Table 2 Characteristics of identified urotypes (groups of microbiota profiles clustered according to between-sample distance).

1

3 (0/3)

1.80 ± 0.33

Actinomycetales (including the Mobiluncus genus and Micrococcaceae family)

2a*

5 (2/3)

0.84 ± 0.54

Enterobacterales (Escherichia and Klebsiella)

2b

11 (0/11)

1.27 ± 0.61

Corynebacterium, Staphylococcus and Achromobacter

2c

11 (0/11)

1.17 ± 0.36

Staphylococcus and Corynebacterium

2d

11 (1/11)

1.48 ± 0.65

Streptococcus, Facklamia and A. tetradius; low percentages of Corynebacterium and Staphylococcus

2e

2 (0/2)

1.11

Lactobacillus and Corynebacterium

2f

2 (1/1)

1.92

Enterobacterales and Streptococcus

3

8 (1/7)

1.56 ± 0.57

A. tetradius, Corynebacterium or G. vaginalis

4

7 (6/1)

1.02 ± 0.73

G. vaginalis, A. vaginae or Actinotignum

5**

7 (2/5)

1.67 ± 0.71

Actinobaculum

6

11 (6/5)

0.82 ± 0.54

Lactobacillus

n.a.

6 (0/6)

1.36 ± 0.42

diverse