Species Canicola haemoglobinophilus

Name: Canicola haemoglobinophilus (Lehmann and Neumann 1907) Christensen et al. 2021

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacterium haemoglobinophilus" Lehmann and Neumann 1907

Etymology: hae.mo.glo.bi.no’phi.lus. N.L. neut. n. haemoglobinum, haemoglobin; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, friend, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. adj. haemoglobinophilus, hemoglobin-loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ka-NI-ko-la ha͡e-mo-glo-bi-NO-p^hi-lus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 19416; CCUG 3714; CIP 53.88; DSM 21241; NCTC 1659

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M75064 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Christensen H, Kuhnert P, Foster G, Bisgaard M. Reclassification of [Haemophilus] haemoglobinophilus as Canicola haemoglobinophilus gen. nov., comb. nov. including Bisgaard taxon 35. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4881. 🇩🇰

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5006.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Haemophilus haemoglobinophilus (Lehmann and Neumann 1907) Murray 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Bacterium haemoglobinophilus" Lehmann and Neumann 1907	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Canicola Christensen et al. 2021. Publication: Christensen H, Kuhnert P, Foster G, Bisgaard M. Reclassification of [Haemophilus] haemoglobinophilus as Canicola haemoglobinophilus gen. nov., comb. nov. including Bisgaard taxon 35. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4881. 🇩🇰
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🫡 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Haemophilus haemoglobinophilus (Lehmann and Neumann 1907) Murray 1939 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Murray EGD. Parvobacteriaceae. In: Bergey DH, Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 5th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1939, p. 309. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Parent taxon: Canicola Christensen et al. 2021

Assigned by: Christensen H, Kuhnert P, Foster G, Bisgaard M. Reclassification of [Haemophilus] haemoglobinophilus as Canicola haemoglobinophilus gen. nov., comb. nov. including Bisgaard taxon 35. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4881. 🇩🇰

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