Name: Dysgonomonas capnocytophagoides Hofstad et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cap.no.cy.to.pha.goi’des. Gr. masc. n. kapnos, smoke; Gr. neut. n. kytos, hollow vessel; Gr. inf. v. phageîn, to eat; L. adj. suff. -oides, alike; N.L. adj. capnocytophagoides, capnocytophaga-like, referring to some properties shared between these organisms

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 17996; CIP 107043; DSM 22835; JCM 16697; LMG 11519

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB548674 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hofstad T, Olsen I, Eribe ER, Falsen E, Collins MD, Lawson PA. Dysgonomonas gen. nov. to accommodate Dysgonomonas gadei sp. nov., an organism isolated from a human gall bladder, and Dysgonomonas capnocytophagoides (formerly CDC group DF-3). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2189-2195.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:267-268.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.04855 (N = 3).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 11 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003.
  • 🧍 Dysgonomonas capnocytophagoides Hofstad et al. 2000 was previously known as CDC group DF-3. Publication: Wallace PL, Hollis DG, Weaver RE, Moss CW. Characterization of CDC group DF-3 by cellular fatty acid analysis. J Clin Microbiol 1989; 27:735-737.

Parent taxon: Dysgonomonas Hofstad et al. 2000

Assigned by: Hofstad T, Olsen I, Eribe ER, Falsen E, Collins MD, Lawson PA. Dysgonomonas gen. nov. to accommodate Dysgonomonas gadei sp. nov., an organism isolated from a human gall bladder, and Dysgonomonas capnocytophagoides (formerly CDC group DF-3). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2189-2195.

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