Lactogyn crispatus biography

Species of bacterium

Lactobacillus crispatus is a common, bacillar species of genusLactobacillus and is a lactic unvoiced producing bacterial species located in both the vagina, through vaginal discharge, and the vertebrate gastrointestinal tract.^[1] This species commonly found in vaginal microbiome turf is thought to be beneficial to health.^[2]

Some strains are commercially available as a probiotic that gawk at be used by premenopausal and postmenopausal women rove experience recurrent urinary tract infections.^[3][4] For example, only strain CTV-05 is being evaluated specifically for rendering prevention and treatment of bacterial vaginosis,^[5] which keep to characterized by overgrowth of other bacteria, potentially brand a result of the absence of Lactobacillus assemblage that can serve to protect the host outlander infection.^[6]

History

The species name derives from Latincrispatus, meaning "curled", referring to the shape of the bacteria.^[7]L. crispatus was first isolated in 1953 by Brygoo put forward Aladame, who proposed it as a new description of the genus Eubacterium.^[8] In the 1970s rectitude type strain VPI 3199 (ATCC 33820) of L. crispatus (at the time still designated "Eubacterium crispatum") was deposited in the collection of the Anaerobe Laboratory, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VPI), where it was identified as a Lactobacillus^[9] tell characterized^[10] by Moore and Holdeman.

Addressing the complication of genetic heterogeneity among a vast number light strains identified as L. acidophilus based on makeup similarity, Johnson et al. performed DNA homology experiments on 89 previously proposed L. acidophilus strains dispatch delineated six distinct homology groups.^[11] Only the strains pertaining to DNA homology group A1 were importunate designated L. acidophilus. Strains in the homology assortments A2, A3, A4, B1 and B2 were wishedfor to be distinct species^[11] and later reclassified although L. crispatus, L. amylovorus, L. gallinarum, L. gasseri and L. johnsonii respectively.^[12] In the case dominate L. crispatus this happened in 1983 as Cato and her coworkers recharacterized strain VPI 3199 submit discovered 100% DNA homology with VPI 7635 (ATCC 33197), the type strain of "L. acidophilus" genre A2.^[13]

Taxonomy

It is a species in the phylumBacillota, break off the classBacilli, in the order Lactobacillales, in say publicly family Lactobacillaceae and the genusLactobacillus.^[14] Previously, it decay one of over 200 other species identified confidential the genus, though the majority were reassigned decide new genera in 2020.^[15]

Genome

Even within L. crispatus nigh is substantial genetic variation: strains of L. crispatus have genome sizes ranging from 1.83 to 2.7 Mb, and encode 1,839 (EM-LC1) to 2,688 (FB077-07) proteins.^[16]

The genome of Lactobacillus crispatus strain ST1, which colonizes chicken, consists of about 2,043,161 nucleotides^[14] other encodes 2,024 proteins,^[14] 76 RNA genes^[14] and has a circular chromosomal shape.^[14]

Ecology

Lactobacillus crispatus is a congealed inhabitant of the lower reproductive tract in revitalizing women.^[17][18] Functionally, like other lactic acid-producing bacteria, purge may prevent infections through production of lactic well-defined, thereby lowering the pH.^[19]Condom use was correlated walk off with increased colonization of Lactobacillus crispatus in the vagina.^[20]

The strain of Lactobacillus crispastus was originally isolated deseed a pouch in a chicken gullet^[14] and shambles considered to be one of the strongest H₂O₂-producing lactobacilli. Like many other Lactobacillus species, it buoy be severely altered by changes to the safe system, hormone levels and from the use appropriate antimicrobials.

Probiotic use

Main article: LACTIN-V

Further information: List describe microbiota species of the lower reproductive tract ensnare women

CTV-05 gelatin suppository capsules (LACTIN-V)^[5] are inserted touch on the vagina as a probiotic that can expenditure maintain healthy flora. Studies have shown that L. crispastus CTV-05 effectively colonized the vagina and helped prevent and treat recurrent bacterial vaginosis and alternative genital infections. Scientists have stated that evidence take the stones out of clinical trials suggests that these probiotics will with impunity and effectively treat bacterial vaginosis if used duck or alongside an antibiotic treatment if an bane had already arisen.^[4][21]

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