Atopobium

Atopobium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinobacteria
Class: Coriobacteriia
Order: Coriobacteriales
Family: Coriobacteriaceae
Genus: Atopobium
Species

A. deltae[1]
A. fossor
A. minutum
A. parvulum
A. rimae
A. vaginae

Atopobium is a genus of Actinobacteria, in the family Coriobacteriaceae.

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

The atopobium vaginae was discovered in 1999 by Rodriguez [2] as a common commensal of the woman's vagina.

This is an facultative anaerobic bacteria, Gram-positive rod-shaped or elliptical cocobacilli, which form small colonies on blood agar at 37 °C is also positive for acid phosphatase. It can be identified by 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing,[3] and is associated with bacterial vaginosis.[4][5]

References

  1. LPSN bacterio.net
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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?". Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 45 ((5)): 450–2. doi:10.1111/j.1479-828X.2005.00456.x. PMID 16171487.

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