''Sneathia sanguinegens'' is a

Gram-positive In bacteriology, gram-positive bacteria are bacteria that give a positive result in the Gram stain test, which is traditionally used to quickly classify bacteria into two broad categories according to their type of cell wall. Gram-positive bacte ...

and

anaerobic Anaerobic means "living, active, occurring, or existing in the absence of free oxygen", as opposed to aerobic which means "living, active, or occurring only in the presence of oxygen." Anaerobic may also refer to: * Anaerobic adhesive, a bonding a ...

bacterium from the genus of ''

Sneathia ''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 Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is ...

'' which has been isolated from humans.

References

External links

Type strain of ''Sneathia sanguinegens'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Fusobacteriota Bacteria described in 1995 {{Bacteria-stub