Name: Canibacter oris Aravena-Román et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o’ris. L. gen. neut. n. oris, of the mouth

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 64069; DSM 27064; IMMIB Q-2029717

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HG326599 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Aravena-Roman M, Inglis TJ, Siering C, Schumann P, Yassin AF. Canibacter oris gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an infected human wound. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1635-1640.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2509-2511.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Canibacter Aravena-Román et al. 2014. Publication: Aravena-Roman M, Inglis TJ, Siering C, Schumann P, Yassin AF. Canibacter oris gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an infected human wound. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1635-1640.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Canibacter Aravena-Román et al. 2014

Assigned by: Aravena-Roman M, Inglis TJ, Siering C, Schumann P, Yassin AF. Canibacter oris gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an infected human wound. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1635-1640.

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Record number: 791845