Name: Sutterella stercoricanis Greetham et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ster.co.ri.ca’nis. L. neut. n. stercus (gen. stercoris), faeces; L. gen. masc./fem. n. canis, of the dog; N.L. gen. masc./fem. n. stercoricanis, from dog faeces [probably better: stercoriscanis or canistercoris]

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 5BAC4; CCUG 47620; CIP 108024; DSM 17807

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AJ566849 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Greetham HL, Collins MD, Gibson GR, Giffard C, Falsen E, Lawson PA. Sutterella stercoricanis sp. nov., isolated from canine faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1581-1584.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:3-5.

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 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Sutterella Wexler et al. 1996

Assigned by: Greetham HL, Collins MD, Gibson GR, Giffard C, Falsen E, Lawson PA. Sutterella stercoricanis sp. nov., isolated from canine faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1581-1584.

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Record number: 782338