Biology:Lactobacillus iners

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Short description: Species of bacterium

Lactobacillus iners
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Lactobacillales
Family: Lactobacillaceae
Genus: Lactobacillus
Species:
L. iners
Binomial name
Lactobacillus iners
Falsen et al. 1999
Type strain
CCUG 28746T

Lactobacillus iners is a species in the genus Lactobacillus. It is a Gram-positive, catalase-negative, facultatively anaerobic rod-shaped bacterium.[1] Lactobacillus iners is a normal inhabitant of the lower reproductive tract in healthy women.[2][3]

Genome

The genomes of at least 15 strains have been sequenced and encode between 1,152 and 1,506 proteins. Thus, this species has one of the smallest Lactobacillus genomes compared to other species, such as L. crispatus, which typically encodes more than twice as many proteins.[4]

References

  1. Falsen, E.; Pascual, C.; Sjoden, B.; Ohlen, M.; Collins, M. D. (1999). "Phenotypic and phylogenetic characterization of a novel Lactobacillus species from human sources: description of Lactobacillus iners sp. nov.". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 49 (1): 217–221. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-1-217. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 10028266. 
  2. Nardis, C.; Mastromarino, P.; Mosca, L. (September 2013). "Vaginal microbiota and viral sexually transmitted diseases". Annali di Igiene 25 (5): 443–56. doi:10.7416/ai.2013.1946. PMID 24048183. 
  3. Bennett, John (2015). Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's principles and practice of infectious diseases. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier/Saunders. ISBN 9781455748013; Access provided by the University of Pittsburgh 
  4. France, Michael T.; Mendes-Soares, Helena; Forney, Larry J. (2016-12-15). "Genomic Comparisons of Lactobacillus crispatus and Lactobacillus iners Reveal Potential Ecological Drivers of Community Composition in the Vagina" (in en). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 82 (24): 7063–7073. doi:10.1128/AEM.02385-16. ISSN 0099-2240. PMID 27694231. 

Further reading

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2097107 entry