Included articles that used VMB clustering | Price et al. | Gudza et al. | Brabin et al. | Borgdorff et al. | Gautam et al. | Frank et al. | Donders et al. |
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Name of cluster | Community state type (CST) | ClusterR | Cluster KRST | Genus-level clustering | morpho-types grades | ||
Diversity group: Higher proportions of strictly anaerobic bacteria, including Prevotella, Dialister, Atopobium, Gardnerella, Megasphaera, Peptoniphilus, Sneathia, Eggerthella, Aerococcus, Finegoldia, and Mobiluncus. | CST-IV | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Diversity group: High abundances of Gardnerella, Prevotella and Atopobium species and lower abundances of Dialister, Megasphaera and Mobiluncus species and BVAB1 and the presence of a lower abundance of L. iners. | Â | Â | Â | R-III | KRST-III | Â | Â |
Diversity group: Higher proportions of strictly anaerobic bacteria, especially G vaginalis, BVAB1. | Â | CST-IVA | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Diversity group: Higher proportions of strictly anaerobic bacteria, especially G vaginalis, L iners, and A vaginae. | Â | CST-IVB | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Diversity group: High abundances of Gardnerella, Prevotella and Atopobium species and lower abundances of Dialister, Megasphaera and Mobiluncus species and BVAB1, L. iners, and high abundance Gardnerella genus. | CST-IV-I | Â | Â | R-IV | KRST-IV | Â | Â |
Diversity group: High abundances of Gardnerella, Prevotella and Atopobium species and lower abundances of Dialister, Megasphaera and Mobiluncus species and BVAB1, and lower total bacterial abundance than the other mixed anaerobic clusters. | Â | Â | Â | R-V | KRST-V | Â | Â |
Diversity group: High abundances of Gardnerella, Prevotella and Atopobium species and lower abundances of Dialister, Megasphaera and Mobiluncus species and BVAB1, L. iners, and highest levels of Prevotella species. | Â | Â | Â | R-VI | KRST-VI | Â | Â |
Diversity group: Higher proportions of strictly anaerobic bacteria and G. vaginalis, and A. vaginae. | CST-IV-II | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Diversity group: Higher proportions of strictly anaerobic bacteria other than G. vaginalis and A. vaginae. | CST-IV-III | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Diversity group: pooled dysbiotic clusters. | Â | Â | Â | Â | KRST-pIII-V | Â | Â |
Diversity group: Mixed of variety of genera, dominated by Gardnerella spp. and Lactobacillus spp. | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Cluster 3 | Â |
Diversity group: low Lactobacillus spp. and diverse anaerobic groups (eg, Prevotella, Sneathia, Peptostreptococcus) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Cluster 4 | Â |
Diversity group: lesser Lactobacillus spp mixed with other bacteria. | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Grade II |
Diversity group: Absence of Lactobacillus spp or overwhelming presence of other bacteria (not specified). | Â | Â | CST IV | Â | Â | Â | Grade III |
Diversity group: Dominated by coagulase-negative staphylococci (S. haemolyticus and S. epidermidis) with lesser quantities of lactobacilli | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Cluster 2 | Â |