Differences between the normal vaginal bacterial community of baboons and that of humans

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-126

  Rivera, Angel J ^a,b   Frank, Jeremy A ^a,b   Stumpf, Rebecca ^b   Salyers, Abigail A ^a,b   Wilson, Brenda A ^a,b   Olsen, Gary J ^a,b   Leigh, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA analysis; Non human primates; Vaginal microbiota

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANATOMY; BACTERIUM; COEVOLUTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRIMATE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; KENYA; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; KENYA; METAGENOME; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TEXAS; VAGINA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES; LACTOBACILLUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PAPIO; POSIBACTERIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 78650251753     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20851     Document Type: Article

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