Marked sex differences and frequent carriage of recognized uropathogens in the human urogenital microbiome: urine profiles from a population-level shotgun metagenomics study
Tíscar Graells, Lin Yi-Ting, Paula Rodríguez-García, Oksana Lukjančenko, Tessa Schillemans, Janne Marie Moll, Henrik Bjorn Nielsen, Shafqat Ahmad, Tove Fall, Johan Ärnlöv
This study characterizes the human urogenital microbiome in a large population cohort, revealing sex-based differences and frequent uropathogen carriage in asymptomatic individuals.
bioRxiv · Aug 29, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology