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These scientists have a plan to demystify the vaginal microbiome

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There's a dearth of data on vaginal microbiota — the microbes and their functions.

A 2011 paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences identified five categories of vaginal bacterial communities in North American women who showed no signs of illness.

A lack of Lactobacillus bacterial species and an overgrowth of others — a condition called bacterial vaginosis — has been associated with myriad issues.