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Genus of bacteria

Gardnerella

Microscopic picture of vaginal epithelial clue cells coated with Gardnerella vaginalis, magnified 400 times
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetia
Order:	Bifidobacteriales
Family:	Bifidobacteriaceae
Genus:	Gardnerella Greenwood and Pickett 1980
Species
Gardnerella greenwoodii Sousa et al. 2023 Gardnerella leopoldii Vaneechoutte et al. 2019 Gardnerella pickettii Sousa et al. 2023 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.

Eponym

It is named after Hermann L. Gardner (1912–1982), an American bacteriologist who discovered it in 1955.

References

^ 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.
Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Gardnerella". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved May 12, 2022.

Taxon identifiers
Gardnerella	Wikidata: Q15241017 Wikispecies: Gardnerella CoL: 4M7S EoL: 97853 EPPO: 1GARDG GBIF: 3223490 IRMNG: 1329690 ITIS: 957232 LPSN: gardnerella.html NCBI: 2701 NZOR: b3826852-b67c-46d0-abfb-43ae63d4fd13 Open Tree of Life: 929686 Paleobiology Database: 17674 WoRMS: 559797

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