Drawing the line between commensal and pathogenic Gardnerella vaginalis through genome analysis and virulence studies

BMC Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Harwich Jr, Michael D ^a   Alves, Joao M ^a   Buck, Gregory A ^a   Strauss III, Jerome F ^b   Patterson, Jennifer L ^b   Oki, Aminat T ^a   Girerd, Philippe H ^b   Jefferson, Kimberly K ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIOFILM ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CYTOLYSIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; KANAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; MINOCYCLINE; NAFCILLIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; COMMENSAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VAGINITIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UTERINE CERVIX;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CERVIX UTERI; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77953304420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-375     Document Type: Article

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