List of microbiota species of the lower reproductive tract of women

This is the list of healthy

This is the list of the normal flora that are found in the lower reproductive tract of

Aerobes

These bacteria may be detected as transients or are marginally discernable with PCR techniques. They are also opportunistic pathogens and their overgrowth is considered an infection though symptoms and signs may be absent.

While the vaginal microbiota is populated predominantly by Lactobacillus spp. in 71% of women, 29% of asymptomatic, healthy women possess a microbiota essentially lacking in Lactobacillus and instead the following groups have been isolated from this population. This microbiota is affiliated with ethnicity:

Yeast

Candida albicans and other spp.^[2]

Microbiota changes

Further reading

• Bacterial vaginosis: a review on clinical trials with probiotics (2013)
• Enhanced Trapping of HIV-1 by Human Cervicovaginal Mucus Is Associated with Lactobacillus crispatus-Dominant Microbiota (2015)

External links

Wikispecies has information related to Microbiota.

• Aagaard K, Riehle K, Ma J, Segata N, Mistretta TA, Coarfa C, Raza S, Rosenbaum S, Van den Veyver I, Milosavljevic A, Gevers D, Huttenhower C, Petrosino J, Versalovic J (2012). "A metagenomic approach to characterization of the vaginal microbiome signature in pregnancy". PLOS ONE. 7 (6): e36466.
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• CDC
• NIH/Medline
• Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID; Salpingitis, Endometritis)