title: Predominant Lactobacillus species types of vaginal microbiota in pregnant Korean women: quantification of the five Lactobacillus species and two anaerobes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the predominant Lactobacillus species types (LSTs) of vaginal microbiota in pregnant Korean women by quantifying five Lactobacillus species and two anaerobes.
  
  
  METHODS
  In all, 168 pregnant Korean women under antenatal care at Eulji University Hospital and local clinics were enrolled in the prospective cohort study during pregnancy (10-14 weeks). Vaginal samples were collected with Eswab for Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and stored in a -80 °C freezer. qPCR was performed for five Lactobacillus species and two anaerobes. To identify the predominant LSTs, quantifications were analyzed by the Cluster and Tree View programs of Eisen Lab. Also the quantifications were compared among classified groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  L. crispatus and L. iners were most commonly found in pregnant Korean women, followed by L. gasseri and L. jensenii; L. vaginalis was nearly absent. Five types (four predominant LSTs and one predominant anaerobe type without predominant Lactobacillus species) were classified.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Five predominant LSTs were identified in vaginal microbiota of pregnant Korean women. L. crispatus and L. iners predominant types comprised a large proportion.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
authors.forename: Jeong Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: b Department of Microbiology , and.
authors.forename: Seung Min
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.affiliation: c Department of Laboratory Medicine , School of Medicine, Eulji University , Daejeon , Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Yong Hak
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.affiliation: a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
authors.forename: Chan Hee
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.affiliation: a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
authors.forename: Yun Suk
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
authors.forename: In Taek
authors.initials: IT
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.affiliation: a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
authors.forename: Kwan Young
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Oh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000070003:Lactobacillus crispatus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000069998:Lactobacillus gasseri / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D064307:Microbiota; D011247:Pregnancy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology*
keywords: Lactobacillus crispatus predominant type; Lactobacillus gasseri predominant type; Lactobacillus iners predominant type; Lactobacillus jensenii predominant type; anaerobes predominant type