Sub-communities of the vaginal microbiota in pregnant and non-pregnant women

Abstract Diverse and non- Lactobacillus -dominated vaginal microbial communities are associated with adverse health outcomes such as preterm birth and the acquisition of sexually transmitted infections. Despite the importance of recognizing and understanding the key risk-associated features of these communities, their heterogeneous structure and properties remain ill-defined. Clustering approaches are commonly used to characterize vaginal …