Name: Capnocytophaga endodontalis Jo et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: en.do.don.ta’lis. Gr. adv. endon, within; Gr. masc. n. odous, tooth; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -alis, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. endodontalis, pertaining to the inside of a tooth, within teeth

Pronunciation, gender: … en-do-don-TA-lis, feminine

Type strain: ChDC -OS43; JCM 32133; KCCM 42841; KCOM 1579; KCTC 5562

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: CP022022 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Jo E, Park SN, Lim YK, Paek J, Shin Y, Kim H, Kim SH, Shin JH, Chang YH, Kook JK. Capnocytophaga endodontalis sp. nov., Isolated from a Human Refractory Periapical Abscess. Curr Microbiol 2018; 75:420-425. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 226. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6910.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-12-16.
  • 🙆 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Capnocytophaga Leadbetter et al. 1982

Assigned by: Jo E, Park SN, Lim YK, Paek J, Shin Y, Kim H, Kim SH, Shin JH, Chang YH, Kook JK. Capnocytophaga endodontalis sp. nov., Isolated from a Human Refractory Periapical Abscess. Curr Microbiol 2018; 75:420-425. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 69420