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Comment
. 2017 Sep 25:8:1815.
doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01815. eCollection 2017.

Commentary: Lactobacilli Dominance and Vaginal pH: Why Is the Human Vaginal Microbiome Unique?

Virginia Fuochi  1 , Giovanni Li Volti  2 , Pio Maria Furneri  1
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Commentary: Lactobacilli Dominance and Vaginal pH: Why Is the Human Vaginal Microbiome Unique?

Virginia Fuochi et al. Front Microbiol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Lactobacillus spp.; estrogens; lactic Acid; pH; vaginal microbiome.

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