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Lactobacillus vaginalis sp. nov. from the Human Vagina

¹Microbial Technology Research Unit, North East London Polytechnic, Stratford, London E15 4LZ
³Division of Microbiology, AFRC Institute of Food Research, Reading Laboratory, Shinfield, Reading RG2 9AT, Switzerland
²United Kingdom, and Vaccine Division. Solco Basle Ltd., CH 4127 Birsfelden, Switzerland

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ABSTRACT

Biochemical, chemical, and nucleic acid analyses were carried out on some lactobacilli isolated from the vaginas of patients suffering from trichomoniasis. Phenotypically the strains resembled Lactobacillus fermentuman and L. reuteri. Nucleic acid studies, however, showed that the vaginal strains were distinct from these and all other lactobacilli examined and therefore warrant a new species. The name Lactobacillus vaginalis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of L. vaginalis is NCTC 12197.

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