The Human Vaginal Bacterial Biota and Bacterial Vaginosis
Figure 3
The microbiology of BV
is heterogeneous. Comparison of rank abundance plots
from 2 subjects diagnosed with BV. The
charts show the percentages of clones in each library corresponding to specific
bacterial 16S rRNA gene sequences obtained using broad range PCR followed by
cloning and sequencing. The most
prevalent bacterial clones in Subject A include those matching Gardnerella vaginalis, Prevotella sp. type 1, BVAB2, Prevotella sp. type 2, and Leptotrichia amnionii. In contrast, the most prevalent clones in
Subject B include BVAB1, Sneathia sanguinegens, Prevotella sp. type 1, candidate
division TM7, and Prevotella sp. type
2.
