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Aimee Davidson Bench E Date ^[1]

Classification

Higher order taxa

Kingdom – Domain – Phylum – Class – Order – Family – Genus

kingdom - Bacteria - Bacteroidetes - Flavobacteriia - Flavobacteriales - Flavobacteriaceae - Capnocytophaga gingivalis

reference: LPSN bacterio.net

Species

Species name and type strain (consult LPSN http://www.bacterio.net/index.html for this information)

Capnocytophaga gingivalis Leadbetter et al. 1994, sp. nov. Type strain: strain 27, ATCC 33624, DSM 3290

Reference: Validation of the Publication of New Names and New Combinations Previously Effectively Published Outside the IJSB: List No. 8. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, April 1982: 266-268

Description and significance

Give a general description of the species (e.g. where/when was it first discovered, where is it commonly found, has it been cultured, functional role, type of bacterium [Gram+/-], morphology, etc.) and explain why it is important to study this microorganism. Examples of citations ^[1], ^[2]

Genome structure

Select a strain for which genome information (e.g. size, plasmids, distinct genes, etc.) is available.

Cell structure and metabolism

Cell wall, biofilm formation, motility, metabolic functions.

Ecology

Aerobe/anaerobe, habitat (location in the oral cavity, potential other environments) and microbe/host interactions.

Pathology

Do these microorganisms cause disease in the oral cavity or elsewhere?

A review of medical cases studies, from 2000 to February 2016, revealed that C. gingivalis was responsible for causing disease in four separate cases. The diseases were: bacteraemia, pneumonia, sepsis, lung abscess and acute exacerbation of COPD ^[3].