Atopobium

Atopobium
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Atopobium

Collins and Wallbanks 1993
Species[1]
  • A. deltae Cools et al. 2014
  • "A. detroiti" Salimnia et al. 2008
  • A. fossor (Bailey and Love 1986) Kageyama et al. 1999
  • "A. massiliense" Bordigoni et al. 2020
  • A. minutum (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Collins and Wallbanks 1993

Atopobium is a genus of Actinomycetota, in the family Coriobacteriaceae, that may be associated with bacterial vaginosis.[2][3][4]

Atopobium species are anaerobic, Gram-positive rod-shaped or elliptical bacteria found as single elements or in pairs or short chains.

Atopobium vaginae was discovered in 1999.[5] This is a facultative anaerobic bacteria, which form small colonies on blood agar at 37 °C is also positive for acid phosphatase.

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References

  1. LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
  2. Verhelst R, Verstraelen H, Claeys G, Verschraegen G, Delanghe J, Van Simaey L, De Ganck C, Temmerman M, Vaneechoutte M (Apr 21, 2004). "Cloning of 16S rRNA genes amplified from normal and disturbed vaginal microflora suggests a strong association between Atopobium vaginae, Gardnerella vaginalis and bacterial vaginosis". BMC Microbiol. 4 (16): 1573–6. doi:10.1186/1471-2180-4-16. PMC 419343. PMID 15102329.
  3. Burton JP, Devillard E, Cadieux PA, Hammond JA, Reid G (Apr 21, 2004). "Detection of Atopobium vaginae in postmenopausal women by cultivation-independent methods warrants further investigation". J Clin Microbiol. 42 (16): 1829–1831. doi:10.1128/jcm.42.4.1829-1831.2004. PMC 387601. PMID 15071062.
  4. Burton JP, Chilcott CN, Al-Qumber M, Brooks HJ, Wilson D, Tagg JR, Devenish C (October 2005). "A preliminary survey of Atopobium vaginae in women attending the Dunedin gynaecology out-patients clinic: is the contribution of the hard-to-culturemicrobiota overlooked in gynaecological disorders?". The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 45 (5): 450–2. doi:10.1111/j.1479-828X.2005.00456.x. PMID 16171487.
  5. Rodriguez Jovita M, Collins MD, Sjödén B, Falsen E (1999). "Characterization of a novel Atopobium isolate from the human vagina: description of Atopobium vaginae sp. nov". Int J Syst Bacteriol. 49 (4): 1573–6. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-4-1573. PMID 10555338.


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