''Fannyhessea vaginae'' is a species of bacteria in the family ''Atopobiaceae''. It is a facultative anaerobic organism, anaerobic, Gram-positive rod-shaped or elliptical coccobacillus found as single elements or in pairs or short chains.
It is typically isolated from 80% of women with bacterial vaginosis and it is implicated in treatment failures.
Invasive infections such as bacteremia have been reported.
See also
* List of bacterial orders
* List of bacteria genera
References
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Type strain of ''Atopobium vaginae'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Coriobacteriaceae
Bacterial vaginosis
Bacteria described in 1999
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