Gardnerella vaginalis subgroups defined by cpn60 sequencing and sialidase activity in isolates from Canada, Belgium and Kenya

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Schellenberg, John J ^a   Jayaprakash, Teenus Paramel ^a   Gamage, Niradha Withana ^a   Patterson, Mo H ^a   Vaneechoutte, Mario ^b   Hill, Janet E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONIN 60; SIALIDASE; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

AMPLIFIED RIBOSOMAL DNA RESTRICTION ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BELGIUM; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; KENYA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIALIDASE A GENE; BODY FLUID; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

BELGIUM; BODY FLUIDS; CANADA; CHAPERONIN 60; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GENOTYPE; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; KENYA; MICROBIOTA; NEURAMINIDASE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84954447818     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146510     Document Type: Article

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