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. 2019 May 23;9:7750. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-44157-8

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Sequencing results compared to the bacterial and other microscopic findings in the Pap smears. The colored bars represent sequencing-based bacterial composition for each subject, other features are based on microscopy of Pap smears. The subjects are grouped based on the microscopy as follows: Group ‘Normal’ represents usual rod-shaped bacteria, ‘Mixed Bacteria’ represents atypical or mixed bacteria without clue cells and ‘BV’ represents subjects with clue cells. Lactobacillus grade (LBG) and modified aerobic vaginitis score (AV) can be found below the bars. Presence of cytolysis (C) and yeast (Y) in the smears are indicated by letters. *Pap smear did not contain enough bacteria for LBG classification.