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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2017 Jul 15;22(5):284–289. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2017.07.002

Table 1.

Key bacterial taxa in pregnancy and during perinatal period.

Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Firmicutes Bacilli Bacillales Staphylococcaceae Staphylococcus
Lactobacillales Streptococcaceae Streptococcus
Enterococcaceae Enterococcus
Lactobacillaceae Lactobacillus
Clostridia Clostridiales Clostridiaceae Clostridium
Negativicutes Selenomonadales Veillonellaceae Veillonella
Tenericutes Mollicutes Mycoplasmatales Mycoplasmataceae Ureaplasma
Mycoplasma
Proteobacteria γ-Proteobacteria Enterobacteriales Enterobacteriaceae Klebsiella
Escherichia
Proteus
Serratia
Enterobacter
Cronobacter
Pseudomonadales Pseudomonadaceae Pseudomonas
Moraxellaceae Acinetobacter
α-Proteobacteria
Bacteroidetes Bacteroidetes Bacteroidales Bacteroidaceae Bacteroides
Prevotellaceae Prevotella
Actinobacteria Actinobacteria Bifidobacteriales Bifidobacteriaceae Bifidobacterium
Gardnerella
Propionibacteriales Propionibacteriaceae Propionibacterium
Coriobacteriales Coriobacteriaceae Atopobium
Actinomycetales
Fusobacteria Fusobacteria Fusobacteriales Leptotrichiaceae Leptotrichia
Sneathia