Gardnerella

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Gardnerella

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Number of species cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Gardnerella Greenwood and Pickett 1980, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Gardnerella vaginalis (Gardner and Dukes 1955) Greenwood and Pickett 1980.
Reference: GREENWOOD (J.R.) and PICKETT (M.J.): Transfer of Haemophilus vaginalis Gardner and Dukes to a new genus, Gardnerella: G. vaginalis (Gardner and Dukes) comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 170-178.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Gardnerella vaginalis (Gardner and Dukes 1955) Greenwood and Pickett 1980, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain 594 of Gardner and Dukes = ATCC 14018 = CCUG 3717 = CIP 70.74 = DSM 4944 = JCM 11026 = LMG 7832 = NCTC 10287 = NCTC 10915.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: M58744.
Basonym: ¤ Haemophilus vaginalis Gardner and Dukes 1955 (Approved Lists 1980).
Other synonyms: "Haemophilus hemolyticus vaginalis" Lutz et al. 1956, "Corynebacterium vaginale" Zinnemann and Turner 1963, not "Haemophilus vaginalis" Amies and Jones 1957.
Etymology: L. n. vagina, sheath, vagina; L. fem. suff. -alis, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. vaginalis, pertaining to vagina, of the vagina.
Reference: GREENWOOD (J.R.) and PICKETT (M.J.): Transfer of Haemophilus vaginalis Gardner and Dukes to a new genus, Gardnerella: G. vaginalis (Gardner and Dukes) comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 170-178.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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