Mobiluncus mulieris

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| taxon = Mobiluncus mulieris

| authority = Spiegel and Roberts 1984{{cite journal|last1=Spiegel|first1=C. A.|last2=Roberts|first2=M.|title=Mobiluncus gen. nov., Mobiluncus curtisii subsp. curtisii sp. nov., Mobiluncus curtisii subsp. holmesii subsp. nov., and Mobiluncus mulieris sp. nov., Curved Rods from the Human Vagina|journal=International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology|volume=34|issue=2|year=1984|pages=177–184|issn=0020-7713|doi=10.1099/00207713-34-2-177|doi-access=free}}

| synonyms = * Falcivibrio grandis Hammann et al. 1984

| synonyms_ref = List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion no. 1. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 7-8. [Hoyles (L.), Collins (M.D.), Falsen (E.), Nikolaitchouk (N.) and McCartney (A.L.): Transfer of members of the genus Falcivibrio to the genus Mobiluncus, and emended descriptions of the genus Mobiluncus. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 2004, 27, 72-83.

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Mobiluncus mulieris is a curved, anaerobic bacteria from the vagina of women. Its cells are motile and rod-shaped, having multiple subpolar flagella and multilayered gram-variable cell walls. Its type strain is ATCC 35243. It is often associated with vaginal infections.{{cite journal|last1=Mayer|first1=Jeanmarie|last2=Hegewald|first2=Susan|last3=Sartor|first3=Victor E.|last4=Carroll|first4=Karen|title=Extragenital infection due to Mobiluncus mulieris|journal=Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease|volume=20|issue=3|year=1994|pages=163–165|issn=0732-8893|doi=10.1016/0732-8893(94)90111-2}}