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Species Peptostreptococcus canis
Name: Peptostreptococcus canis Lawson et al. 2013
Etymology: ca’nis. L. gen. masc./fem. n. canis, dog
Type strain: CCUG 57081; DSM 27025
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
HE687281
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FASTA
Effective publication:
Lawson PA, Johnson CN, Bengtsson L, Charalampakis G, Dahlen G, Moore E, Falsen E. Peptostreptococcus canis sp. nov., isolated from subgingival plaque from canine oral cavity. Anaerobe 2012; 18:597-601. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 152. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2365-2367.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t+". — 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 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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 genus.
Parent taxon: Peptostreptococcus Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Lawson PA, Johnson CN, Bengtsson L, Charalampakis G, Dahlen G, Moore E, Falsen E. Peptostreptococcus canis sp. nov., isolated from subgingival plaque from canine oral cavity. Anaerobe 2012; 18:597-601.
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Record number: 790822
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