ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2024
Seminal plasma microbiomes, sperm parameters, and cryopreservation in a healthy fertile population.
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- Unfolding the Semen Microbiota: Implications for Male Infertility.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- Seminal Plasma Microbiome Composition and Its Association with Sperm Morphology in Breeding Boars.Biology · 2026Article
- Age-Related Dynamics of Fecal Microbiota in the Captive Chimpanzee (Polish journal of microbiology · 2025Article
- Morphological Parameters of 29994 sperm in a fertile male population-based on Papanicolaou staining and SSA-II Plus.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
- Comprehensive microbiome and metabolome analysis revealed the changes of semen microbial characteristics and metabolic phenotypes in patients with idiopathic oligoasthenozoospermia.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: Recent advances in microbiome research have revealed the presence of diverse microbial communities in human tissues previously thought to be sterile. The present study delves into the emerging field of seminal plasma microbiomics, examining the relationship between semen microbes and semen parameters and post-freezing tolerance. Methods: The study involved a cohort of healthy fertility males and microbial genome analysis using 16S rRNA to characterize the microbial diversity of seminal plasma. Microbial diversity analysis identified unique amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) and genera dominant in seminal plasma. Spearman's correlation coefficient was used to assess the relationship between flora and semen parameters. A paired t-test was used to compare the changes in microbiome expression in seminal plasma before and after cryo-resuscitation. Results: The relevant results show that the top five phyla in terms of abundance of seminal plasma microbiome were Conclusion: The semen of normal fertile individuals contains a microflora component that is closely related to semen quality, including the sperm's ability to withstand freezing.
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