The Human Vaginal Bacterial Biota and Bacterial Vaginosis
Figure 5
Transmission electron
micrographs. (a) Electron micrograph of
vaginal fluid from a woman with bacterial vaginosis and high concentrations of
bacterial vaginosis associated bacterium 1 (BVAB1) shows many curved rods with
an electron translucent zone at the outer edge of the cell. (b) These cells are different from the larger, wider, and more electron dense curved rods observed in a pure culture of Mobiluncus curtisii. Both images are at
20 000x magnification.
