Spectrum of Lactobacillus species present in healthy vagina of Indian women

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 652-657

  Garg, Kavita Bansal ^a   Ganguli, Indrani ^b   Das, Ram ^c   Talwar, G P ^a,d  

^a Talwar Research Foundation   (India)

^b SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

^c NATIONAL JALMA INSTITUTE FOR LEPROSY AND OTHER MYCOBACTERIAL DISEASES   (India)

^d NONE   (India)

Author keywords

16S rDNA sequencing; Bacterial vaginosis; Lactobacillus; PCR; RAPD; Variable strains

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

ADULT; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HUMAN; INDIA; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUCKII; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS JENSENII; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VAGINA FLORA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LACTOBACILLUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROBIOTICS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349555972     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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