@article{mbs:/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-13-1-79, author = "Duerden, B. I.", title = "THE ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF BACTEROIDES SPP. FROM THE NORMAL HUMAN VAGINAL FLORA", journal= "Journal of Medical Microbiology", year = "1980", volume = "13", number = "1", pages = "79-87", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-13-1-79", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-13-1-79", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1473-5644", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "The occurrence of gram-negative anaerobic bacilli in the normal vaginal flora was studied in 20 normal healthy women attending a family-planning clinic. A swab was taken from the cervix and posterior fornix and Bacteroides spp. were isolated on a selective medium from 13 (65%) subjects. A heavy growth of Bacteroides was obtained from 11 specimens but only a few colonies were isolated from two specimens. Where possible, 10 representative colonies from each subject were studied and 113 isolates were identified by conventional bacteriological tests. Most isolates (78%) belonged to the B. melaninogeni-cusjoralis group. The commonest species identified in this group were the B. biviusjdisiens complex (42%), B. melaninogenicus ss. intermedius (22%) and ss. melaninogenicus (16%). Asaccharolytic strains were isolated in smaller numbers from 54% of subjects, but only five strains of the B.fragilis group were isolated from two subjects; fusobacteria were not detected.", }