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REVIEW article

Front. Microbiol.
Sec. Microbial Symbioses
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1434498
This article is part of the Research Topic Understanding the Female Reproductive Microbiome in Livestock View all 8 articles

Dynamic principles of the microbiome and the bovine vagina: a review

Provisionally accepted
Nicholas Wege Dias Nicholas Wege Dias 1*Rebecca Poole Rebecca Poole 2Dallas R. Soffa Dallas R. Soffa 2Kyle Joel Hickman Brown Kyle Joel Hickman Brown 2
  • 1 Department of Animal Sciences & Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, United States
  • 2 Department of Animal Science, Texas A and M University, College Station, Texas, United States

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    The role of microbes inhabiting various body sites in supporting host physiology and health is substantial, and recent advancements in DNA sequencing technology have facilitated a more in-depth understanding of these microbial contributions. The influence of microbiota within a given organ can be broadly categorized as having two main functions: 1) promoting organ homeostasis and 2) creating conditions that inhibit the growth of pathogenic microorganisms, thereby protecting the host from diseases. In livestock production, numerous phenotypes critical to industry outcomes are affected by the microbiome, which has sparked considerable academic interest in recent years. This review aims to analyze the extensive data available on the microbiomes of humans and other mammalian species, examining microbiome ecology to elucidate principles that may assist in interpreting data on livestock microbiomes.Additionally, the review will discuss techniques available for investigating various microbiome aspects and will examine existing data on the reproductive microbiome, with a particular focus on the bovine vaginal microbiome.

    Keywords: microbiome review, bovine vaginal microbiome, bovine fertility, Reproductive microbiome, microbiome ecology

    Received: 17 May 2024; Accepted: 12 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Wege Dias, Poole, Soffa and Hickman Brown. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Nicholas Wege Dias, Department of Animal Sciences & Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, United States

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