Sylvia I. Pavlova

TL;DR: The aim of this study was to determine the species of lactobacilli that colonize the vagina and compare them with those found in food and the environment.

TL;DR: Analyzing the distribution, virulence, and types of vaginal Lactobacillusphages isolated from women of two countries found that lysogeny in vaginal lactobacilli is widely spread, and some lysogenic lactobACilli spontaneously release phages with a broad host range, which can be lytic against other vaginal lactOBacilli regardless of their geographic origin.

TL;DR: Lacotbacillus cultures of some American yogurts and acidophilus milks may be unstable or unsafe because they can either be inhibited by phages or bacteriocins or release them to inhibit lactobacilli or other diary products.

TL;DR: Chemicals contained in cigarette smoke were analyzed in vitro and showed that trace amounts of benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide (BPDE), which can be found in vaginal secretion of women who smoke, significantly increased phage induction in lactobacilli.

TL;DR: The aim of this study was to compare the species richness and relative abundance of Lactobacillus and other lactic acid bacteria in women of two geographically distant countries, Uganda and Korea.