Temporal Dynamics of the Adult Female Lower Urinary Tract Microbiota

Temporal Dynamics of the Adult Female Lower Urinary Tract Microbiota

Following the discovery of the collective human urinary microbiota, important knowledge gaps remain, including the stability and variability of this microbial niche over time. Initial urinary studies preferentially utilized samples obtained by transurethral catheterization to minimize contributions...

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Main Authors: Travis K. Price, Birte Wolff, Thomas Halverson, Roberto Limeira, Linda Brubaker, Qunfeng Dong, Elizabeth R. Mueller, Alan J. Wolfe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020-04-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
lower urinary tract
menstruation
metaculturomics
microbiome
sex
urinary microbiota
urobiome
16s rrna gene sequencing
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00475-20

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https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00475-20

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