Culturing of female bladder bacteria reveals an interconnected urogenital microbiota

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.

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Main 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
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/414480f5796d4a1db95fc786b09f70cd
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