Table 2 Bacterial description of the six established community state types and their prevalences among the 238 heterosexual Black South African men

CST-1

Corynebacterium (69.5 (59.5–81.2))

Staphylococcus (3.4 (1.5–8.8))

CST-2

Corynebacterium (41.4 (37.9–48.1))

Unclassified Clostridiales (12.9 (4.3–22.8))

Porphyromonas (8.3 (2.3–23.9))

CST-3

Gardnerella (29.2 (23.3–37.7))

Corynebacterium (24.6 (11.2–32.6))

CST-4

Chryseobacterium (22.0 (12.3–34.2))

Corynebacterium (16.3 (7.8–29.6))

Acinetobacter (15.2 (1.2–36.7))

CST-5

Prevotella (20.1 (2.5–35.7))

Unclassified Clostridiales (16.4 (2.1–30.8))

Corynebacterium (11.7 (2.8–20.6))

Porphyromonas (8.8 (2.7–24.9))

CST-6

Lactobacillus (73.4 (64.1–91.05))

Corynebacterium (9.0 (6.4–13.9))