Xia Zhou
University of Idaho
21 Papers
78 Citations
Xia Zhou is an academic researcher from University of Idaho. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biology & Lactobacillus iners. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 20 publications.
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Papers
Temporal Dynamics of the Human Vaginal Microbiota
Pawel Gajer,Rebecca M. Brotman,Guoyun Bai,Joyce M. Sakamoto,Ursel M. E. Schütte,Xue Zhong,Sara S. K. Koenig,Li Fu,Zhanshan Sam Ma,Xia Zhou,Zaid Abdo,Larry J. Forney,Jacques Ravel +12 more
TL;DR: The temporal dynamics of the composition of vaginal bacterial communities in 32 reproductive-age women over a 16-week period revealed the dynamics of five major classes of bacterial communities and showed that some communities change markedly over short time periods, whereas others are relatively stable.
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Differences in the composition of vaginal microbial communities found in healthy Caucasian and black women
Xia Zhou,Celeste J. Brown,Zaid Abdo,Catherine C. Davis,Melanie A. Hansmann,Paul Joyce,James A. Foster,Larry J. Forney +7 more
TL;DR: It is postulate that because of differences in composition, not all vaginal communities are equally resilient, and that differences in the vaginal microbiota of Caucasian and black women may at least partly account for known disparities in the susceptibility of women in these racial groups to bacterial vaginosis and sexually transmitted diseases.
Characterization of vaginal microbial communities in adult healthy women using cultivation-independent methods
Xia Zhou,Stephen J. Bent,Maria G. Schneider,Catherine C. Davis,Mohammed R. Islam,Larry J. Forney +5 more
TL;DR: Surprising results suggest that culture-independent methods can provide new insights into the diversity of bacterial species found in the human vagina, and this information could prove to be pivotal in understanding risk factors for various infectious diseases.
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Molecular microbial ecology: land of the one-eyed king
TL;DR: Several of the limitations inherent in studies of microbial diversity that must be considered when interpreting the results obtained using phylogenetic analyses of small subunit ribosomal RNA sequences are discussed.
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Microbiota of the seminal fluid from healthy and infertile men.
Dongsheng Hou,Xia Zhou,Xue Zhong,Matthew L. Settles,Jessica Herring,Li Wang,Zaid Abdo,Larry J. Forney,Chen Xu +8 more
TL;DR: Diverse kinds of bacteria were present in the human semen, but there were no significant differences between sperm donors and infertility patients, and the presence of Anaerococcus might be a biomarker for low sperm quality.
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