TABLE 1.

Polyphasic comparison of the Gardnerella strains.

Strains	Nugent score	Biofilm intensity	Phylogenetic subgroups	to Mid-log phase (h)	Sialidase activity	Vaginolysin-encoding gene	Antibiotic resistance genes	MID = 16 μ g/ml
ATCC 14019	ND	1.69	C1	10 h	ND	+	lsaC	GM, TO
JNFY1	4	1.42	C1	14 h	0.29±0.009	+	ermX, lsaC	CIP, TO, MTZ
JNFY3	1	0.48	A1	8 h	ND	+	ermX	AZM, CIP, GM, TO, MTZ
JNFY4	8	1.06	C1	9 h	ND	+	ermX, lsaC, tetL, tetM	AZM, TE, CIP, GM, ERM, TO, CLI, MTZ
JNFY9	7	1.03	C2	15 h	ND	+	ermX, lsaC, tetL, tetM	TE, CIP, TO
JNFY11	8	1.29	C1	10 h	ND	+	ermX, lsaC	CLI, CIP, TO, AZM
JNFY13	0	1.1	C2	12 h	ND	+	lsaC, tetL, tetM	GM, TE, TO, MTZ
JNFY14	8	2.57	B2	11 h	0.38±0.008	+	2*lsaC	CIP, GM, TO, MTZ
JNFY15	8	0.59	B4	20 h	ND	-	ermX, lsaC	CIP, GM, ERM, CLI, TO
JNFY17	4	0.52	B3	13 h	0.27±0.014	+	lsaC	CIP, GM, TO, MTZ
JNFY28	8	1.13	C2	14 h	ND	+	lsaC	GM, DNR, TO, MTZ