Exploring the diversity of Gardnerella vaginalis in the genitourinary tract microbiota of monogamous couples through subtle nucleotide variation.

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Published in PLoS One on October 25, 2011

Authors

A Murat Eren1, Marcela Zozaya, Christopher M Taylor, Scot E Dowd, David H Martin, Michael J Ferris

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Computer Science, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America. meren@mbl.edu

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