Barnesella is a genus of obligate anaerobic, Gram-negative bacteria in the phylum Bacteroidetes. It is a relatively understudied gut commensal that appears in the WikiBiome vault primarily in the context of endometriosis microbiome studies, where it is part of the complex microbial community shifts observed across vaginal, cervical, and fecal samples.
Endometriosis Associations
- Identified in the vaginal/cervical microbiome of endometriosis patients as part of the altered community composition ata 2019 endobiota study vaginal cervical gut microbiota endometriosis ser 2023 current updates microbiome endometriosis review miyashira 2022 microbiome and endometriosis.
Cross-References
- endometriosis — vaginal/cervical microbiome context
- bacteroidetes — phylum-level context