Fig. (3) Representative biotypes obtained from Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD)-PCR profiles of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) isolated from vaginal samples. Primers (GTG)5 were used for RAPD-PCR analysis. MW: Molecular weight marker (1kb DNA ladder, Invitrogen). (GTG)5 RAPD profiles including the following biotypes: Bt1 (L. crispatus,); Bt2 (L. gasseri); Bt3 (L. jensenii); Bt4 (L. mucosae); Bt5 (L. johnsonii); Bt6 (L. murinus); Bt7 (L. oris); Bt8 (Lc. mesenteroides); Bt9 (L. acidophilus); Bt10 (E. faecium) Bt11 (W. paramesenteroides) and Bt12 (S. epidermidis). Methods are described in the text.