Biology:Gardnerella
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Short description: Genus of bacteria
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| Microscopic picture of vaginal epithelial clue cells coated with Gardnerella vaginalis, magnified 400 times | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetia |
| Order: | Bifidobacteriales |
| Family: | Bifidobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Gardnerella Greenwood and Pickett 1980[1] |
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Gardnerella is a genus of Gram-variable-staining facultative anaerobic bacteria.[1]
Eponym
It is named after Hermann L. Gardner (1912–1982), an American bacteriologist who discovered it in 1955.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J. R. Greenwood; M. J. Pickett (January 1980). "Transfer of Haemophilus vaginalis Gardner and Dukes to a New Genus, Gardnerella: G. vaginalis (Gardner and Dukes) comb. nov.". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 30 (1): 170–178. doi:10.1099/00207713-30-1-170.
- ↑ "Gardnerella". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/gardnerella.
Wikidata ☰ Q15241017 entry
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