Gardnerella is a genus of Gram-variable-staining facultative anaerobic bacteria.[1]
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| Microscopic picture of vaginal epithelial clue cells coated with Gardnerella vaginalis, magnified 400 times | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetia |
| Order: | Bifidobacteriales |
| Family: | Bifidobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Gardnerella Greenwood and Pickett 1980[1] |
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Eponym
It is named after Hermann L. Gardner (1912–1982), an American bacteriologist who discovered it in 1955.