Preliminary characterization of the normal microbiota of the human vulva using cultivation-independent methods

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue PART 2, 2007, Pages 271-276

  Brown, Celeste J ^a   Wong, Mayee ^a,c   Davis, Catherine C ^b   Kanti, Amita ^b   Zhou, Xia ^a   Forney, Larry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^c Asia Pacific Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; RNA 16S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VULVA;

ADULT; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VULVA;

EID: 33847239205     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46607-0     Document Type: Article

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