Name: Porphyromonas gingivicanis Hirasawa and Takada 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gin.gi.vi’ca.nis. L. fem. n. gingiva, gum; L. gen. masc./fem. n. canis, of a dog; N.L. gen. masc./fem. n. gingivicanis, of the gums of a dog

Pronunciation, gender: gin-gi-WI-ka-nis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 55562; JCM 15907; NUM 301

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16S rRNA gene: AB547662 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hirasawa M, Takada K. Porphyromonas gingivicanis sp. nov. and Porphyromonas crevioricanis sp. nov., isolated from beagles. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:637-640. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:199-200.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 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. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV TMP". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, 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 3 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 species itself.

Parent taxon: Porphyromonas Shah and Collins 1988

Assigned by: Hirasawa M, Takada K. Porphyromonas gingivicanis sp. nov. and Porphyromonas crevioricanis sp. nov., isolated from beagles. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:637-640. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 784668