TABLE 2.

Lactobacillus lysogens among different species and anaerobic groups in vaginal isolates from women in the United States and Turkey

Species or group	No. in U.S. collection		No. in Turkish collection		Total no.		% Lysogen
	Strain	Lysogen	Strain	Lysogen	Strain	Lysogen
L. crispatus	27	4	34	7	61	11	18
L. gasseri	30	11	33	14	63	25	40
L. jensenii	30	12	30	14	60	26	43
L. fermentum	10	2	0	0	10	2	20
L. vaginalis	1	1	2	2	3	3	100
Other Lactobacillus spp.	9	0	3	0	12	0	0
Facultative anaerobes	97	23	92	31	189	54	29
Obligate anaerobesa	10	7	10	6	20	13	65
Total	107	30	102	37	209	67	32

^aAmong Turkish lactobacilli, the obligate anaerobes were L. jensenii and L. crispatus, but among U.S. lactobaclli, the obligate anaerobes were L. gasseri and L. jensenii.