- Source: Lactobacillus iners
Lactobacillus iners is a species in the genus Lactobacillus. It is a Gram-positive, catalase-negative, facultatively anaerobic rod-shaped bacterium.
Lactobacillus iners is a normal inhabitant of the lower reproductive tract in healthy women, along with Lactobacillus crispatus, Lactobacillus jensenii, and Lactobacillus gasseri.
Genome
The genomes of at least 15 strains have been sequenced and encode between 1,152 and 1,506 proteins. Thus, this species has one of the smallest Lactobacillus genomes compared to other species, such as L. crispatus, which typically encodes more than twice as many proteins.
References
Further reading
Jakobsson, T.; Forsum, U. (2007). "Lactobacillus iners: a Marker of Changes in the Vaginal Flora?". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 45 (9): 3145. doi:10.1128/JCM.00558-07. ISSN 0095-1137. PMC 2045263. PMID 17652481.
Rampersaud R, Planet PJ, Randis TM, Kulkarni R, Aguilar JL, Lehrer RI, et al. (2011). "Inerolysin, a cholesterol-dependent cytolysin produced by Lactobacillus iners". J Bacteriol. 193 (5): 1034–41. doi:10.1128/JB.00694-10. PMC 3067590. PMID 21169489.
Macklaim, Jean M., et al. "At the crossroads of vaginal health and disease, the genome sequence of Lactobacillus iners AB-1." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108.Supplement 1 (2011): 4688–4695.
Alqumber, Mohammed A., et al. "A species-specific PCR for Lactobacillus iners demonstrates a relative specificity of this species for vaginal colonization."Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease 20.3 (2008): 135-139.
External links
"Lactobacillus iners". The Encyclopedia of Life.
LPSN
Type strain of Lactobacillus iners at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Lactobacillus
- Lactobacillus iners
- Lactobacillus
- Lactobacillus gasseri
- Lactobacillus jensenii
- Lactobacillus acidophilus
- Lactobacillus crispatus
- Lactobacillus vaccine
- Vaginal flora
- List of microbiota species of the lower reproductive tract of women
- Genitourinary microbiome
