Fannyhessea vaginae

Fannyhessea vaginae is a species of bacteria in the family Atopobiaceae. It is a facultative anaerobic, Gram-positive rod-shaped or elliptical coccobacillus found as single elements or in pairs or short chains.^[4] It is typically isolated from 80% of women with bacterial vaginosis and it is implicated in treatment failures.^[5][6] Invasive infections such as bacteremia have been reported.^[7]

Fannyhessea vaginae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Coriobacteriia
Order:	Coriobacteriales
Family:	Atopobiaceae
Genus:	Fannyhessea Nouioui et al. 2018[1]
Species:	F. vaginae
Binomial name
Fannyhessea vaginae (Rodriguez Jovita et al. 1999) Nouioui et al. 2018[2]
Synonyms
Atopobium vaginae Rodriguez Jovita et al. 1999[3]

See also

• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera