Unknown

Dataset Information

0

Demonstration of vaginal colonization with GusA-expressing Lactobacillus jensenii following oral delivery in rhesus macaques.


ABSTRACT: The vaginal microbiome, which harbors beneficial Lactobacillus strains, is believed to be a major host defense mechanism for preventing infections of the urogenital tract. It has been suggested that the gastrointestinal tract serves as a reservoir for lactobacilli that colonize the vagina. Using rhesus macaques, we examined whether oral delivery of human vaginal Lactobacillus jensenii 1153-1646, a GusA-producing strain, would result in colonization of the rectum and the vagina. Lactobacilli were identified from the vagina tracts of three macaques on the basis of ?-glucuronidase enzyme production, 16S rRNA gene sequence and DNA homology using a repetitive sequence-based polymerase chain reaction.

SUBMITTER: Lagenaur LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3449312 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

altmetric image

Publications

Demonstration of vaginal colonization with GusA-expressing Lactobacillus jensenii following oral delivery in rhesus macaques.

Lagenaur Laurel A LA   Lee Peter P PP   Hamer Dean H DH   Sanders-Beer Brigitte E BE  

Research in microbiology 20110829 10


The vaginal microbiome, which harbors beneficial Lactobacillus strains, is believed to be a major host defense mechanism for preventing infections of the urogenital tract. It has been suggested that the gastrointestinal tract serves as a reservoir for lactobacilli that colonize the vagina. Using rhesus macaques, we examined whether oral delivery of human vaginal Lactobacillus jensenii 1153-1646, a GusA-producing strain, would result in colonization of the rectum and the vagina. Lactobacilli were  ...[more]

Similar Datasets

| S-EPMC3827103 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC190165 | biostudies-other
| S-EPMC4102502 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC9937494 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC3433722 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC4038809 | biostudies-other
| S-EPMC6533011 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC8639050 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC8826908 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC4083479 | biostudies-literature