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Preliminary characterization of vaginal microbiota in healthy Chinese women using cultivation‐independent methods
19 Mar 2009
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AIM: The normal microbiota plays an important role in maintaining the vaginal health of women. The aim of this study was to characterize the numerically dominant populations of vaginal microbial communities in Chinese women. METHODS: Genomic DNA was isolated from samples of vaginal swabs of five healthy women, 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid libraries were constructed and the sequences of 300 clones from each...
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