Mobiluncus mulieris
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetia |
| Order: | Actinomycetales |
| Family: | Actinomycetaceae |
| Genus: | Mobiluncus |
| Species: | M. mulieris
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| Mobiluncus mulieris Spiegel and Roberts 1984[1]
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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]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
External links
[edit]- LPSN
- "Mobiluncus mulieris" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Type strain of Mobiluncus mulieris at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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