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Culturing of female bladder bacteria reveals an interconnected urogenital microbiota

Authors :
Krystal Thomas-White
Samuel C. Forster
Nitin Kumar
Michelle Van Kuiken
Catherine Putonti
Mark D. Stares
Evann E. Hilt
Travis K. Price
Alan J. Wolfe
Trevor D. Lawley
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2018)
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2018.

Abstract

The female bladder seems to harbor a poorly characterized indigenous microbiota. Here, the authors isolate and genome-sequence 149 bacterial strains from catheterized urine of 77 women, generating a culture collection representing two thirds of the bacterial diversity within the samples.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
9
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.414480f5796d4a1db95fc786b09f70cd
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03968-5