Mobiluncus mulieris

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Mobiluncus mulieris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Actinomycetales
Family: Actinomycetaceae
Genus: Mobiluncus
Species:
M. mulieris
Binomial name
Mobiluncus mulieris
Spiegel and Roberts 1984[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Falcivibrio grandis Hammann et al. 1984

Mobiluncus mulieris is a curved, anaerobic bacteria from the vagina of women. Its cells are motile and rod-shaped, having multiple subpolar flagella and multilayered gram-variable cell walls. Its type strain is ATCC 35243. It is often associated with vaginal infections.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Spiegel, C. A.; Roberts, M. (1984). "Mobiluncus gen. nov., Mobiluncus curtisii subsp. curtisii sp. nov., Mobiluncus curtisii subsp. holmesii subsp. nov., and Mobiluncus mulieris sp. nov., Curved Rods from the Human Vagina". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 34 (2): 177–184. doi:10.1099/00207713-34-2-177. ISSN 0020-7713.
  2. ^ List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion no. 1. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 7-8. [Hoyles (L.), Collins (M.D.), Falsen (E.), Nikolaitchouk (N.) and McCartney (A.L.): Transfer of members of the genus Falcivibrio to the genus Mobiluncus, and emended descriptions of the genus Mobiluncus. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 2004, 27, 72-83.
  3. ^ Mayer, Jeanmarie; Hegewald, Susan; Sartor, Victor E.; Carroll, Karen (1994). "Extragenital infection due to Mobiluncus mulieris". Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 20 (3): 163–165. doi:10.1016/0732-8893(94)90111-2. ISSN 0732-8893.

Further reading[edit]

  • Roberts, MARILYN C., et al. "Antigenic distinctiveness of Mobiluncus curtisii and Mobiluncus mulieris." Journal of Clinical Microbiology 21.6 (1985): 891–893.
  • M. Gatti; R. Aschbacher; C. Cimmino & R. Valentini (July 1997). "Antigenic profiles for the differentiation of Mobiluncus curtisii and Mobiluncus mulieris by immunoblotting technique". The New Microbiologica. 20 (3): 247–252. PMID 9258945.
  • Spiegel, CAROL A. "Susceptibility of Mobiluncus species to 23 antimicrobial agents and 15 other compounds." Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 31.2 (1987): 249–252.

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