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Phenotypic characterization of Gardnerella vaginalis subgroups suggests differences in their virulence potential.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2018
Janulaitiene Migle, Gegzna Vilmantas, Baranauskiene Lina, Bulavaitė Aistė, Simanavicius Martynas, Pleckaityte Milda
Abstract excerpt
The well-known genotypic and phenotypic diversity of G. vaginalis resulted in its classification into at least four subgroups (clades) with diverse genomic properties. To evaluate the virulence potential of G. vaginalis subgroups, we analyzed the virulence-related phenotypic characteristics of 14 isolates of clade 1, 12 isolates of clade 2, 8 isolates of clade 4 assessing their in vitro ability to grow as a...
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