Influence of age, reproductive cycling status, and menstruation on the vaginal microbiome in baboons (Papio anubis)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 563-578

  Uchihashi, M ^a   Bergin, I L ^a   Bassis, C M ^b   Hashway, S A ^c   Chai, D ^d   Bell, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Baboon; Bacterial 16S rRNA gene; Microbiome; Non human primates; Vagina

Indexed keywords

AGE; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PRIMATE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; PAPIO; PAPIO ANUBIS; PRIMATES;

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

AGE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENOME; FEMALE; GENETICS; MENSTRUATION; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; OVULATION; PAPIO ANUBIS; PHYSIOLOGY; VAGINA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MENSTRUATION; METAGENOME; MICROBIOTA; OVULATION; PAPIO ANUBIS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; VAGINA;

EID: 84927570563     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22378     Document Type: Article

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