Table 2 Summary of community structure types detected within healthy FUM
From: Long-term stability of the urogenital microbiota of asymptomatic European women
Community structure type | Characteristic species combination (ordered by decreasing relative abundance, only top 3 shown) | Samples | Shannon index (mean, SD – standard deviation) |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Citrobacter koseri Enterococcus faecalis Lactobacillus jensenii | U26a | 0.002 |
2 | Escherichia coli Micrococcus luteus Lactobacillus jensenii | U26b | 0.33 |
3 | Bifidobacterium spp. Lactobacillus paragasseri Enterococcus faecalis | U4c U7a, U7b | 1.38 (SD 0.47) |
4 | Gardnerella swidsinskii Atopobium vaginae Dialister microaerophilus | U15a | 1.33 |
5 | Gardnerella vaginalis Bifidobacterium spp. Cutibacterium avidum | U15b U29a | 0.75 (SD 0.59) |
6 | Corynebacterium striatum Dermabacter hominis Staphylococcus aureus | U9a | 1.77 |
7 | Lactobacillus crispatus | U9b U11a, U11b U12b U23a, U23b | 1.11 (SD 0.84) |
8 | Streptococcus mitis/oralis Staphylococcus haemolyticus Micrococcus luteus | U4b | 1.90 |
9 | Lactobacillus jensenii Staphylococcus haemolyticus Staphylococcus epidermidis | U12a | 2.72 |
10 | Streptococcus agalactiae Staphylococcus epidermidis Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum | U3b, U3c U29b | 1.53 (SD 0.83) |