Gardnerella
Genus of bacteria
Gardnerella | |
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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[1] |
Species[2] | |
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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
- ^ a b 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.
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