ABSTRACT
Classi©cation. The genus Atopobium was introduced by Collins and Wallbanks1 to reclassify species formerly designated Lactobacillus minutus (Hauduroy 1937), Lactobacillus rimae, and Streptococcus parvulus (Weinberg 1937). In 1999, Eubacterium fossor2 and a newly described species, Atopobium vaginae,3 were placed in the genus.4
