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The female uro-genital tract presents several pathologies, such as sexually transmitted diseases or genital cancer, that could benefit from such technology. While bacteria from the gut microbiome are increasingly engineered, the use of chassis isolated from the female uro-genital resident flora has been limited. A major hurdle to implement the experimental throughput required for efficient engineering in these non-model bacteria is their low transformability. Here we report an optimized electrotransformation protocol for\n                    <jats:italic>Lactobacillus jensenii<\/jats:italic>\n                    , one the most widespread species across vaginal microflora. Starting from classical conditions, we optimized buffers, electric field parameters, cuvette type and DNA quantity to achieve an 80-fold improvement in transformation efficiency, with up to 3.5\u00b710\n                    <jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup>\n                    CFUs\/\u03bcg of DNA in\n                    <jats:italic>L<\/jats:italic>\n                    .\n                    <jats:italic>jensenii ATCC 25258<\/jats:italic>\n                    . We also identify several plasmids that are maintained and support reporter gene expression in\n                    <jats:italic>L<\/jats:italic>\n                    .\n                    <jats:italic>jensenii<\/jats:italic>\n                    . Finally, we demonstrate that our protocol provides increased transformability in three independent clinical isolates of\n                    <jats:italic>L<\/jats:italic>\n                    .\n                    <jats:italic>jensenii<\/jats:italic>\n                    . 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