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: Actinomycetia
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

Gardnerella is a genus of Gram-variable-staining facultative anaerobic bacteria.