Complementary seminovaginal microbiome in couples

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 440-447

  Mändar, Reet ^a,b   Punab, Margus ^b,d   Borovkova, Natalja ^a,b   Lapp, Eleri ^a,b   Kiiker, Riinu ^b,c   Korrovits, Paul ^a,b   Metspalu, Andres ^e   Krjutškov, Kaarel ^b,e,f   Nlvak, Hiie ^b,c   Preem, Jens Konrad ^b,c   Oopkaup, Kristjan ^b,c   Salumets, Andres ^b   Truu, Jaak ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Tartu   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^d TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Couple; Leukocytospermia; Seminal microbiome; Seminovaginal microbiome; Sexual intercourse; Vaginal microbiome

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA 16S; BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPOBIUM; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DNA EXTRACTION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; FIRMICUTES; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GARDNERELLA; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS JENSENII; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSPERMIA; MALE; MICROBIOME; PORPHYROMONAS; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINOVAGINAL MICROBIOME; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; STREPTOCOCCUS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA FLORA; VEILLONELLA; COITUS; GENETICS; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEUKOCYTE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEXUALITY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS;

ADULT; COITUS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LACTOBACILLUS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MICROBIOTA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEMEN; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPERMATOZOA; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930607496     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2015.03.009     Document Type: Article

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