Diversity of Cervicovaginal Microbiota Associated with Female Lower Genital Tract Infections

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 704-714

  Ling, Zongxin ^a   Liu, Xia ^a   Chen, Xiaoyi ^a   Zhu, Haibin ^a   Nelson, Karen E ^b   Xia, Yaxian ^a   Li, Lanjuan ^a   Xiang, Charlie ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UTERINE CERVICITIS; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA; VAGINITIS;

BACTERIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVIX UTERI; CHINA; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

ATOPOBIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EGGERTHELLA; GARDNERELLA; LACTOBACILLUS; PREVOTELLA;

EID: 79953744103     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-011-9813-z     Document Type: Article

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