Table 4.
Analysis of potential contaminants in the “white” sample and the average of the relative abundances detected in vaginal and endometrial analyses. Sphingomonas was excluded from vaginal and endometrial microbiota analysis because recognized by previous works as a contaminanta. Arthrobacter and Renibacterium are genera found in soil and water; we recognized them as contaminantsb,c. The other genera were not excluded because they were present in negligible quantities in the blank sample and described by previous works on vaginal and endometrial microbiota
| % value | Mean % value | Genus | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blank control | Endometrial catheter | Vaginal swab | |
| 38.54 | 24.36 | 1.00 | Sphingomonas |
| 10.65 | 5.32 | 0.28 | Arthrobacter |
| 6.38 | 1.71 | 0.10 | Pseudomonas |
| 2.04 | 2.17 | 0.08 | Propionibacterium |
| 1.44 | 0.05 | 0.00 | Acinetobacter |
| 1.26 | 0.21 | 0.03 | Staphylococcus |
| 0.43 | 1.08 | 0.03 | Pelomonas |
| 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.01 | Renibacterium |
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