Contrasting diversity of vaginal lactobacilli among the females of Northeast India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lactobacilli are gatekeepers of vaginal ecosystem impeding growth of pathogenic microbes and their diversity varies across populations worldwide. The present study investigated diversity of human vaginal microbiota among females of Northeast India, who are distinct in dietary habits, lifestyle, and genomic composition from rest of India.

Results

Altogether, 154 bacterial isolates were obtained from vaginal swab samples of 40 pregnant and 29 non-pregnant females. The samples were sequenced for 16 s rRNA gene and analysed for identification using a dual approach of homology search and maximum likelihood based clustering. Molecular identification based on 16S rRNA gene sequence confirmed the isolates belonging to 31 species. Lactobacilli constituted 37.7% of the bact

SUBMITTER: Das Purkayastha S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6712660 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature