Molecular methods to describe the spectrum and dynamics of the vaginal microbiota

Anaerobe

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 191-195

  Fredricks, David N ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

16S Ribosomal RNA; Bacterial vaginosis; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Lactobacilli; Microbiota; Polymerase chain reaction; Vagina

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; AMPLIFIED RIBOSOMAL DNA RESTRICTION ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS INERS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; RNA GENE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VAGINA FLORA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; METAGENOME; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS INERS;

EID: 80051934216     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: 10958274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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