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FarCenter (17,314 posts) Characterizing the “Healthy†Vagina For years, researchers characterized the microbial community of women’s vaginas as being dominated by Lactobacillus bacteria, which ferment carbohydrates to lactic acid, yielding a low pH that is toxic to many pathogenic microbes. When levels of Lactobacillus drop, the pH becomes more neutral, and the risk of infection rises. But with research revealing notable variation among women’s vaginal microbiomes, as well as some interesting dynamics of the microbial communities within a single organ, “that dogma is changing a little bit,†said Gregory Buck of the Vaginal Microbiome Consortium at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). The composition and stability of the vaginal microbiome varies by race, age, even within an individual—and it’s quickly become clear that the formula for a “normal,†“healthy†microbial community cannot be computed by ratios of bacterial species. “In the past we’ve made some generalizations about what kinds of bacteria are found in the vagina, what kinds of bacteria are good or healthy or protective,†said microbial ecologist Larry Forney of the University of Idaho. “What the research is showing is there are tremendous differences between women in terms of the kinds of bacteria that are present and the changes in the communities that occur over time.†... The researchers also found that the composition of a woman’s vaginal microbiome was linked to her race. Eighty percent of Asian women and nearly 90 percent of white women harbored vaginal microbiomes that were dominated by Lactobacillus, while only about 60 percent of Hispanic and black women did. Moreover, vaginal pH varied with ethnicity as well, with Hispanic and black women averaging 5.0 and 4.7, respectively, and Asian and white women averaging 4.4 and 4.2. “There is a racial difference in the vaginal environment and the microbial in parallel,†said Buck. http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/40006/title/Characterizing-the--Healthy--Vagina/
Eighty percent of Asian women and nearly 90 percent of white women harbored vaginal microbiomes that were dominated by Lactobacillus, while only about 60 percent of Hispanic and black women did.
Iggo (26,138 posts) 2. Why?
redqueen (106,817 posts) 3. Because VAGINA!!!!Can't believe you have to ask. It's like ****ing romper room in here.
Silent3 (7,768 posts) 21. I wonder if this research involved creating new cheeses? http://www.cnet.com/news/cheese-made-from-human-toe-jam-belly-button-bacteria/
Vaginal Microbiome Consortium at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)
Characterizing the “Healthy†Vagina
A healthy vagina is like a healthy field.It should be plowed, fertilized, and tended to regularly.
So Asian and White snappers are cleaner?
Tue May 27, 2014, 06:51 PMAngryAmish (20,613 posts) 12. Race is a social construct.This research is bullshit.
Wed May 28, 2014, 10:37 AMLee-Lee (862 posts) 22. Really? Do you think genetics are just fantasy too?What other sciences do you dismiss? What next, going to tell us people choose to be homosexual?
don't forget to plant the seeds
Tue May 27, 2014, 06:51 PMAngryAmish (20,613 posts)12. Race is a social construct.
The sickle cell disagrees with you, DUmmy.
I submitted a paper for that conference."If It Smells Like Fish, You Know It's a Dish"- Correlation between Vaginal Flora and Olfactory Triggers Of Mating Behavior.I don't know why they rejected it. Douchebags.
Tue May 27, 2014, 06:51 PMAngryAmish (20,613 posts)12. Race is a social construct.This research is bullshit.
Now Vesta will be along any second to tell us all about uncircumcised penises.
The very headline itself made me feel violated all over.
Wait'll you see what $20'll getcha.
soon as you find your manhood all else falls into place.
If Ft. Hood was "workplace violence," then the Hindenburg was an air show.
I don't know if sand glows in the dark, but we're gonna find out.
Why are even bringing this up along with race????????????
Read upthread. Getting DUmmies to cooperate is like herding cats.
I don't imaging that a liberal woman (?) knows what a douche is. They believe in that natural order ODOR of things.
There are genetic differences in the races other than skin color.....but we can't talk about that, it would be racist.
