Fannyhessea
Species of bacterium
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Fannyhessea vaginae is a species of bacteria in the family Atopobiaceae, and the only species in the genus Fannyhessea.[4] It is a facultative anaerobic, Gram-positive rod-shaped or elliptical coccobacillus found as single elements or in pairs or short chains.[5] It is typically isolated from 80% of women with bacterial vaginosis and it is implicated in treatment failures.[6][7] Invasive infections such as bacteremia have been reported.[8]
| Fannyhessea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Coriobacteriia |
| Order: | Coriobacteriales |
| Family: | Atopobiaceae |
| Genus: | Fannyhessea Nouioui et al. 2018[1] |
| Species: | F. vaginae |
| Binomial name | |
| Fannyhessea vaginae (Rodriguez Jovita et al. 1999) Nouioui et al. 2018[2] | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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