Question

This ecosystem can be clustered into groups dominated by one of the crispatus, iners, gasseri, or jensenii species of a certain genus or by other anaerobic species. During this ecosystem’s development, deposition of glycogen in its surroundings facilitates acidification and colonization. Nugent scores characterize a dysbiosis of this ecosystem (-5[1])that can be corrected with metronidazole gel. (10[1]-5[1])That dysbiosis (-5[1])of this ecosystem (-5[1])occurs (10[1])when Atopobium, Prevotella, or Gardnerella (-5[1])species (-5[1])form biofilms that replace normal (-5[1])inhabitants. Boric acid capsules (10[1])prevent the overgrowth of Candida (-5[2])in this ecosystem, (10[1]-5[4])which may be triggered by antibiotic (-5[1])use. (-5[3])A discouraged “seeding” procedure exposes C-section infants to this ecosystem, (10[1]-5[1])which they otherwise would not contact. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this Lactobacillus-dominated environment that maintains the acidic conditions of a major reproductive structure. (10[1]0[1])■END■ (10[5]0[9])

ANSWER: vaginal microbiome [or vaginal microbiota; or vaginal microflora; or microbiome of the female genital tract; prompt on vagina or female genital tract or FGT; prompt on human microbiome or microbiota or microflora; reject “gut microbiome” or equivalents; reject “skin microbiome” or equivalents]
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= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2446%0%79%102.36

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Eric WolfsbergStanford AWUSTL A48-5
Shahar SchwartzUC Berkeley AHarvard A55-5
Halle FriedmanNYU APurdue A5510
Joelle SmartRutgers AIowa State A57-5
Ameya PhadnisRutgers BJohns Hopkins A60-5
Noah ChenColumbia BHouston A6110
Daniel MaYale AChicago B66-5
Ian ChowToronto ANorthwestern A67-5
Chris RayOhio State AGeorgia Tech A72-5
Adam FineChicago ACornell A7610
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTL BIllinois A81-5
Tracy MirkinFlorida AMaryland A81-5
Alan XieYale BClaremont A84-5
Andrew HannaVanderbilt AImperial A8410
Steven LiuMIT AColumbia A84-5
Todd MaslykMichigan AUC Berkeley B84-5
Dan NiCornell BChicago C84-5
Jason HongBrown ADuke A90-5
Julian GatchSouth Carolina APenn A91-5
Karan GurazadaTexas ANorth Carolina A91-5
Benjamin WeinerMinnesota BFlorida B91-5
Alex SchmidtPenn State AGeorgia Tech B10110
David BassVirginia AMcGill A101-5
Shardul RaoMinnesota AIndiana A107-5
Sharath NarayanNorthwestern AToronto A12410
Conor ThompsonIowa State ARutgers A1240
Kevin FanMcGill AVirginia A1250
Annabelle YangWUSTL AStanford A12510
Anirudh BharadwajPenn ASouth Carolina A1250
Geoffrey WuColumbia AMIT A1250
Stevie MillerMaryland AFlorida A12510
Ashish SubramanianDuke ABrown A1250
Jonathan LauJohns Hopkins ARutgers B12510
Justin DuffyHarvard AUC Berkeley A1250
John MarvinChicago BYale A1250
Jim FanNorth Carolina ATexas A1250
Alex AkridgeIndiana AMinnesota A12510
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BMichigan A12510
Arya KarthikGeorgia Tech AOhio State A1250
Max BrodskyIllinois AWUSTL B1250