Lactobacillus crispatus dominant vaginal microbiome is associated with inhibitory activity of female genital tract secretions against Escherichia coli

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Ghartey, Jeny P ^a   Smith, Benjamin C ^a   Chen, Zigui ^a   Buckley, Niall ^a   Lo, Yungtai ^a   Ratner, Adam J ^b   Herold, Betsy C ^a   Burk, Robert D ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Pediatrics Albert Einstein College of Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS; LACTOBACILLUS INERS; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DOMINANCE; VAGINAL SECRETION; ADULT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PREGNANCY; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIOTA; PREGNANCY; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900534605     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096659     Document Type: Article

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