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. 2003 Jul;41(7):3260–3264. doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.3260-3264.2003

TABLE 4.

Comparison of TMB-Plus to TMB for the detection of H2O2 produced by vaginal Lactobacillus spp.

Organism(s) or strain (n) No. (%) of strains for which H2O2 production was detected on:
TMB TMB-Plus
All isolates (261) 183 (70) 202 (77)
Lactobacillus speciesa (109) 78 (72) 89 (82)
L. crispatus (59) 58 (98) 59 (100)
L. jensenii (43) 37 (86) 40 (93)
L. gasseri (11) 7 (64) 11 (100)
Strain 1086 (34) 3 (9) 3 (9)
L. acidophilus (ATCC 521) 1 (100) 1 (100)
L. plantarum (ATCC 14917) 0 0
L. casei subsp. casei (ATCC 393) 0 0
L. vaginalis (ATCC 49540) 0 0
L. fermentum (ATCC 23271) 0 0
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Organisms identified to the genus level only.

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