Pyrosequencing of the genital microbiotas of HIV-seropositive and -seronegative women reveals lactobacillus iners as the predominant lactobacillus species

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 378-381

  Spear, Gregory T ^a   Gilbert, Douglas ^a   Landay, Alan L ^a   Zariffard, Reza ^a   French, Audrey L ^b   Patel, Pranjal ^a   Gillevet, Patrick M ^c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTOBACILLUS SPECIES; MICROBIOTAS; PATHOGENIC ORGANISMS; PYROSEQUENCING; VAGINAL LACTOBACILLI;

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PATHOGENICITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; VAGINA;

BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; METAGENOME; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VAGINA;

LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS INERS;

EID: 79251624972     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00973-10     Document Type: Article

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