Name: Frederiksenia canicola Korczak et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ca.ni’co.la. L. gen. masc./fem. n. canis, dog; L. masc./fem. n. incola, a dweller, inhabitant; N.L. masc./fem. n. canicola, the inhabitant of dog

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 62410; DSM 25797; HPA 21; HPA T 21

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JQ356598 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Korczak BM, Bisgaard M, Christensen H, Kuhnert P. Frederiksenia canicola gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from dogs and human dog-bite wounds. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:731-741.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 158. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2184-2187.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Frederiksenia Korczak et al. 2014. Publication: Korczak BM, Bisgaard M, Christensen H, Kuhnert P. Frederiksenia canicola gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from dogs and human dog-bite wounds. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:731-741.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Z".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established 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: Frederiksenia Korczak et al. 2014

Assigned by: Korczak BM, Bisgaard M, Christensen H, Kuhnert P. Frederiksenia canicola gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from dogs and human dog-bite wounds. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:731-741.

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