Resolution and characterization of distinct cpn60-based subgroups of gardnerella vaginalis in the vaginal microbiota

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Paramel Jayaprakash, Teenus ^a   Schellenberg, John J ^b   Hill, Janet E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPN60 GENE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SIALIDASE GENE; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KENYA; METAGENOME; NEURAMINIDASE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84865019655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043009     Document Type: Article

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