Species Gardnerella greenwoodii

Name: Gardnerella greenwoodii Sousa et al. 2023

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: green.woo’di.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. greenwoodii, of Greenwood, named after James Greenwood, an American microbiologist who proposed the transfer of Haemophilus vaginalis to the new genus Gardnerella

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: gard-ne-REL-la green-WOO-di-i, feminine

Type strain: c31Ua_26; CCP 72; DSM 113415

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: OP402842 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sousa M, Ksiezarek M, Perovic SU, Antunes-Lopes T, Grosso F, Ribeiro TG, Peixe L. Gardnerella pickettii sp. nov. (formerly Gardnerella genomic species 3) and Gardnerella greenwoodii sp. nov. (formerly Gardnerella genomic species 8) isolated from female urinary microbiome. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6140. 🇵🇹

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6213.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. The phrase "valid name" is misleading. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Gardnerella Greenwood and Pickett 1980

Assigned by: Sousa M, Ksiezarek M, Perovic SU, Antunes-Lopes T, Grosso F, Ribeiro TG, Peixe L. Gardnerella pickettii sp. nov. (formerly Gardnerella genomic species 3) and Gardnerella greenwoodii sp. nov. (formerly Gardnerella genomic species 8) isolated from female urinary microbiome. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6140. 🇵🇹

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Record number: 41185

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