| Species/Subspecies: | Frederiksenia canicola | |||||||||
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| Category: | In the normal flora | |||||||||
| Etymology: | Frederiksenia, to honour Wilhelm C. Frederiksen, a Danish microbiologist, for his contribution to research on the Pasteurellaceae. Canicola from canis since it was first isolated from dogs | |||||||||
| Significance: | [Of minor importance] | |||||||||
| Taxonomy: | Class Gammaproteobacteria Order Pasteurellales Family Pasteurellaceae Genus Frederiksenia |
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| Type Strain: | CCUG 62410T=DSM 25797T | |||||||||
| Macromorphology (smell):
| Non-hemolytic, 1.5–2 mm regular shape, shiny and opaque with grayish tinge. | |||||||||
| Micromorphology: | Gram-negative, pleomorphic, straight or curved rods | |||||||||
| Gram +/Gram -: | G- | |||||||||
| Metabolism: | Facultative anaerobic | |||||||||
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| Disease: | Is an opportunist, which belongs to the normal flora of the mouth. May cause wound infections after dog bites.
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| 16S rRNA Seq.: | - | |||||||||
| Taxonomy/phylogeny: | Frederiksenia is a genus of bacteria in the Pasteurellaceae family with one known species, namely Frederiksenia canicola | |||||||||
| Updated: | 2025-11-17 |