Name: Slackia faecicanis Lawson et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fae.ci.ca’nis. L. fem. n. faex (gen. faecis), faeces; L. gen. masc./fem. n. canis, dog; N.L. gen. masc./fem. n. faecicanis, from dog faeces [probably better: faeciscanis or canifaecis]

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 5WC12; CCUG 48399; CIP 108281; DSM 17537; JCM 14555

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ608686 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lawson PA, Greetham HL, Gibson GR, Giffard C, Falsen E, Collins MD. Slackia faecicanis sp. nov., isolated from canine faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1243-1246.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1747-1749.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Slackia Wade et al. 1999

Assigned by: Lawson PA, Greetham HL, Gibson GR, Giffard C, Falsen E, Collins MD. Slackia faecicanis sp. nov., isolated from canine faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1243-1246.

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Record number: 780952