Identification of lactic acid bacteria isolated from human vaginal secretions

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-123

  Silvester, M E ^a   Dicks, L M T ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Human vagina; Lactic acid bacteria; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CELL PROTEIN; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; IDENTIFICATION METHOD;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LACTOBACILLUS PENTOSUS; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VAGINA SECRETION; WEISSELLA VIRIDESCENS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; LACTOBACILLUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; VAGINA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LACTOBACILLUS PENTOSUS; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; WEISSELLA VIRIDESCENS;

EID: 0037648833     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023373023115     Document Type: Article

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