Fannyhessea

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}} {{Speciesbox | image = | genus = Fannyhessea | parent_authority = Nouioui ''et al''. 2018<ref name="Nouioui">{{cite journal |vauthors=Nouioui I, Carro L, García-López M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Markus Göker M | year = 2018 | title = Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum ''Actinobacteria'' | journal = Front. Microbiol. | volume = 9 | pages = 2007 | pmid = 30186281 | pmc = 6113628 | doi = 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02007| doi-access = free }}</ref> | species = vaginae | authority = (Rodriguez Jovita ''et al''. 1999) Nouioui ''et al''. 2018<ref name=LPSN>{{cite web |author=A.C. Parte |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/fannyhessea-vaginae |title=Fannyhessea vaginae |access-date=2025-02-28 |publisher=List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) |display-authors=et al.}}</ref> | synonyms = * ''Atopobium vaginae'' <small>Rodriguez Jovita ''et al''. 1999</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name=NCBI>{{cite web |author=C.L. Schoch |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=82135&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock |title=Fannyhessea vaginae |access-date=2025-02-28 |publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database |display-authors=et al.}}</ref> }}

'''''Fannyhessea vaginae''''' is a species of bacteria in the family ''Atopobiaceae'', and the only species in the genus '''''Fannyhessea'''''.<ref>{{Lpsn|genus/fannyhessea}}</ref> It is a facultative anaerobic, Gram-positive rod-shaped or elliptical coccobacillus found as single elements or in pairs or short chains.<ref name="JovitaCollins1999">{{cite journal|last1=Jovita|first1=M. R.|last2=Collins|first2=M. D.|last3=Sjoden|first3=B.|last4=Falsen|first4=E.|title=Characterization of a novel ''Atopobium'' isolate from the human vagina: Description of ''Atopobium vaginae'' sp. nov.|journal=International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology|volume=49|issue=4|year=1999|pages=1573–1576|issn=0020-7713|doi=10.1099/00207713-49-4-1573|pmid=10555338|doi-access=free}}</ref> It is typically isolated from 80% of women with bacterial vaginosis and it is implicated in treatment failures.<ref name=Mastro2013>{{cite journal|last1=Mastromarino|first1=Paola|last2=Vitali|first2=Beatrice|last3=Mosca|first3=Luciana|title=Bacterial vaginosis: a review on clinical trials with probiotics|url=http://www.newmicrobiologica.org/PUB/allegati_pdf/2013/3/229.pdf|journal=New Microbiologica|date=2013|volume=36|issue=3|pages=229–238|pmid=23912864}}</ref><ref name="Polatti2012">{{cite journal|last1=Polatti|first1=Franco|title=Bacterial Vaginosis, ''Atopobium vaginae'' and Nifuratel|journal=Current Clinical Pharmacology|issue=1|year=2012|pages=36–40|issn=1574-8847|doi=10.2174/157488412799218824|pmc=3362959|pmid=22082330|volume=7}}</ref> Invasive infections such as bacteremia have been reported.<ref name="Dauby2018">{{cite journal|last1=Dauby|first1=Nicolas|last2=Martiny|first2=Delphine|last3=Busson|first3=Laurent|last4=Cogan|first4=Alexandra|last5=Meghraoui|first5=Alaedinne|last6=Argudin|first6=Maria Angeles|last7=Nonhoff|first7=Claire|last8=Hallin|first8=Marie|last9=Konopnicki|first9=Deborah|title=Atopobium vaginae intrapartum bacteremia: A case report with a literature review|journal=Anaerobe|volume=59|pages=212–214|doi=10.1016/j.anaerobe.2018.09.010|pmid=30291902|year=2018|s2cid=52930575|url=https://dipot.ulb.ac.be/dspace/bitstream/2013/278513/5/AS6793777633320981538987689622_content_1.pdf}}</ref>

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==Further reading== * {{cite journal|last1=De Backer|first1=Ellen|last2=Verhelst|first2=Rita|last3=Verstraelen|first3=Hans|last4=Claeys|first4=Geert |last5=Verschraegen|first5=Gerda|last6=Temmerman|first6=Marleen|last7=Vaneechoutte|first7=Mario |title=Antibiotic susceptibility of ''Atopobium vaginae''|journal=BMC Infectious Diseases|volume=6|issue=1|year=2006|page=51|issn=1471-2334|doi=10.1186/1471-2334-6-51|pmid=16542416|pmc=1468414 |doi-access=free }} * {{Cite journal |author = Franco Polatti |title=Bacterial vaginosis, ''Atopobium vaginae'' and nifuratel |journal=Current Clinical Pharmacology |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=36–40 |date=February 2012 |pmid=22082330 |doi=10.2174/157488412799218824 |pmc=3362959}} * {{cite journal|last1=Burton|first1=J. P.|last2=Devillard|first2=E.|last3=Cadieux|first3=P. A.|last4=Hammond|first4=J.-A.|last5=Reid|first5=G.|title=Detection of ''Atopobium vaginae'' in Postmenopausal Women by Cultivation-Independent Methods Warrants Further Investigation|journal=Journal of Clinical Microbiology|volume=42|issue=4|year=2004|pages=1829–1831|issn=0095-1137|doi=10.1128/JCM.42.4.1829-1831.2004|pmid=15071062|pmc=387601}} * {{cite journal|last1=Knoester|first1=M.|last2=Lashley|first2=L. E. E. L. O.|last3=Wessels|first3=E.|last4=Oepkes|first4=D.|last5=Kuijper|first5=E. J.|title=First Report of ''Atopobium vaginae'' Bacteremia with Fetal Loss after Chorionic Villus Sampling|journal=Journal of Clinical Microbiology|volume=49|issue=4|year=2011|pages=1684–1686|issn=0095-1137|doi=10.1128/JCM.01655-10|pmid=21289141|pmc=3122803}}

==External links== * [http://bacdive.dsmz.de/index.php?search=3043&submit=Search Type strain of ''Atopobium vaginae'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase]

Category:Coriobacteriia Category:Bacterial vaginosis Category:Bacteria described in 1999 Category:Monotypic bacteria genera