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Phenotypic and molecular identification of lactobacilli isolated from vaginal secretions.
Journal of microbiology, immunology, and infection = Wei mian yu gan ran za zhi - 1 Dec 2008
Dimitonova Silviya Petrova, Bakalov Boris Vladimirov, Aleksandrova-Georgieva Ralitsa Nedkova, Danova Svetla Trifonova
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Twenty lactobacilli isolated from vaginal samples of healthy volunteers were characterized according to polyphasic taxonomy. A broad spectrum of activity and protective properties of these vaginal isolates has been reported. METHODS: Phenotypic and genotypic methods such as random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD), species-specific and BOX polymerase chain reaction (PCR), amplified...
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