Prevalence and Abundance of Uncultivated Megasphaera -Like Bacteria in the Human Vaginal Environment
- 1 March 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 74 (5) , 1656-1659
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.02127-07
Abstract
Cultivation-independent analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences in vaginal samples revealed two previously unrecognized, uncultivated Megasphaera-like phylotypes. Phylogenetic analysis and environmental distribution suggest that these Megasphaera types may be unique to the vaginal environment. Quantitative PCR suggests that both phylotypes are present in higher concentrations in women with bacterial vaginosis.Keywords
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