Identification and plasmid profiles of Lactobacillus species from the vagina of 100 healthy women

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-26

  Reid, Gregor ^a,b   McGroarty, Jacqueline A ^c   Tomeczek, Lisa ^d   Bruce, Andrew W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lactobacillus; Profile; Vagina

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NONOXINOL 9;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINA FLORA;

EID: 0030220891     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0928-8244(96)00039-9     Document Type: Article

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