The Human Vaginal Bacterial Biota and Bacterial Vaginosis
Figure 4
Fluorescence image of
vaginal fluid from a subject with BV. Bacteria are shown hybridizing with
probes targeting BVAB1 (green) and Mobiluncus (red) and visualized by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Other bacteria (blue) are seen with ,6-diamidine-2-phenylindole, dihydrochloride, (DAPI), which stains DNA. The inset shows that Mobiluncus (green) is larger than BVAB1 (red) but has the same curved
morphology. (With permission from D. N. Fredricks, T. L. Fiedler, and J. M.
Marrazzo, “Molecular identification of bacteria associated with bacterial
vaginosis,” New England Journal of
Medicine, vol. 353, pp. 1899–1911, 2005.)
