacticie, Citrobacter murliniae	MSU	[36]
NA	10	Streptococcus, Lactobacillus, Prevotella, Corynebacterium, Pseudomonas	MSU	[32]
≈43	97	Staphylococcus, Propionibacterium	MSU	[45]

NA = not available; FC = first catch; MSU = midstream urine.