Name: "Odoribacter denticanis" Hardham et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: den.ti.ca’nis. L. masc. n. dens (gen. dentis), tooth; L. gen. masc./fem. n. canis, of a dog; N.L. gen. masc./fem. n. denticanis, of the tooth of a dog

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC PTA-3625; B 106; CNCM I-3225

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AY560020 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Hardham JM, King KW, Dreier K, Wong J, Strietzel C, Eversole RR, Sfintescu C, Evans RT. Transfer of Bacteroides splanchnicus to Odoribacter gen. nov. as Odoribacter splanchnicus comb. nov., and description of Odoribacter denticanis sp. nov., isolated from the crevicular spaces of canine periodontitis patients. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:103-109.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:747-748.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not 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 = "t".
  • 🧍 Odoribacter denticanis was previously known as (i) "Porphyromonas denticanis" Hardham et al. 2005, or as (ii) "Wernerella denticanis"; see HARDHAM (J.M.), KING (K.W.), DREIER (K.), WONG (J.), STRIETZEL (C.), SFINTESCU (C.) and EVANS (R.T.) - Proposal for a new genus in the Porphyromonadaceae family: Identification of Wernerella denticanis sp. nov. isolated from the crevicular spaces of canine periodontal disease patients, Unpublished. Publication: Hardham J, Dreier K, Wong J, Sfintescu C, Evans RT. Pigmented-anaerobic bacteria associated with canine periodontitis. Vet Microbiol 2005; 106:119-128.
  • 🧍 Regarded as not validly published. — Hardham et al. 2008 wrote the following: "The type strain B106T is the subject of the US patent application US20030228328 and the worldwide patent application WO2003054755. The strain is now available to the public". However, according to Rule 30(4) the name Odoribacter denticanis Hardham et al. 2008 is not validly published. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585.

Parent taxon: Odoribacter Hardham et al. 2008

Assigned by: Hardham JM, King KW, Dreier K, Wong J, Strietzel C, Eversole RR, Sfintescu C, Evans RT. Transfer of Bacteroides splanchnicus to Odoribacter gen. nov. as Odoribacter splanchnicus comb. nov., and description of Odoribacter denticanis sp. nov., isolated from the crevicular spaces of canine periodontitis patients. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:103-109.

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