Sneathia
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| Genus: | Sneathia Collins et al. 2002 |
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| Sneathia sanguinegens Collins et al. 2002 | |
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Sneathia is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming and non-motile genus of bacteria from the family of Leptotrichiaceae. Species have been identified as pathogens associated with bacterial vaginosis.
Sneathia is named of the microbiologist H. A. Snaeth.