Name: Porphyromonas canoris Love et al. 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: can.o.ris. L. gen. masc./fem. n. canis, dog; L. neut. n. os (gen. oris), the mouth; N.L. gen. neut. n. canoris, of a dog’s mouth

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 36550; CIP 104881; JCM 16132; NCTC 12835; VPB 4878

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AB525416 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Love DN, Karjalainen J, Kanervo A, Forsblom B, Sarkiala E, Bailey GD, Wigney DI, Jousimies-Somer H. Porphyromonas canoris sp. nov., an asaccharolytic, black-pigmented species from the gingival sulcus of dogs. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:204-208.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:596.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), no evidence of human infection was found for this species. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
  • 🧍 The type strains JCM 11138 (strain cited in the paper by Love et al. 1994) and NCTC 12835 are not available. — Falsen E. Personal communication, 2008-10-14.

Parent taxon: Porphyromonas Shah and Collins 1988

Assigned by: Love DN, Karjalainen J, Kanervo A, Forsblom B, Sarkiala E, Bailey GD, Wigney DI, Jousimies-Somer H. Porphyromonas canoris sp. nov., an asaccharolytic, black-pigmented species from the gingival sulcus of dogs. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:204-208.

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