Reviewing the Composition of Vaginal Microbiota: Inclusion of Nutrition and Probiotic Factors in the Maintenance of Eubiosis Barrientos Durán, Antonio Fuentes López, Ana Salazar, Adolfo de Plaza Díaz, Julio García García, Federico Vaginal microbiome Bacterial communities Vaginal dysbiosis Bacterial vaginosis Hormone replacement therapy Risk factors Nutrition The vaginal microbiota has importance in preserving vaginal health and defending the host against disease. The advent of new molecular techniques and computer science has allowed researchers to discover microbial composition in depth and associate the structure of vaginal microbial communities. There is a consensus that vaginal flora is grouped into a restricted number of communities, although the structure of the community is constantly changing. Certain Community-State Types (CSTs) are more associated with poor reproductive outcomes and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) meanwhile, CSTs dominated by Lactobacillus species—particularly Lactobacillus crispatus—are more related to vaginal health. In this work, we have reviewed how modifiable and non-modifiable factors may affect normal vaginal microbiota homeostasis—including sexual behavior, race or ethnicity, and hygiene. Special interest has been given to how the use of probiotics, diet intake, and use of hormone replacement therapies (HRTs) can potentially impact vaginal microbiota composition. 2020-05-05T11:47:45Z 2020-05-05T11:47:45Z 2020-02-06 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Barrientos-Durán, A., Fuentes-López, A., de Salazar, A., Plaza-Díaz, J., & García, F. (2020). Reviewing the Composition of Vaginal Microbiota: Inclusion of Nutrition and Probiotic Factors in the Maintenance of Eubiosis. Nutrients, 12(2), 419. http://hdl.handle.net/10481/61782 10.3390/nu12020419 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Atribución 3.0 España MDPI