''Gardnerella'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
Gram-variable-staining
facultative anaerobic bacteria
Bacteria (; : bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one Cell (biology), biological cell. They constitute a large domain (biology), domain of Prokaryote, prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micr ...
.
Eponym
It is named after
Hermann L. Gardner (1912–1982), an American bacteriologist who discovered it in 1955.
References
Bifidobacteriales
Bacteria genera
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