Species diversity and relative abundance of vaginal lactic acid bacteria from women in Uganda and Korea

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1107-1115

  Jin, L ^a   Tao, L ^a   Pavlova, S I ^a   So, J S ^b   Kiwanuka, N ^c   Namukwaya, Z ^c   Saberbein, B A ^a   Wawer, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

^c Rakai Health Program   (Uganda)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Lactobacillus; Pediococcus; Vagina; Weissella; Women

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; LACTIC ACID; PRODUCT DESIGN; RNA;

16S RRNA GENE; LACTIC ACID BACTERIA; LACTOBACILLUS; PEDIOCOCCUS; PHENOTYPIC ANALYSIS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; VAGINA; WEISSELLUM; WOMAN;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROBIOTICS; RNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANDIDA; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KOREA; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LEUCONOSTOC; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIOCOCCUS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS; UGANDA; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINA SMEAR;

AFRICA; ASIA; EAST AFRICA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOBACILLUS VAGINALIS; LEUCONOSTOC; PEDIOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; WEISSELLA;

EID: 33947431986     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2006.03147.x     Document Type: Article

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