Gardnerella vaginalis (CIP 82.20)

Name: Gardnerella vaginalis (CIP 82.20)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 137761

Type strain

Culture col. no. CIP 82.20

NCBI tax ID(s) 2702

Special Collections CIP

History CIP <- 1982, P. Piot, Inst. Trop. Geeneskunde, Antwerpen, Belgium: strain 2299, biotype 4 CIP <- 1982, P. Piot, Inst. Trop. Geeneskunde, Antwerpen, Belgium: strain 2299, biotype 4

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Gardnerella vaginalis CIP 82.20 is a facultative anaerobe, Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that was isolated from Human, Vaginal secretions.

Gram-negative rod-shaped facultative anaerobe Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 66388

CCM 6222,CIP 82.20

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:39:06

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Bifidobacteriales

Family Bifidobacteriaceae

Genus Gardnerella

Species Gardnerella vaginalis

Full scientific name Gardnerella vaginalis (Gardner and Dukes 1955) Greenwood and Pickett 1980

Synonyms (2)

"Corynebacterium vaginale"
Haemophilus vaginalis

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Gardnerella vaginalis** (128)	Type strain
1757	G. vaginalis 594, DSM 4944, ATCC 14018, CCUG 3717, NCTC ... (type strain)
132731	G. vaginalis DSM 104275, CCUG 7712
132732	G. vaginalis DSM 104281, CCUG 3990, LMG 21844
132733	G. vaginalis DSM 104282, CCUG 7921, LMG 21846
132734	G. vaginalis DSM 104283, CCUG 26996
132735	G. vaginalis DSM 104284, CCUG 30587
134735	G. vaginalis 448, CIP 57.37
134864	G. vaginalis 2300, CIP 82.21
134887	G. vaginalis 713.86, CIP 102709
134939	G. vaginalis CIP 102763
135015	G. vaginalis 132.87, CIP 102878
135019	G. vaginalis 154.87, CIP 102888
135020	G. vaginalis 147-87, CIP 102890
135327	G. vaginalis AmMS 117, CIP 103660, ATCC 49145
135716	G. vaginalis 2297, CIP 82.14
136085	G. vaginalis 366-86, CIP 102382
136100	G. vaginalis 463-86, CIP 102475
136108	G. vaginalis 540-86, CIP 102565
136816	G. vaginalis 1, CIP 58.31
137783	G. vaginalis 585.85, CIP 101815
137871	G. vaginalis CIP 102010
137883	G. vaginalis 181-86, CIP 102107
137906	G. vaginalis 66-86, CIP 102161
137907	G. vaginalis 60-86, CIP 102165
138022	G. vaginalis 493-86, CIP 102487
138033	G. vaginalis 532-86, CIP 102555
138409	G. vaginalis 581-86, CIP 102597
138636	G. vaginalis 744-85, CIP 101903
141255	G. vaginalis CB 575, CCUG 427 A
141630	G. vaginalis CCUG 4121
141631	G. vaginalis CCUG 4122
141632	G. vaginalis CCUG 4123, LMG 21845
141808	G. vaginalis CCUG 7154
141843	G. vaginalis CCUG 7733
141846	G. vaginalis CCUG 7751
142033	G. vaginalis CCUG 10059, LMG 21847
142095	G. vaginalis CCUG 10713
142160	G. vaginalis CCUG 11278 A
142161	G. vaginalis CCUG 11279
142364	G. vaginalis CCUG 12063 A
142400	G. vaginalis CCUG 12353
142449	G. vaginalis CCUG 12554
142452	G. vaginalis CCUG 12598
142644	G. vaginalis CCUG 13564
142718	G. vaginalis CCUG 14238
142719	G. vaginalis CCUG 14239 A
142720	G. vaginalis CCUG 14240
142721	G. vaginalis CCUG 14241
142722	G. vaginalis CCUG 14242
142723	G. vaginalis CCUG 14243 A
142832	G. vaginalis CCUG 15191
143212	G. vaginalis CCUG 17792
144335	G. vaginalis CCUG 24625
144838	G. vaginalis CCUG 26756, CCUG 26865
144867	G. vaginalis CCUG 26920
144868	G. vaginalis CCUG 26921
144875	G. vaginalis CCUG 26939
145201	G. vaginalis CCUG 27875
145561	G. vaginalis CCUG 28832
145604	G. vaginalis CCUG 28963
145796	G. vaginalis CCUG 29628
146294	G. vaginalis CCUG 30825
146303	G. vaginalis CCUG 30841
146512	G. vaginalis CCUG 31348
146976	G. vaginalis CCUG 32585
147854	G. vaginalis CCUG 34385
147889	G. vaginalis CCUG 34438
148313	G. vaginalis CCUG 35212
148418	G. vaginalis CCUG 35403
148434	G. vaginalis CCUG 35443 A
148735	G. vaginalis CCUG 35879 A
149108	G. vaginalis CCUG 36864
149257	G. vaginalis CCUG 37352
149398	G. vaginalis CCUG 37646
149650	G. vaginalis CCUG 38117
149710	G. vaginalis CCUG 38263
149826	G. vaginalis CCUG 38480
149827	G. vaginalis CCUG 38481
150248	G. vaginalis CCUG 39383 A
150263	G. vaginalis CCUG 39432
150349	G. vaginalis CCUG 39708
150383	G. vaginalis CCUG 39787
150504	G. vaginalis CCUG 41441
150628	G. vaginalis CCUG 41809 A
150751	G. vaginalis CCUG 42185
150950	G. vaginalis CCUG 42834
151129	G. vaginalis CCUG 43336
151372	G. vaginalis CCUG 44004
151373	G. vaginalis CCUG 44005
151374	G. vaginalis CCUG 44006
151375	G. vaginalis CCUG 44008
151376	G. vaginalis CCUG 44010
151378	G. vaginalis CCUG 44012
151379	G. vaginalis CCUG 44013
151394	G. vaginalis CCUG 44036
151395	G. vaginalis CCUG 44037
151399	G. vaginalis CCUG 44042
151400	G. vaginalis CCUG 44043
151401	G. vaginalis CCUG 44044
151402	G. vaginalis CCUG 44045
151409	G. vaginalis CCUG 44052
151410	G. vaginalis CCUG 44053
151414	G. vaginalis CCUG 44058
151420	G. vaginalis CCUG 44062
151423	G. vaginalis CCUG 44066
151426	G. vaginalis CCUG 44069
151445	G. vaginalis CCUG 44089
151453	G. vaginalis CCUG 44097
151466	G. vaginalis CCUG 44111
151469	G. vaginalis CCUG 44114
151472	G. vaginalis CCUG 44120
151473	G. vaginalis CCUG 44121
151496	G. vaginalis CCUG 44152
151500	G. vaginalis CCUG 44157
151502	G. vaginalis CCUG 44159
151503	G. vaginalis CCUG 44160
151504	G. vaginalis CCUG 44161
151529	G. vaginalis CCUG 44227
151535	G. vaginalis CCUG 44249
151547	G. vaginalis CCUG 44280
151685	G. vaginalis CCUG 44631 A
152275	G. vaginalis CCUG 46301
152861	G. vaginalis CCUG 47808
154577	G. vaginalis CCUG 54463
155050	G. vaginalis CCUG 56285 A
155941	G. vaginalis CCUG 59706
156034	G. vaginalis CCUG 60143 A
174282	G. vaginalis CIMB 05-0951, CRBIP17.73

