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The majority of bacteria in the the female reproductive tract (FRT) reside in the vagina
Łaniewski et al. 2020 Nature Reviews Urology 17: 233-250

Newborn gut microbiota is similar the mother's vaginal flora (rich in lactobacilli)

From the eight phyla that we observed in the vaginal ecosystem, Firmicutes constituted the vast majority of vaginal microbiota in healthy women, while Bacteroidetes, Actinobacteria and Fusobacteria were strongly associated with Bacterial vaginosis
Ling et al. 2010 BMC Genomics 11: 488

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