Helicobacter canis

Helicobacter canis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Epsilon Proteobacteria
Order: Campylobacterales
Family: Helicobacteraceae
Genus: Helicobacter
Species: H. canis
Binomial name
Helicobacter canis
Stanley et al., 1993

Helicobacter canis is a bacterium in the Helicobacteraceae family, Campylobacterales order.[1] Its type strain is NCTC 12739T. It colonises the lower bowel, but is also present in cases of hepatitis.[2] Besides infecting dogs, this bacterium is known to cause infections in immunocompromised humans.[3][4]

Description

Cells of H. canis are spiral, sometimes with truncated ends. Flagella are single and bipolar, as well as sheathed, a characteristic of genus Helicobacter, and connected to a basal plate at their insertion into the cell.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Stanley, J.; Linton, D.; Burnens, A. P.; Dewhirst, F. E.; Owen, R. J; Porter, A.; On, S. L. W.; Costas, M. (1993). "Helicobacter canis sp. nov., a new species from dogs: an integrated study of phenotype and genotype". Journal of General Microbiology. 139 (10): 2495–2504. doi:10.1099/00221287-139-10-2495. ISSN 0022-1287.
  2. Fox JG, Drolet R, Higgins R, et al. (October 1996). "Helicobacter canis isolated from a dog liver with multifocal necrotizing hepatitis". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 34 (10): 2479–82. PMC 229299Freely accessible. PMID 8880504. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  3. Alon, D.; Paitan, Y.; Ben-Nissan, Y.; Chowers, M. (2009). "Persistent Helicobacter canis Bacteremia in a Patient with Gastric Lymphoma". Infection. 38 (1): 62–64. doi:10.1007/s15010-009-9067-6. ISSN 0300-8126.
  4. Prag, Jørgen; Blom, Jens; Krogfelt, Karen A. (2007). "Helicobacter canisbacteraemia in a 7-month-old child". FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology. 50 (2): 264–267. doi:10.1111/j.1574-695X.2007.00271.x. ISSN 0928-8244.

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