Table 1.
Abundant Bacteria Isolated by Conventional Cultivation
| Bacteria Detected With Broad-Range PCR and Pyrosequencinga | Isolates Obtained |
|---|---|
| Anaerococcus prevotii | Yes |
| Atopobium vaginae | Yes |
| Dialister micraerophilus | Yes |
| Dialister sp. type 2 | Yes |
| Eggerthella sp. type 1 | Yes |
| Finegoldia magna | Yes |
| Fusobacterium nucleatum | Yes |
| Gardnerella vaginalis | Yes |
| Lactobacillus crispatus | Yes |
| Lactobacillus gasseri | Yes |
| Lactobacillus iners | Yes |
| Lactobacillus jensenii | Yes |
| Megasphaera sp. type 1 | Yes |
| Mycoplasma hominis | Yes |
| Peptoniphilus harei | Yes |
| Prevotella amnii | Yes |
| Prevotella bivia | Yes |
| Prevotella disiens | Yes |
| Prevotella melaninogenica | Yes |
| Prevotella timonensis | Yes |
| Streptococcus agalactiae | Yes |
| Streptococcus anginosus | Yes |
| Streptococcus mitis/oralis | Yes |
| Aerococcus christensenii | No |
| BV-associated bacterium 1 | No |
| BV-associated bacterium 2 | No |
| Gemella asaccharolytica | No |
| Leptotrichia amnionii | No |
| Mageeibacillus indolicus | No |
| Megasphaera sp. type 2 | No |
| Parvimonas micra | No |
| Porphyromonas asaccharolytica | No |
| Prevotella genogroup 3 | No |
| Prevotella genogroup 4 | No |
| Sneathia sanguinegens | No |
| Streptococcus gallolyticus | No |
Abbreviations: BV, bacterial vaginosis; PCR, polymerase chain reaction.
a Bacteria with >0.1% abundance across 25 samples in the study.