Comparative genomics of human Lactobacillus crispatus isolates reveals genes for glycosylation and glycogen degradation: implications for in vivo dominance of the vaginal microbiota

The vaginal microbiota and its association with human papillomavirus, Chlamydia trachomatis , Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Mycoplasma genitalium infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2018) J. Tamarelle et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Metatranscriptome Analysis of the Vaginal Microbiota Reveals Potential Mechanisms for Protection against Metronidazole in Bacterial Vaginosis

(2018) Zhi-Luo Deng et al.   mSphere

Lactobacillus -Deficient Cervicovaginal Bacterial Communities Are Associated with Increased HIV Acquisition in Young South African Women

(2017) Christina Gosmann et al.   IMMUNITY

Vaginal Lactobacilli Reduce Neisseria gonorrhoeae Viability through Multiple Strategies: An in Vitro Study

(2017) Claudio Foschi et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

The association between ethnicity and vaginal microbiota composition in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

(2017) Hanneke Borgdorff et al.   PLoS One

Genomic Comparisons of Lactobacillus crispatus and Lactobacillus iners Reveal Potential Ecological Drivers of Community Composition in the Vagina

(2016) Michael T. France et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Molecular assessment of bacterial vaginosis by Lactobacillus abundance and species diversity

(2016) Joke A. M. Dols et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The Cervicovaginal Microbiota in Women Notified forChlamydia trachomatisInfection: A Case-Control Study at the Sexually Transmitted Infection Outpatient Clinic in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

(2016) Charlotte van der Veer et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Selection of Lactobacillus strains as potential probiotics for vaginitis treatment

(2016) Carolina M. A. Santos et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Comparison of Lactobacillus crispatus isolates from Lactobacillus-dominated vaginal microbiomes with isolates from microbiomes containing bacterial vaginosis-associated bacteria

(2016) Abdallah A. Abdelmaksoud et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

NCBI prokaryotic genome annotation pipeline

(2016) Tatiana Tatusova et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Sugar Coating the Envelope: Glycoconjugates for Microbe–Host Crosstalk

(2016) Hanne L.P. Tytgat et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Sequence element enrichment analysis to determine the genetic basis of bacterial phenotypes

(2016) John A. Lees et al.   Nature Communications

Lactobacillus crispatus inhibits the infectivity of Chlamydia trachomatis elementary bodies, in vitro study

(2016) Paola Nardini et al.   Scientific Reports

BPGA- an ultra-fast pan-genome analysis pipeline

(2016) Narendrakumar M. Chaudhari et al.   Scientific Reports

Cervicovaginal microbiome dysbiosis is associated with proteome changes related to alterations of the cervicovaginal mucosal barrier

(2015) H Borgdorff et al.   Mucosal Immunology

Temporal and spatial variation of the human microbiota during pregnancy

(2015) Daniel B. DiGiulio et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Prokka: rapid prokaryotic genome annotation

(2014) T. Seemann   BIOINFORMATICS

Comparative genomics of Lactobacillus crispatus suggests novel mechanisms for the competitive exclusion of Gardnerella vaginalis

(2014) Teija Ojala et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Human α-amylase Present in Lower-Genital-Tract Mucosal Fluid Processes Glycogen to Support Vaginal Colonization by Lactobacillus

(2014) Gregory T. Spear et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The Sweet Tooth of Bacteria: Common Themes in Bacterial Glycoconjugates

(2014) H. L. P. Tytgat et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

CDD: NCBI's conserved domain database

(2014) Aron Marchler-Bauer et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Lactobacilli Inactivate Chlamydia trachomatis through Lactic Acid but Not H2O2

(2014) Zheng Gong et al.   PLoS One

Free Glycogen in Vaginal Fluids Is Associated with Lactobacillus Colonization and Low Vaginal pH

(2014) Paria Mirmonsef et al.   PLoS One

Personalized therapy with probiotics from the host by TripleA

(2014) Remco Kort   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Genome Instability in Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG

(2013) Wilbert Sybesma et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

QUAST: quality assessment tool for genome assemblies

(2013) Alexey Gurevich et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

The carbohydrate-active enzymes database (CAZy) in 2013

(2013) Vincent Lombard et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Influence of Vaginal Bacteria and D- and L-Lactic Acid Isomers on Vaginal Extracellular Matrix Metalloproteinase Inducer: Implications for Protection against Upper Genital Tract Infections

(2013) S. S. Witkin et al.   mBio

Comparing thousands of circular genomes using the CGView Comparison Tool

(2012) Jason R Grant et al.   BMC GENOMICS

SPAdes: A New Genome Assembly Algorithm and Its Applications to Single-Cell Sequencing

(2012) Anton Bankevich et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY

Adhesion Forces and Coaggregation between Vaginal Staphylococci and Lactobacilli

(2012) Jessica A. Younes et al.   PLoS One

The role of acidification in the inhibition of Neisseria gonorrhoeae by vaginal lactobacilli during anaerobic growth

(2011) Michelle A Graver et al.   Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Vaginal microbiome of reproductive-age women

(2010) J. Ravel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reordering contigs of draft genomes using the Mauve Aligner

(2009) Anna I. Rissman et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Comparative genomics: the bacterial pan-genome

(2008) Hervé Tettelin et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Structural and Functional Analysis of a Glycoside Hydrolase Family 97 Enzyme fromBacteroides thetaiotaomicron

(2008) Momoyo Kitamura et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Functional Characterization of a Newly Identified Group B Streptococcus Pullulanase Eliciting Antibodies Able to Prevent Alpha-Glucans Degradation

(2008) Isabella Santi et al.   PLoS One

Glycosyltransferases: Structures, Functions, and Mechanisms

(2007) L.L. Lairson et al.   Annual Review of Biochemistry