Defining Vaginal Community Dynamics: daily microbiome transitions, the role of menstruation, bacteriophages and bacterial genes
L. W. Hugerth, M. C. Krog, K. Vomstein, J. Du, Z. Bashir, V. Kaldhusdal, E. Fransson, L. Engstrand, H. S. Nielsen, I. Schuppe-Koistinen
This study classifies vaginal microbiome dynamics into four types using daily samples and identifies factors like phage abundance and bacterial strains that influence these dynamics.
bioRxiv · Jun 2, 2023Microbiology