Phenotypic and molecular identification of lactobacilli isolated from vaginal secretions

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 469-477

  Dimitonova, Silviya Petrova ^a,b   Bakalov, Boris Vladimirov ^b   Aleksandrova Georgieva, Ralitsa Nedkova ^a   Danova, Svetla Trifonova ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Databases, genetic; DNA, ribosomal; Lactobacillus; Molecular sequence data; Random amplified polymorphic DNA technique; Vagina

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

AMPLIFIED RIBOSOMAL DNA RESTRICTION ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS BREVIS; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINA SECRETION;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; VAGINA;

EID: 62149093945     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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