Name: Capnocytophaga canis Renzi et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ca’nis. L. gen. masc./fem. n. canis, from dog

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CcD38; DSM 101831; LMG 29146

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GQ167580 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Renzi F, Dol M, Raymackers A, Manfredi P, Cornelis GR. Only a subset of C. canimorsus strains is dangerous for humans. Emerg Microbes Infect 2016; 5:e29.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 170. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2463-2466.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Z".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 10 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

Parent taxon: Capnocytophaga Leadbetter et al. 1982

Assigned by: Renzi F, Dol M, Raymackers A, Manfredi P, Cornelis GR. Only a subset of C. canimorsus strains is dangerous for humans. Emerg Microbes Infect 2016; 5:e29.

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Record number: 793966