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New Aspects in the Study of Lactobacillus iners

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A cultural microbiological study of the vaginal microbiota of patients of reproductive age was carried out to isolate the species Lactobacillus iners with subsequent study of phenotypic features. The presence of two phenotypically different species variants was found in patients with bacterial vaginosis.

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Translated from Byulleten’ Eksperimental’noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 177, No. 1, pp. 97-100, January, 2024

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Mikhanoshina, N.V., Priputnevich, T.V. New Aspects in the Study of Lactobacillus iners. Bull Exp Biol Med (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10517-024-06136-6

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