Sneathia
Scientific classification
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Leptotrichiaceae
Genus:
Sneathia

Collins et al. 2002[1]
Type species
Sneathia sanguinegens
Collins et al. 2002
Species

Sneathia is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming and non-motile genus of bacteria from the family of Leptotrichiaceae.[1][3][4] Species have been identified as pathogens associated with bacterial vaginosis.[5]

Sneathia is named of the microbiologist H. A. Snaeth.[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Parte, A.C. "Sneathia". LPSN.
  2. "Sneathia amnii". www.uniprot.org.
  3. "Sneathia". www.uniprot.org.
  4. Logan, Julie M.J.; Edwards, Kirstin J.; Gharbia, Saheer E. (14 September 2015). "Sneathia". Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: 1–2. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00773. ISBN 9781118960608.
  5. Theis, KR; Florova, V; Romero, R; Borisov, AB; Winters, AD; Galaz, J; Gomez-Lopez, N (August 2021). "Sneathia: an emerging pathogen in female reproductive disease and adverse perinatal outcomes". Critical Reviews in Microbiology. 47 (4): 517–542. doi:10.1080/1040841X.2021.1905606. PMC 8672320. PMID 33823747.
  6. Krieg, Noel R.; Ludwig, Wolfgang; Whitman, William B.; Hedlund, Brian P.; Paster, Bruce J.; Staley, James T.; Ward, Naomi; Brown, Daniel (2011). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology: Volume 4: The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyoglomi, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae, and Planctomycetes. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9780387685724.

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