Contribution of Lactobacillus iners to Vaginal Health and Diseases: A Systematic Review

N Zheng, R Guo, J Wang, W Zhou… - Frontiers in cellular and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Lactobacillus iners, first described in 1999, is a prevalent bacterial species of the vaginal
microbiome. As L. iners does not easily grow on de Man-Rogosa-Sharpe agar, but can grow …

The microbiome of the urinary tract—a role beyond infection

SA Whiteside, H Razvi, S Dave, G Reid… - Nature Reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
Urologists rarely need to consider bacteria beyond their role in infectious disease. However,
emerging evidence shows that the microorganisms inhabiting many sites of the body …

Lactobacillus species as biomarkers and agents that can promote various aspects of vaginal health

MI Petrova, E Lievens, S Malik, N Imholz… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The human body is colonized by a vast number of microorganisms collectively referred to as
the human microbiota. One of the main microbiota body sites is the female genital tract …

Lactobacillus iners: friend or foe?

MI Petrova, G Reid, M Vaneechoutte, S Lebeer - Trends in microbiology, 2017 - cell.com
The vaginal microbial community is typically characterized by abundant lactobacilli.
Lactobacillus iners, a fairly recently detected species, is frequently present in the vaginal …

The microbiome and genitourinary cancer: a collaborative review

MC Markowski, SA Boorjian, JP Burton, NM Hahn… - European urology, 2019 - Elsevier
Context The recent discovery of the existence of a human genitourinary microbiome has led
to the investigation of its role in mediating the pathogenesis of genitourinary malignancies …

Genomic comparisons of Lactobacillus crispatus and Lactobacillus iners reveal potential ecological drivers of community composition in the vagina

MT France, H Mendes-Soares… - Applied and …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Lactobacillus crispatus and Lactobacillus iners are common inhabitants of the healthy
human vagina. These two species are closely related and are thought to perform similar …

Association between cigarette smoking and the vaginal microbiota: a pilot study

RM Brotman, X He, P Gajer, D Fadrosh… - BMC infectious …, 2014 - Springer
Background Smoking has been identified in observational studies as a risk factor for
bacterial vaginosis (BV), a condition defined in part by decimation of Lactobacillus spp. The …

Etiology of bacterial vaginosis and polymicrobial biofilm formation

HS Jung, MM Ehlers, H Lombaard… - Critical reviews in …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Microorganisms in nature rarely exist in a planktonic form, but in the form of biofilms. Biofilms
have been identified as the cause of many chronic and persistent infections and have been …

Functional genomics of lactic acid bacteria: from food to health

FP Douillard, WM De Vos - Microbial cell factories, 2014 - Springer
Genome analysis using next generation sequencing technologies has revolutionized the
characterization of lactic acid bacteria and complete genomes of all major groups are now …

Cigarette smoking is associated with an altered vaginal tract metabolomic profile

TM Nelson, JC Borgogna, RD Michalek, DW Roberts… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Cigarette smoking has been associated with both the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis (BV)
and a vaginal microbiota lacking protective Lactobacillus spp. As the mechanism linking …