In a new study published today in the journal mBio, researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) report that the long-standing view of the vaginal microbiome as either “optimal” or “non-optimal” based on a small number of bacterial species is overly simplistic. By analyzing vaginal microbiome data at unprecedented resolution, the team identified 25 distinct vaginal microbiome types and demonstrated that bacteria of the same species can differ substantially in their functional potential, thereby affecting how these microbes interact with the body.
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