Table 3.

The core genera identified in female samples

Phylum	Genus	Relative abundance (%)	Range (%)
Tenericutes	Candidatus_Hepatoplasma	22.71	0.000–54.672
Proteobacteria	Photobacterium	6.12	0.000–40.127
Proteobacteria	Arcobacter	5.88	0.083–28.949
Bacteroidetes	Bacteroides	5.55	0.000–47.259
Bacteroidetes	Carboxylicivirga	4.78	0.206–29.438
Spirochaetae	Spirochaeta_2	4.54	0.000–35.887
Proteobacteria	Vibrio	3.05	0.074–18.715
Firmicutes	Defluviitaleaceae_UCG_011	1.59	0.000–7.729
Firmicutes	Clostridium_sensu_stricto_1	0.70	0.000–4.331
Firmicutes	Clostridium_sensu_stricto_11	0.52	0.000–6.029
Firmicutes	Romboutsia	0.41	0.000–6.419
Proteobacteria	Shewanella	0.39	0.007–3.808
Firmicutes	Lactobacillus	0.37	0.000–3.316
Proteobacteria	Desulfovibrio	0.29	0.007–1.440
Tenericutes	Candidatus_Bacilloplasma	0.24	0.000–1.511