Microbiota of the seminal fluid from healthy and infertile men

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Hou, Dongsheng ^a,b   Zhou, Xia ^c   Zhong, Xue ^c   Settles, Matthew L ^c   Herring, Jessica ^c   Wang, Li ^a,b   Abdo, Zaid ^c   Forney, Larry J ^c   Xu, Chen ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b Shanghai Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

bacterial communities; fertility; microbiome; reproduction; Semen

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMENSAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROFLORA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL FLUID MICROBIOTA; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM DONOR;

EID: 84887070142     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.07.1991     Document Type: Article

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