Comparative genomics of human Lactobacillus crispatus isolates reveals genes for glycosylation and glycogen degradation: Implications for in vivo dominance of the vaginal microbiota

Microbiome

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Van Der Veer, Charlotte ^a   Hertzberger, Rosanne Y ^b   Bruisten, Sylvia M ^a,g   Tytgat, Hanne L P ^c   Swanenburg, Jorne ^b,d   De Kat Angelino Bart, Alie ^d   Schuren, Frank ^d   Molenaar, Douwe ^b   Reid, Gregor ^e,f   De Vries, Henry ^a,g   Kort, Remco ^b,d,h  

^a MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

^e LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^g VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h Natura Artis Magistra   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALAMUSTINE; GLYCOCONJUGATE; GLYCOGEN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; RNA 16S; TRANSPOSASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; GLYCOGEN METABOLISM; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS; METAGENOMICS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VAGINA FLORA; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; BACTERIAL GENOME; DNA SEQUENCE; DYSBIOSIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES; VAGINA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DYSBIOSIS; FEMALE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; GLYCOGEN; GLYCOSYLATION; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VAGINA;

EID: 85063752251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20492618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40168-019-0667-9     Document Type: Article

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