Name: Gardnerella swidsinskii Vaneechoutte et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: swid.sins’ki.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. swidsinskii, of Swidsinski, named after Alexander Swidsinski, a German microbiologist, who recognized that clue cells in Gram stains of vaginal swabs of women with BV are indicative for biofilm formation by Gardnerella

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … swid-SINS-ki-i, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 72429; GS 9838-1; LMG 30812; NCTC 14290

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16S rRNA gene: MH898658 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vaneechoutte M, Guschin A, Van Simaey L, Gansemans Y, Van Nieuwerburgh F, Cools P. Emended description of Gardnerella vaginalis and description of Gardnerella leopoldii sp. nov., Gardnerella piotii sp. nov. and Gardnerella swidsinskii sp. nov., with delineation of 13 genomic species within the genus Gardnerella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:679-687. 🇧🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1529-1530.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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: Vaneechoutte M, Guschin A, Van Simaey L, Gansemans Y, Van Nieuwerburgh F, Cools P. Emended description of Gardnerella vaginalis and description of Gardnerella leopoldii sp. nov., Gardnerella piotii sp. nov. and Gardnerella swidsinskii sp. nov., with delineation of 13 genomic species within the genus Gardnerella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:679-687. 🇧🇪

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Record number: 800131