Pyrosequencing of the genital microbiotas of HIV-seropositive and -seronegative women reveals Lactobacillus iners as the predominant Lactobacillus Species.
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SUBMITTER: Spear GT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3019699 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan
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Pyrosequencing of the genital microbiotas of HIV-seropositive and -seronegative women reveals Lactobacillus iners as the predominant Lactobacillus Species.
Spear Gregory T GT Gilbert Douglas D Landay Alan L AL Zariffard Reza R French Audrey L AL Patel Pranjal P Gillevet Patrick M PM
Applied and environmental microbiology 20101112 1
The species of vaginal lactobacilli in HIV-seropositive and -seronegative women were determined by 16S gene pyrosequencing. Lactobacillus iners sequences were the predominant lactobacillus sequences in 66% of HIV(+) women and 90% of HIV(-) women. This has implications for resistance of HIV(+) and HIV(-) women to genital colonization by pathogenic organisms. ...[more]
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