Gardnerella

Gardnerella is a genus of Gram-variable-staining facultative anaerobic bacteria.^[1]

Gardnerella
Microscopic picture of vaginal epithelial clue cells coated with Gardnerella vaginalis, magnified 400 times
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetes
Order:	Bifidobacteriales
Family:	Bifidobacteriaceae
Genus:	Gardnerella Greenwood and Pickett 1980[1]
Species[2]
Gardnerella greenwoodii Sousa et al. 2023 Gardnerella leopoldii Vaneechoutte et al. 2019 Gardnerella pickettii Sousa et al. 2023 Gardnerella piotii Vaneechoutte et al. 2019 Gardnerella swidsinskii Vaneechoutte et al. 2019 Gardnerella vaginalis (Gardner and Dukes 1955) Greenwood and Pickett 1980

Eponym

It is named after Hermann L. Gardner (1912–1982), an American bacteriologist who discovered it in 1955.