Mobiluncus mulieris

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Mobiluncus mulieris
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetes
Order: Actinomycetales
Family: Actinomycetaceae
Genus: Mobiluncus
Species:
M. mulieris
Binomial name
Mobiluncus mulieris
Spiegel and Roberts 1984 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Falcivibrio grandisHammann et al. 1984

Mobiluncus mulieris is a curved, anaerobic bacteria from the vagina of women. Its cells are motile and rod-shaped, having multiple subpolar flagella and multilayered gram-variable cell walls. Its type strain is ATCC 35243. It is often associated with vaginal infections. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Spiegel, C. A.; Roberts, M. (1984). "Mobiluncus gen. nov., Mobiluncus curtisii subsp. curtisii sp. nov., Mobiluncus curtisii subsp. holmesii subsp. nov., and Mobiluncus mulieris sp. nov., Curved Rods from the Human Vagina". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 34 (2): 177–184. doi: 10.1099/00207713-34-2-177 . ISSN   0020-7713.
  2. ↑ List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion no. 1. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 7-8. [Hoyles (L.), Collins (M.D.), Falsen (E.), Nikolaitchouk (N.) and McCartney (A.L.): Transfer of members of the genus Falcivibrio to the genus Mobiluncus, and emended descriptions of the genus Mobiluncus. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 2004, 27, 72-83.
  3. ↑ Mayer, Jeanmarie; Hegewald, Susan; Sartor, Victor E.; Carroll, Karen (1994). "Extragenital infection due to Mobiluncus mulieris". Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 20 (3): 163–165. doi:10.1016/0732-8893(94)90111-2. ISSN   0732-8893.

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