| Gardnerella vaginalis | |
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| Microscopic picture of vaginal epithelial clue cells coated with Gardnerella vaginalis, magnified 400 times | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetia |
| Order: | Bifidobacteriales |
| Family: | Bifidobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Gardnerella |
| Species: | G. vaginalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Gardnerella vaginalis | |
Gardnerella vaginalis is a species of Gram-variable-staining facultative anaerobic bacteria. The organisms are small (1.0–1.5 μm in diameter) non-spore-forming, nonmotile coccobacilli.[3]
Once classified as Haemophilus vaginalis and afterwards as Corynebacterium vaginalis, G. vaginalis grows as small, circular, convex, gray colonies on chocolate agar; it also grows on HBT[4] agar. A selective medium for G. vaginalis is colistin-oxolinic acid blood agar.
- ^ Gardner HL, Dukes CD (1955). "Haemophilus vaginalis vaginitis. A newly defined specific infection previously classified 'Non-specific vaginitis'". Am J Obstet Gynecol. 69 (5): 962–976. doi:10.1016/0002-9378(55)90095-8. PMID 14361525.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Taylor-Robinson D (1984). "The bacteriology of Gardnerella vaginalis". Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology. Supplementum. 86: 41–55. PMID 6399409.
- ^ Totten, P A; Amsel, R; Hale, J; Piot, P; Holmes, K K (January 1982). "Selective differential human blood bilayer media for isolation of Gardnerella (Haemophilus) vaginalis". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 15 (1): 141–147. doi:10.1128/jcm.15.1.141-147.1982. ISSN 0095-1137. PMC 272039. PMID 6764766.