| Species/Subspecies: | Capnocytophaga canimorsus | ||||||||
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| Categories: | Zoonotic; motile; in the normal flora; primarily of interest in human medicin | ||||||||
| Etymology: | Genus name: bacteria that require carbon dioxide and are related to the bacteria of the genus Cytophaga. Species epithet: from a dog bite. | ||||||||
| Significance: | Mainly of human medical interest, but also of importance in veterinary medicine as it occurs in the normal mouth flora of the dog and cat. [Important] |
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| Alternative Species Name(s): | Dysgonic fermenter 2 (DF-2). | ||||||||
| Taxonomy: | Class Flavobacteriia Order Flavobacteriales Family Flavobacteriaceae Genus Capnocytophaga |
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| Type Strain: | 7120 = ATCC 35979 = NCTC 12242. | ||||||||
| Macromorphology (smell):
| Grows slowly, growth stimulates by carbon dioxide, form small yellowish colonies (up to 1 mm in diameter). | ||||||||
| Micromorphology: | Rod shaped (ca 4 x 0.5 µm). The bacterium has no flagella, but can glide on surfaces. | ||||||||
| Gram +/Gram -: | G- | ||||||||
| Metabolism: | Facultatively anaerobic | ||||||||
| Catalase/Oxidase: | +/+ | ||||||||
| Fermentation of carbohydrates: | D-glucose + lactose + maltose + L-rhamnose ? sucrose - L-arabinose ? cellobiose (-) D-mannitol - salicin ? trehalose ? glycerol ? inulin - raffinose - D-sorbitol ? starch ? |
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| Taxonomy/phylogeny: | Eleven species have been described within the genus Capnocytophaga. and this genus is closely related to the genera Flavobacterium and Riemerella. | ||||||||
| Reference(s): | No. 142, 143 | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2023-03-18 |