Sneathia
Genus of bacteria
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Sneathia is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming and non-motile genus of bacteria from the family of Leptotrichiaceae.[1][3][4] Species have been identified as pathogens associated with bacterial vaginosis.[5]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Fusobacteriati |
| Phylum: | Fusobacteriota |
| Class: | Fusobacteriia |
| Order: | Fusobacteriales |
| Family: | Leptotrichiaceae |
| Genus: | Sneathia Collins et al. 2002[1] |
| Type species | |
| Sneathia sanguinegens Collins et al. 2002 | |
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Sneathia is named after the microbiologist Peter H. A. Sneath.[6]
Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[1] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)[7]
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