Using an in-vitro biofilm model to assess the virulence potential of Bacterial Vaginosis or non-Bacterial Vaginosis Gardnerella vaginalis isolates

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Castro, Joana ^a,b   Alves, Patrícia ^a   Sousa, Cármen ^a   Cereija, Tatiana ^a   França, Ângela ^a   Jefferson, Kimberly K ^c   Cerca, Nuno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; RNA 16S; SIALIDASE; VAGINOLYSIN, GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOSIS; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HELA CELL LINE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VAGINA; VAGINITIS; VIRULENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOSIS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BIOFILMS; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HELA CELLS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURAMINIDASE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; VIRULENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84933574776     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11640     Document Type: Article

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