Two Different Species of <i>Mycoplasma</i> Endosymbionts Can Influence Trichomonas vaginalis Pathophysiology-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Two Different Species of Mycoplasma Endosymbionts Can Influence Trichomonas vaginalis Pathophysiology

Published:2022-06-28 Issue:3 Volume:13 Page:
ISSN:2150-7511
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Author:

Margarita Valentina¹,Bailey Nicholas P.²,Rappelli Paola¹³,Diaz Nicia¹,Dessì Daniele¹³,Fettweis Jennifer M.⁴⁵⁶,Hirt Robert P.²^ORCID,Fiori Pier Luigi¹³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

2. Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

3. Mediterranean Center for Disease Control (MCDC), Sassari, Italy

4. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA

5. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA

6. Center for Microbiome Engineering and Data Analysis, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA

Abstract

T. vaginalis and M. hominis form a unique case of endosymbiosis that modulates the parasite’s pathobiology. Recently, a new nonculturable mycoplasma species (“ Candidatus Mycoplasma girerdii”) has been described as closely associated with the protozoon.

Funder

Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca

Università degli Studi di Sassari

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Virology,Microbiology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/mbio.00918-22

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