Toward accurate vaginal microbiome profiling: protocol, bioinformatics, and core microbiota characterisation
The findings highlight a Lactobacillus-rich microbiome as the most common among healthy females; however, further refinement-potentially through a metagenomics approach-is recommended to address 16S rRNA primer limitations to enable improved accuracy of microbial detection for the vaginal microbiome.
Authors
- Paul Joseph Dunn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4753-7430)
- Elham Nikbakht (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5949-0118)
- Larisa M. Haupt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7735-8110)
- I. W. F. Davidson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4672-7922)
Institutions
- Bond University (AU)
- Queensland University of Technology (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics
- Published
- 2025-05-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-025-03509-2
- Primary Topic
- Reproductive tract infections research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00