Structure and regulation of the cervicovaginal microbiome in a cohort of 1 Afro-Caribbean women 2 3

Structure and regulation of the cervicovaginal microbiome in a cohort of 1 Afro-Caribbean women 2 3 Orville St. E. Roachford*, Angela T. Alleyne, Claire Kuelbs, Manolito G. Torralba, and 4 Karen E. Nelson 5 Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill 6 Campus, Bridgetown, BB 11000, BARBADOS. 7 J. Craig Venter Institute, 9605 Medical Center Drive Suite 150, Rockville, MD 20850, USA. 8 J. Craig Venter Institute, 4120 Capricorn Lane, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. 9 10 Corresponding address: Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences, The University of 11 the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Bridgetown, BB 11000, BARBADOS. 12