Fig. 1
From: Vaginal microbiota and the potential of Lactobacillus derivatives in maintaining vaginal health
Schematic illustration of the human vaginal community state types (CSTs) based on scientific literature. The healthy and diseased state of vaginal microbiota can be classified into five common CSTs according to their respective characteristics. These CSTs are dominated mainly L. crispatus, L. gasseri, L. iners, bacterial vaginosis-associated bacteria (BVAB), and L. jensenii [6, 10, 47, 96, 262, 263]