<i>Umbribacter vaginalis</i> gen. nov., sp. nov.: novel bacterium isolated from the human vagina.

ABSTRACT: Gram-variable obligately anaerobic novel bacteria DNF00809 and PR-HUZ-602407-17 were isolated from vaginal fluid samples from women with bacterial vaginosis (BV) in two independent studies conducted in different laboratories. They each displayed ≥99.9% 16S rRNA gene sequence identity to the uncultured bacterial clone sequence AY738656 designated as Eggerthella-like vaginal bacterium (ELVB) and shared 100% 16S rRNA gene sequence identity with each other. Studies using molecular bacterial identification have associated ELVB sequences with BV, higher risk for human immunodeficiency virus acquisition and development of pelvic inflammatory disease in women. Given the clinical significance of this bacterium, we characterized the novel bacterium designated DNF00809^T using bioche

SUBMITTER: Srinivasan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12494484 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature