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Gardnerella vaginalis

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Gardnerella vaginalis
[gärd′nərel′ə]
Etymology: Herman L. Gardner, twentieth-century American bacteriologist; L, vagina, sheath
a genus of rod-shaped gram-negative bacteria normally found in the female genital tract. The bacteria, formerly identified as Haemophilus vaginalis, may also be a marker for bacterial vaginosis.


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