Gardnerella vaginalis enhances Atopobium vaginae viability in an in vitro Model
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is the most common vaginal infection among women of reproductive age. A hallmark of BV is the presence of a highly structured polymicrobial biofilm on the vaginal epithelium, presumably initiated by facultative anaerobes of the genus Gardnerella, which then becomes a scaffol...
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Language: | eng |
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2020
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1822/64207 |
Country: | Portugal |
Oai: | oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/64207 |