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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 1999, p. 3062-3064, Vol. 37, No. 9
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Identification of and Hydrogen Peroxide Production by Fecal and Vaginal Lactobacilli Isolated from Japanese Women and Newborn Infants

Yu-Li Song,1 Naoki Kato,1,* Yoshiko Matsumiya,1 Cheng-Xu Liu,1 Haru Kato,2 and Kunitomo Watanabe1

Institute of Anaerobic Bacteriology, Gifu University School of Medicine, 40 Tsukasa-machi, Gifu 500-8705,1 and Department of Bacteriology, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-8640,2 Japan

Received 8 March 1999/Returned for modification 22 May 1999/Accepted 5 June 1999

We identified Lactobacillus isolates from Japanese women and newborn infants by a DNA-DNA hybridization method. The predominating lactobacilli were Lactobacillus crispatus and Lactobacillus gasseri in the women's vaginas and the newborns' intestines and L. gasseri and Lactobacillus fermentum in the women's intestines. All L. crispatus strains were exclusively strong H2O2 producers.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institute of Anaerobic Bacteriology, Gifu University School of Medicine, 40 Tsukasa-machi, Gifu 500-8705, Japan. Phone: 81-58-267-2343. Fax: 81-58-265-9001. E-mail: nk19{at}cc.gifu-u.ac.jp.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 1999, p. 3062-3064, Vol. 37, No. 9
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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