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
38698	negative	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

38698

Hemolysis ability1

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition	Medium link
38698	MEDIUM 26 - for Gardnerella and Propionibacterium lymphophilum		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Horse serum (200.000 ml);Brainheart infusion (37.000 g);Maltose 10 % solution - M0173 (200.000 ml)
38698	CIP Medium 26			Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
38698	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

38698

Oxygen tolerancefacultative anaerobe

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68371	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28847 ChEBI	D-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62318 ChEBI	D-lyxose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
38698	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	+	hydrolysis
68371	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18403 ChEBI	L-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18287 ChEBI	L-fucose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17266 ChEBI	L-sorbose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65328 ChEBI	L-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	320061 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	43943 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-mannoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	74863 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
38698	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
38698	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68371	0 ChEBI	Potassium 2-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	0 ChEBI	Potassium 5-ketogluconate	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17814 ChEBI	salicin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28017 ChEBI	starch	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	32528 ChEBI	turanose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
38698	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test
38698	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
38698	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
38698	amylase	+
68382	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API zym
38698	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
38698	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
38698	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	-		from API zym
38698	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
38698	oxidase	-
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
38698	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
38698	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-

API 50CHac

@ref	ControlQ	GLY	ERY	DARA	LARA	RIB	DXYL	LXYL	ADO	MDX	GAL	GLU	FRU	MNE	SBE	RHA	DUL	INO	MAN	SOR	MDM	MDG	NAG	AMY	ARB	ESC	SAL	CEL	MAL	LAC	MEL	SAC	TRE	INU	MLZ	RAF	AMD	GLYG	XLT	GEN	TUR	LYX	TAG	DFUC	LFUC	DARL	LARL	GNT	2KG	5KG
38698	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	+	+	+/-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	+

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species
38698	Human, Vaginal secretions	Homo sapiens

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
38698	2	Risk group (French classification)

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#38698	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 82.20
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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