Identification of randomly selected colonies of lactobacilli from normal vaginal fluid by pyrosequencing of the 16S rDNA variable V1 and V3 regions

APMIS

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 802-810

  Tärnberg, Maria ^a   Jakobsson, Tell ^a   Jonasson, Jon ^a,b   Forsum, Urban ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

16S rRNA genes; Lactobacillus; Pyrosequencing; Vaginal fluid

Indexed keywords

AGAR; DNA 16S; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS INERS; LACTOBACILLUS JENSENII; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VAGINA;

EID: 0036876247     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0463.2002.1101106.x     Document Type: Article

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