Mycobiome Study Reveals Different Pathogens of Vulvovaginal Candidiasis Shape Characteristic Vaginal Bacteriome/Experiment 1

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Needs review

Curated date: 2025/06/03

Curator: Aleru Divine

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine

Subjects

Location of subjects
China
Host species Species from which microbiome was sampled. Contact us to have more species added.
Homo sapiens
Body site Anatomical site where microbial samples were extracted from according to the Uber Anatomy Ontology
Vagina Distal oviductal region,Distal portion of oviduct,Vaginae,Vagina,vagina
Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Vulvovaginal candidiasis Candidal vulvovaginitis,candidal vulvovaginitis,Candidal vulvovaginitis (disorder),Candidal vulvovaginitis NOS (disorder),Candidal: [vulvovaginitis NOS] or [cervix],candidal: [vulvovaginitis NOS] or [cervix],candidal: cervix,Candidiasis of vulva and vagina,candidiasis of vulva and vagina,Candidiasis, Vulvovaginal,Monilial vulvovaginitis,monilial vulvovaginitis,vaginal candidiasis,Vulvovaginal Candidiasis,vulvovaginal candidiasis,Vulvovaginal candidiasis
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Other reproductive tracts Infection (RTI) subjects + Healthy Controls
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) (I)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
The participants in this group belong to the first community state type (CST) identified from the VVC subjects.
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
152
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
9
Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any)
1 month

Lab analysis

Sequencing type
16S
16S variable region One or more hypervariable region(s) of the bacterial 16S gene
V1-V2
Sequencing platform Manufacturer and experimental platform used for quantifying microbial abundance
Illumina

Statistical Analysis

Data transformation Data transformation applied to microbial abundance measurements prior to differential abundance testing (if any).
relative abundances
Statistical test
LEfSe
Significance threshold p-value or FDR threshold used for differential abundance testing (if any)
0.05
MHT correction Have statistical tests be corrected for multiple hypothesis testing (MHT)?
No
LDA Score above Threshold for the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score for studies using the popular LEfSe tool
2.0


Signature 1

Needs review

Curated date: 2025/06/04

Curator: Aleru Divine

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine

Source: Figure 4

Description: Differentially abundant taxa between three RTIs and healthy control groups

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) (I)

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Aerococcus
Bacteroides uniformis
Bifidobacterium
Bifidobacterium adolescentis

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine