Table 1.
Types of G. vaginalis.
| Type | Numbers of type | Methods | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biotype | 8 | Tests of β-galactosidase, lipase, and hippurate hydrolysis | (Piot et al., 1984) |
| 4 groups (17 biotypes) | Tests of hippurate hydrolysis, β-galactosidase and lipase, and fermentation of arabinose, galactose and xylose | (Benito et al., 1986) | |
| Genotype | 4 (A1–A4) | cpn60 sequencing | (Hill et al., 2005) |
| 4 (A–D) | cpn60 sequencing | (Paramel Jayaprakash et al., 2012) | |
| 4 (1–4) | Whole-genome sequencing | (Ahmed et al., 2012) | |
| Ecotype | 3 | Phylogenetic and functional analyses | (Cornejo et al., 2017) |