Microbiota-based analysis reveals specific bacterial traits and a novel strategy for the diagnosis of infectious infertility

• Simon Graspeuntner,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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• Michael K. Bohlmann,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Luebeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Mannheim, Mannheim, Baden-Wuertemberg, Germany

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• Kathrin Gillmann,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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• Runa Speer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Berlin Department of Public Health, Center for Sexual Health, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Sven Kuenzel,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Ploen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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• Heike Mark,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Berlin Department of Public Health, Center for Sexual Health, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Friederike Hoellen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Luebeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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• Reinhard Lettau,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Outpatient Medical Care for Gynecology, Luebeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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• Georg Griesinger,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Reproductive Medicine and Gynecological Endocrinology, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Luebeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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• Inke R. König,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Medical Biometry and Statistics, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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• John F. Baines,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Ploen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Institute for Experimental Medicine, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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• Jan Rupp

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jan.rupp@uksh.de

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8722-1233

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