Table 3.
Composition of vaginal microbiota in Groups III and IV.
| Phylotypea | Group (% clones) |
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| III |
IV |
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| B8b | B14 | B20 | B37 | B45 | B49 | B50 | B56 | W13 | W27 | W68 | J47 | J79 | B19 | B38 | B48 | W39 | W63 | W69 | J1 | J5 | J46 | |
| n=83c | n=88 | n=84 | n=94 | n=87 | n=89 | n=41 | n=86 | n=69 | n=90 | n=83 | n=94 | n=90 | n=87 | n=90 | n=88 | n=61 | n=66 | n=94 | n=90 | n=91 | n=80 | |
| Lactobacillus iners | 31.8e | 1.2 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 5.5 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 8.8 | 30.0 | |||||||||
| L. crispatus | 10.0 | 1.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| L. gasseri | 63.6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Aerococcus sp. | 1.2 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 10.0 | |||||||||||||||
| Anaerobranca sp. | 1.2 | 9.8 | 2.2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Anaerococcus sp. | 31.8 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 5.7 | 1.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Atopobium vaginae | 1.2 | 1.2 | .4 | 3.4 | 6.7 | 4.9 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 29.9 | 27.8 | 19.3 | 31.0 | 15.4 | 45.7 | 41.1 | 48.4 | 36.2 | |||||
| Bifidobacterium breve | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bradyrhizobium sp. | 1.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Clostridium sp. | 1.2 | 13.3 | 2.2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Corynebacterium sp. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dialister sp. | 4.8 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 6.9 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 4.4 | ||||||||
| Eggerthella hongkongensis | 2.3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Enterococcus faecalis | 1.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Escherichia coli | 27.6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Finegoldia magna | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Garanulicatella elegans | 1.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Gardnerella vaginalis | 15.6 | 1.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gemella palaticanis | 15.7 | 6.7 | 4.3 | 12.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 7.8 | 1.1 | ||||||||||||||
| Lachnospiraceae sp. | 14.4 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 8.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lachnospira sp. | 57.9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Leptotrichia sp. | 29.0 | 2.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Megasphaera sp. | 5.7 | 4.8 | 10.3 | 9.8 | 23.3 | 1.4 | 12.2 | 2.3 | 9.8 | 9.5 | 1.1 | 4.4 | 6.2 | |||||||||
| Micromonas sp. | 1.2 | 2.4 | 4.5 | 30.3 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 26.4 | 6.7 | 1.1 | 3.2 | ||||||||||||
| Mobiluncus mulieris | 2.3 | 18.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mycoplasma sp. | 74.7 | 2.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Neisseria sp. | 1.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Peptococcus niger | 4.3 | 1.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Peptoniphilus sp. | 1.1 | 10.7 | 3.4 | 9.8 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | |||||||||||||||
| Peptostreptococcus sp. | 2.4 | 30.3 | 29.3 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 15.9 | 1.1 | 7.7 | ||||||||||||||
| Prevotella sp. | 2.2 | 3.2 | 15.7 | 11.0 | 7.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Shigella sp. | 20.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Staphylococcus sp. | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Streptococcus sp. | 16.9 | 91.6 | 95.0 | 3.3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Veillonella sp. | 1.1 | 57.8 | 2.3 | 7.5 | 1.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Noveld | 57.9 | 73.7 | 52.2 | 76.1 | 22.6 | 24.3 | 67.3 | 29.4 | 31.0 | 36.7 | 42.1 | 19.6 | 33.3 | 13.2 | 6.4 | |||||||
a
Clones were assigned to phylotypes by comparing their 16S rRNA gene sequences to those of known organisms. The species name was used if the sequence similarity to a type species was >97%; the genus only was used if the sequence similarity was <97%, but >90%. The clones were described as novel if the sequence similarity of clones to known organisms was < 90%.
b
‘B’ ‘W’ and ‘J’ represent Black, Caucasian and Japanese women.
c
Number of clones analyzed per woman.
d
‘Novel’ includes various phylotypes within the phylum Firmicutes, most of them belong to novel phylotype of Clostridiales.
e
Relative abundance of population in clone library.