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JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
卷 56, 期 2, 页码 271-276出版社
SOC GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46607-0
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- NCRR NIH HHS [P20 RR16454, P20 RR16448] Funding Source: Medline
The objective of this study was to perform a preliminary characterization of the microbial populations of the normal human vulva. Genomic DNA was isolated from samples of the labia majora. and labia. minora from four healthy women, and sequences of bacterial 16S rRNA genes in each were determined. The sequences were compared with those of known bacterial species to classify the numerically abundant populations in these communities. Even among this limited number of individuals, the microbiota of the human vulva was found to be quite diverse. Each woman had a distinctive microbiota and no single species was common to all women. The microbiota. of the labia majora and labia minora differed, although both had appreciable numbers of lactobacilli and strict anaerobes. A greater diversity of populations inhabited the labia majora compared with the labia minora. The results indicated that the microbiota of the vulva includes populations known to be commensals of the microbiota of the skin, colon and vagina, and is much more complex than previously thought, suggesting that more extensive investigations are warranted.
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