학술논문
Characterization of microbial communities found in the human vagina by analysis of terminal restriction fragment length polymorphisms of 16S rRNA genes
Document Type
Academic Journal
Source
Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Dec 2005, Vol. 71 Issue 12, p8729, 9 p.
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
0099-2240
Abstract
A cultivation-independent approach based on analyses of terminal restriction fragment length polymorphisms (T-RFLP) of 16S rRNA genes is developed and validated to define and monitor the structure of microbial communities found in the human vagina. The results have shown that T-RFLP of 16S rRNA genes can be used to compare vaginal microbial communities and gain information about the numerically dominant populations that are present.