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Insights into the CRISPR/Cas system of Gardnerella vaginalis.
BMC microbiology - 21 Dec 2012
Pleckaityte Milda, Zilnyte Milda, Zvirbliene Aurelija
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Gardnerella vaginalis is identified as the predominant colonist of the vaginal tracts of women diagnosed with bacterial vaginosis (BV). G. vaginalis can be isolated from healthy women, and an asymptomatic BV state is also recognised. The association of G. vaginalis with different clinical phenotypes could be explained by different cytotoxicity of the strains, presumably based on disparate gene...
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