Fannyhessea vaginae

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Classification

Bacteria; Actinimycetota; Actinomycetes ; Actinomycetales; Actinomycetaceae; Fannyhessea

Species

NCBI: [1]

Fannyhessea Vaginae

Description and Significance

Fannyhessea Vaginae (formerly atopobium vaginae) is a gram positive cocci shaped bacterium highly specific to Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) (Lu ́cia G. V. Sousa et al, 2021).

As an anaerobe (low to no oxygen) F. Vaginae creates polymicrobial biofilms that layer the vaginal epithelial cells helping to maintain the anaerobic conditions (Lu ́cia G. V. Sousa et al, 2021). F. vaginae Biofilms serve as a diagnostic marker for BV which is essential as most detection methods fail.

Genome Structure

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Ecology and Pathogenesis

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References

[Sample reference] Takai, K., Sugai, A., Itoh, T., and Horikoshi, K. "Palaeococcus ferrophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a barophilic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2000. Volume 50. p. 489-500.

Author

Page authored by _____, student of Prof. Bradley Tolar at UNC Wilmington.