Table 1 Identification of resident micro-organisms in native vagina wall tissue, after decellularization and after decellularization with complementation of an AAE-based sterilization treatment.
From: A sterilization method for human decellularized vaginal matrices
Sterilization method | Resident micro-organisms | Aerobic/anaerobic | Gram | Vagina microbe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Native control | Winkia neuii | Aerobic | + | Yes |
Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum | Aerobic | + | Yes, in masculine transgenders | |
Prevotella timonensis | Anaerobic | − | Yes | |
Gardnerella vaginalis | Anaerobic | + | Yes | |
Finegoldia magna | Anaerobic | + | Yes | |
Streptococcus agalactiae | Anaerobic | + | Yes | |
Staphylococcus lugdunensis | Anaerobic | + | Yes | |
Peptoniphilus lacydonensis | Anaerobic | + | Yes | |
Peptoniphilus lacrimalis | Anaerobic | + | Yes | |
Anaerococcus vaginalis | Anaerobic | + | Yes, in masculine transgenders | |
Facklamia hominis | Anaerobic | + | Suggested | |
Propionimicrobium lymphophilum | Anaerobic | + | No | |
Cutibacterium acnes | Anaerobic | + | No | |
Cutibacterium avidum | Anaerobic | + | No | |
Bacillus cereus/thuringiensis | Anaerobic | + | No | |
Actinomyces timonensis | Anaerobic | + | No | |
Decellularization | None | NA | NA | NA |
Sterilization AAE + 70% ethanol | None | NA | NA | NA |