Unraveling the dynamics of the human vaginal microbiome

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 331-337

  Nunn, Kenetta L ^a   Forney, Larry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha amylase; Glycogen; Microbial community; Microbiome; Vagina; Vaginal microbiome

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; ESTROGEN; GLYCOGEN;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DEPOLYMERIZATION; GLYCOGEN METABOLISM; GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SPECIES COMPOSITION; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINA EPITHELIUM; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINAL SECRETION; VAGINITIS; ANIMAL; FEMALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PHYSIOLOGY; VAGINA;

ALPHA-AMYLASES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GLYCOGEN; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIOTA; VAGINA;

EID: 84989318634     PISSN: 00440086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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