Lactobacillus crispatus inhibits growth of Gardnerella vaginalis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae on a porcine vaginal mucosa model

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Breshears, Laura M ^a   Edwards, Vonetta L ^b   Ravel, Jacques ^b   Peterson, Marnie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Biofilm; Lactobacillus; Microbiota; Sexually transmitted infections; Vaginal explants; Vaginal mucosa

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GROWTH INHIBITION; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PH MEASUREMENT; PIG; VAGINA MUCOSA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUCOSA; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBIOSIS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; SWINE; VAGINA;

EID: 84952877171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12866-015-0608-0     Document Type: Article

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