Comparative meta-RNA-seq of the vaginal microbiota and differential expression by Lactobacillus iners in health and dysbiosis

Microbiome

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Macklaim, Jean M ^a,b   Fernandes, Andrew D ^c   Di Bella, Julia M ^a   Hammond, Jo Anne ^a   Reid, Gregor ^a,b   Gloor, Gregory B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c YouKaryote Genomics   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; High throughput sequencing; Meta transcriptomics; RNAseq; Vaginal microbiome

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONIN 60; CYTOLYSIN; GLYCOGEN; MUCIN; SUCCINIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON SOURCE; CASE REPORT; DYSBIOSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PELVIC EXAMINATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS INERS;

EID: 84879769779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20492618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-2618-1-12     Document Type: Article

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