Identification of predominant culturable vaginal Lactobacillus species and associated bacteriophages from women with and without vaginal discharge syndrome in South Africa

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 180-183

  Damelin, Leonard H ^a   Paximadis, Maria ^a   Mavri Damelin, Demetra ^b   Birkhead, Monica ^a   Lewis, David A ^a,c   Tiemessen, Caroline T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS INERS; LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII; LACTOBACILLUS VAGINALIS; LYSOGENIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; VAGINA; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; BACTERIOPHAGES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; LYSOGENY; PROPHAGES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AFRICA; VAGINA; VAGINAL DISCHARGE; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; VIRION;

EID: 79251506345     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.024463-0     Document Type: Article

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