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NotSanguine writes:

A team led by Virginia Commonwealth University professor Jennifer Fettweis have characterized a previously uncatalogued bacterial STD which is strongly associated with another STD, Trichomoniasis.

From the paper's abstract:

Here, we characterize an uncultivated vaginal mycoplasma tightly associated with trichomoniasis that was previously known by its 16S rRNA sequence as “Mnola.” In this study, the mycoplasma was found almost exclusively in women infected with the sexually transmitted pathogen Trichomonas vaginalis, but rarely observed in women with no diagnosed disease.

The newly characterized bacterium's (proposed name “Candidatus Mycoplasma girerdii”) relationship to Trichomoniasis is unclear, but is found to be quite prolific in those infected with it.

1. "NotSanguine" - https://soylentnews.org/~NotSanguine/
2. "characterized" - http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0110943
3. "Trichomoniasis" - https://en.wikipedia.o/wiki/Trichomoniasis
4. "paper" - http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0110943

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