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Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science| 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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| Old 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 and after 24 hours they can 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: |
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| Disease: | The bacterium is part of the normal mouth flora of dogs and cats, but can cause serious human infections, especially after dog bites. The infection may result in sepsis. |
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| Hosts: | Dogs and cats. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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: | 2020-11-05 |
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