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Vaginal pH measured in vivo: lactobacilli determine pH and lactic acid concentration

BACKGROUND: Lactic acid (protonated lactate) has broad antimicrobial activity. Vaginal lactobacilli produce lactic acid, and are known to confer protection against reproductive tract infections when they are predominant in the vaginal microbiota. Using novel ex vivo methods, we showed that cervicova...

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Published in:BMC Microbiol
Main Authors: O’Hanlon, Deirdre Elizabeth, Come, Richard A., Moench, Thomas R.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6332693/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30642259
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-019-1388-8
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