Lactobacillus iners
| Lactobacillus iners | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Firmicutes |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Family: | Lactobacillaceae |
| Genus: | Lactobacillus |
| Species: | L. iners |
| Binomial name | |
| Lactobacillus iners Falsen et al. 1999 | |
Lactobacillus iners is a species in the genus Lactobacillus. It is a Gram-positive, catalase-negative, facultatively anaerobic rod-shaped bacterium with type strain CCUG 28746T.[1] Lactobacillus iners is a normal inhabitant of the lower reproductive tract in healthy women.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Falsen, E.; Pascual, C.; Sjoden, B.; Ohlen, M.; Collins, M. D. (1999). "Phenotypic and phylogenetic characterization of a novel Lactobacillus species from human sources: description of Lactobacillus iners sp. nov.". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 49 (1): 217–221. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-1-217. ISSN 0020-7713.
- ↑ Nardis, C.; Mastromarino, P.; Mosca, L. (September 2013). "Vaginal microbiota and viral sexually transmitted diseases". Annali di Igiene 25 (5): 443–56. doi:10.7416/ai.2013.1946. PMID 24048183. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ↑ Bennett, John (2015). Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's principles and practice of infectious diseases. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier/Saunders. ISBN 9781455748013; Access provided by the University of Pittsburgh
Further reading
- Jakobsson, T.; Forsum, U. (2007). "Lactobacillus iners: a Marker of Changes in the Vaginal Flora?". Journal of Clinical Microbiology 45 (9): 3145–3145. doi:10.1128/JCM.00558-07. ISSN 0095-1137.
- Rampersaud R, Planet PJ, Randis TM, Kulkarni R, Aguilar JL, Lehrer RI, et al. (2011). "Inerolysin, a cholesterol-dependent cytolysin produced by Lactobacillus iners.". J Bacteriol 193 (5): 1034–41. doi:10.1128/JB.00694-10. PMC 3067590. PMID 21169489.
- Macklaim, Jean M., et al. "At the crossroads of vaginal health and disease, the genome sequence of Lactobacillus iners AB-1." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108.Supplement 1 (2011): 4688-4695.
- Alqumber, Mohammed A., et al. "A species-specific PCR for Lactobacillus iners demonstrates a relative specificity of this species for vaginal colonization."Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease 20.3 (2008): 135-139.
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