However, the oral anaerobe Rothia amarae was associated with higher expression of the regulatory factor GHSR and an unclassified Rothia species was associated with higher expression of the pro-inflammatory gene REG3G. Species in three genera canonically associated with Bacterial Vaginosis (BV), Atopobium, Prevotella, and Sneathia, were correlated with lower expression of inflammatory genes, but one unannotated Prevotella ASV was negatively correlated with ZFP36, an immune regulatory gene. This evidence concerns the gene REG3G and bacterial vaginosis.