Research Article
Temporal Shifts in Microbial Communities in Nonpregnant African-American Women with and without Bacterial Vaginosis
Table 1
Relevant clinical and 16S
rRNA gene clone library information for the seven participants in this study.
| | Participant | Library | BV Score | pH | Menstrual cycle (week) | Frequency of intercourse (week prior) | Antibiotic/ antifungal (previous month) | No. of clones in library | Phylogenetic affiliation of dominant phylotype | Dominant phylotype (% of library) |
| | 1 | 1a | 0 | 4.4 | 2 | 0 | No | 85 | Lactobacillus
crispatus | 98 | | 1b | 1 | 4.4 | 3 | 0 | No | 86 | L. crispatus | 98 |
| | 2 | 2a | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Antibiotic | 50 | L. crispatus | 100 | | 2b | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | No | 91 | L. crispatus | 99 |
| | 3 | 3a | 2 | 4.7 | 3 | 0 | Antibiotic | 53 | Lactobacillus gasseri | 62 | | 3b | 4 | 4.7 | 3 | 0 | No | 58 | L. gasseri | 95 |
| | 4 | 4a | 1 | 4.4 | 4 | 4 | Antifungal | 79 | Lactobacillus iners | 99 | | 4b | 2 | 4.7 | 4 | 0 | Antifungal | 50 | L. iners | 98 | | 4c | 0 | 4.4 | | 1 | Antifungal | 74 | L. iners | 99 |
| | 5 | 5a | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 3 | No | 53 | L. iners | 91 | | 5b | 4 | 4.7 | 2 | 4 | No | 60 | L. iners | 98 | | 5c | 0 | * | | 0 | No | 60 | L. crispatus | 93 |
| | 6 | 6a | 8 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | No | 147 | L. iners | 59 | | 6b | 8 | 5.8 | 4 | 1 | No | 170 | L. iners | 41 | | 6c | 8 | 5.8 | 3 | 0 | No | 162 | Leptotrichia amnionii | 36 | | 6d | 4 | 4.0 | | 0 | No | 159 | L. iners | 76 |
| | 7 | 7a | 8 | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | No | 119 | Megasphaera sp. | 62 | | 7b | 9 | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | No | 165 | L. iners | 54 | | 7c | 8 | 5.5 | 2 | 1 | No | 130 | L. iners | 35 | | 7d | 8 | 5.5 | 1 | 0 | No | 92 | Prevotella buccalis | 40 |
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*Missing data. menstrual cycle.
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