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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2006
Larry J. Forney, Troy, ID (US);
James Foster, Potlatch, ID (US);
Celeste Brown, Moscow, ID (US);
Paul Joyce, Moscow, ID (US);
Zaid Abdo, Pullman, WA (US);
Audra Johnson, Moscow, ID (US);
Xia Zhou, Pullman, WA (US);
Larry J. Forney, Troy, ID (US);
James Foster, Potlatch, ID (US);
Celeste Brown, Moscow, ID (US);
Paul Joyce, Moscow, ID (US);
Zaid Abdo, Pullman, WA (US);
Audra Johnson, Moscow, ID (US);
Xia Zhou, Pullman, WA (US);
Idaho Research Foundation, Moscow, ID (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides methods for defining one or more microbial communities. In an example, the method can include providing a plurality of microbial profiles, wherein each microbial profile is established from a sample of microorganisms obtained from an individual subject. The method can also include identifying one or more consensus profiles from among the plurality of microbial profiles. These methods can be used to characterize normal and pathological microflora in vaginal samples.