Biology:Gardnerella

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Short description: Genus of bacteria

Gardnerella
Microscopic picture of vaginal epithelial clue cells coated with Gardnerella vaginalis, magnified 400 times
Microscopic picture of vaginal epithelial clue cells coated with Gardnerella vaginalis, magnified 400 times
Scientific classification e
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Bifidobacteriales
Family: Bifidobacteriaceae
Genus: Gardnerella
Greenwood and Pickett 1980[1]
Species[2]
  • Gardnerella leopoldii Vaneechoutte et al. 2019
  • Gardnerella piotii Vaneechoutte et al. 2019
  • Gardnerella swidsinskii Vaneechoutte et al. 2019
  • Gardnerella vaginalis (Gardner and Dukes 1955) Greenwood and Pickett 1980

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. ↑ 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. 
  2. ↑ "Gardnerella". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/gardnerella. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15241017 entry



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