NCIt definition : A subspecies of anaerobic, Gram positive, curved rod shaped bacterium assigned to
the phylum Actinobacteria and the species Mobiluncus curtisii. This subspecies is
motile by multiple subterminal flagella, esterase lipase positive, reduces nitrate
and fermentation of glycogen in the presence of serum produces pyruvate. M. curtisii
subsp. holmesii is found in the vaginal tract and is a causative agent of vaginitis.;