Evidence for an indigenous female mouse urobiome

Sidra Sohail; Daniel Bushnell; Mark Khemmani; Sridhar Narla; Olivia Lamana; Bhanu Sharma; Robert B. Moreland; Alan J. Wolfe; Catherine S. Forster

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0331633

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Evidence for an indigenous female mouse urobiome

Sidra Sohail,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America
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Daniel Bushnell,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Mark Khemmani,

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

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America
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Sridhar Narla,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Olivia Lamana,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Biomedical Research Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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Bhanu Sharma,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Robert B. Moreland,

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America
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Alan J. Wolfe ,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: forstercs@upmc.edu (CSF); awolfe@luc.edu (AJW)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4532-0545

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Catherine S. Forster

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: forstercs@upmc.edu (CSF); awolfe@luc.edu (AJW)

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Evidence for an indigenous female mouse urobiome

Sidra Sohail,
Daniel Bushnell,
Mark Khemmani,
Sridhar Narla,
Olivia Lamana,
Bhanu Sharma,
Robert B. Moreland,
Alan J. Wolfe,
Catherine S. Forster

Published: November 5, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0331633

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