Gardnerella

Gardnerella
	Microscopic picture of vaginal epithelial clue cells coated with Gardnerella vaginalis , magnified 400 times
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetes
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;

Last updated August 30, 2025

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 2 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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[G&P-1] 1 2 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 .

[LPSN-2] Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Gardnerella". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved May 12, 2022.

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