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Moreover, PTB is more common in pregnancies achieved by in-vitro fertilization (IVF) than in spontaneous pregnancies. Our aim was to compare the composition of vaginal microbiome at 12\u00a0weeks of gestation between women who conceived naturally or through IVF in order to study whether IVF PTB-risk could be related to vaginal microbiome composition. We performed an observational, prospective and multicentre study among two public hospitals and a fertility private clinic in Spain. Vaginal swabs from 64 pregnant women at 12\u00a0weeks of gestation were collected to analyse the microbiome composition by sequencing the V3\u2013V4 region of the 16S rRNA. Our results showed that the vaginal microbiome signature at 12\u00a0weeks of pregnancy was different from women who conceived naturally or through IVF. The beta diversity and the genus composition were different between both cohorts.\n                    <jats:italic>Gardnerella<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Neisseria<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Prevotella<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and\n                    <jats:italic>Staphylococcus<\/jats:italic>\n                    genus were enriched genus in the vaginal microbiome from the IVF group, allowing us to create a balance model to predict both cohorts. Moreover, at species level the\n                    <jats:italic>L. iners<\/jats:italic>\n                    abundance was higher and\n                    <jats:italic>L. gasseri<\/jats:italic>\n                    was lower in the IVF group. 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