title: Scanning electron microscopy of vaginal colonization.
abstract: Changes in the appearance of the vaginal epithelium of rats during the estrous cycle were seen by scanning electron microscopy. Bacterial colonization of this tissue appeared to be influenced by these changes.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004848:Epithelium / Q000382:microbiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004971:Estrus; D005260:Female; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure