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The objective of this study was to characterize the vaginal microbiomes across a more diverse intercontinental group of women (\n                      <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 151) of different ethnicities (African American, African Kenyan, Afro-Caribbean, Asian Indonesian and Caucasian German) using 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis to determine their structures and offer a comprehensive description of the non-\n                      <jats:italic>Lactobacillus<\/jats:italic>\n                      dominant CSTs and subtypes.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      In this study, the bacterial composition of the vaginal microbiomes differed significantly among the ethnic groups.\n                      <jats:italic>Lactobacillus<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp. (\n                      <jats:italic>L<\/jats:italic>\n                      .\n                      <jats:italic>crispatus<\/jats:italic>\n                      and\n                      <jats:italic>L<\/jats:italic>\n                      .\n                      <jats:italic>iners<\/jats:italic>\n                      ) dominated the vaginal microbiomes in African American women (91.8%) compared to European (German, 42.4%), Asian (Indonesian, 45.0%), African (Kenyan, 34.4%) and Afro-Caribbean (26.1%) women. Expanding on CST classification, three subtypes of CST IV (CST IV-A, IV-B and IV-C) (\n                      <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 56, 37.1%) and four additional CSTs were described: CST VI\n                      <jats:italic>Gardnerella vaginalis<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2014dominant (\n                      <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 6, 21.8%); CST VII (\n                      <jats:italic>Prevotella<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2014dominant,\n                      <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 1, 0.66%); CST VIII (\n                      <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 9, 5.96%), resembling aerobic vaginitis, was differentiated by a high proportion of taxa such as\n                      <jats:italic>Enterococcus<\/jats:italic>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic>Streptococcus<\/jats:italic>\n                      and\n                      <jats:italic>Staphylococcus<\/jats:italic>\n                      (relative abundance [RA] &gt; 50%) and CST IX (\n                      <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 7, 4.64%) dominated by genera other than\n                      <jats:italic>Lactobacillus<\/jats:italic>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic>Gardnerella<\/jats:italic>\n                      or\n                      <jats:italic>Prevotella<\/jats:italic>\n                      (\n                      <jats:italic>e.g<\/jats:italic>\n                      .,\n                      <jats:italic>Bifidobacterium breve<\/jats:italic>\n                      and\n                      <jats:italic>Anaerococcus vaginalis<\/jats:italic>\n                      ). Within the vaginal microbiomes, 32 \u201ctaxa with high pathogenic potential\u201d (THPP) were identified. Collectively, THPP (mean RA ~5.24%) negatively correlated (r\n                      <jats:sub>s<\/jats:sub>\n                      = \u22120.68,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 2.2e\u221216) with\n                      <jats:italic>Lactobacillus<\/jats:italic>\n                      species but not significantly with\n                      <jats:italic>Gardnerella<\/jats:italic>\n                      \/\n                      <jats:italic>Prevotella<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp. combined (r = \u22120.13,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.1). However, at the individual level,\n                      <jats:italic>Mycoplasma hominis<\/jats:italic>\n                      exhibited moderate positive correlations with\n                      <jats:italic>Gardnerella<\/jats:italic>\n                      (r = 0.46,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 2.6e\u221209) and\n                      <jats:italic>Prevotella<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp. (r = 0.47,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 1.4e\u221209).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      These findings while supporting the idea that vaginal microbiomes vary with ethnicity, also suggest that CSTs are more wide-ranging and not exclusive to any particular ethnic group. This study offers additional insight into the structure of the vaginal microbiome and contributes to the description and subcategorization of non-\n                      <jats:italic>Lactobacillus-<\/jats:italic>\n                      dominated CSTs.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.7717\/peerj.14449","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,29]],"date-time":"2022-11-29T03:35:18Z","timestamp":1669692918000},"page":"e14449","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":38,"title":["Insights into the vaginal microbiome in a diverse group of women of African, Asian and European ancestries"],"prefix":"10.7717","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Orville St. E.","family":"Roachford","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Bridgetown, Barbados"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3517-9576","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Angela T.","family":"Alleyne","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Bridgetown, Barbados"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Karen E.","family":"Nelson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"J. 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