Fusobacterium canifelinum (DSM 15542, ATCC BAA-689, CCUG 49733)

Name: Fusobacterium canifelinum (DSM 15542, ATCC BAA-689, CCUG 49733)
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BacDive ID 5766

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 15542 ATCC BAA-689 CCUG 49733 RMA 1036 KCTC 5838 1 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 285729

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM KCTC

History <- G. Conrads; RMA 1036 <- RM Alden Res. Lab., Los Angeles <- D. M. Citron KCTC 5838 <-- J. K. Kook <-- CCUG 49733 <-- G. Conrads RMA 1036.

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Fusobacterium canifelinum DSM 15542 is an anaerobe bacterium that was isolated from purulent dog-bite wound in a human patient.

anaerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 134421

ATCC BAA-689,DSM 15542,CCUG 49733,JCM 17464

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:19:02

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Fusobacteriota

Class Fusobacteriia

Order Fusobacteriales

Family Fusobacteriaceae

Genus Fusobacterium

Species Fusobacterium canifelinum

Full scientific name Fusobacterium canifelinum corrig. Conrads et al. 2004

Synonyms (1)

Fusobacterium canium

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Fusobacterium canifelinum** (4)	Type strain
5767	F. canifelinum DSM 15543, ATCC BAA-690, RMA 12701
153489	F. canifelinum CCUG 49734
153490	F. canifelinum CCUG 49735
155250	F. canifelinum CCUG 57078

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
5991	PYG MEDIUM (MODIFIED) (DSMZ Medium 104)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: PYG MEDIUM (modified) (DSMZ Medium 104) Composition: Yeast extract 10.0 g/l Peptone 5.0 g/l Trypticase peptone 5.0 g/l Beef extract 5.0 g/l Glucose 5.0 g/l L-Cysteine HCl x H2O 0.5 g/l NaHCO3 0.4 g/l NaCl 0.08 g/l K2HPO4 0.04 g/l KH2PO4 0.04 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.02 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.01 g/l Hemin 0.005 g/l Ethanol 0.0038 g/l Resazurin 0.001 g/l Tween 80 Vitamin K1 NaOH Distilled water
5991	COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693) Composition: Defibrinated sheep blood 50.0 g/l Columbia agar base

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
5991	positive	growth	37
58686	positive	growth	37
67770	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance
5991	anaerobe
58686	anaerobe

Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

@ref

58686

Fatty acid	Percentage	ECL
C14:0	36.7	14
C16:1 ω7c	21.2	15.819
C16:0	12.3	16
C14:0 3OH/C16:1 ISO I	5.8	15.485
C18:2 ω6,9c/C18:0 ANTE	5	17.724
C16:0 3OH	4.7	17.52
C13:0 3OH/C15:1 i I/H	2.2	14.469
C18:1 ω7c /12t/9t	1.8	17.824
C17:1 ω5c ISO	1.8	16.461
C12:0	1.7	12
C18:1 ω9c	1.3	17.769
C16:1 ω7c DMA	1	16.288
C13:1 at 12-13	0.7	12.931
C13:0 ISO 2OH	0.7	13.814
C16:0 aldehyde	0.7	14.949
C16:1 ω5c	0.5	15.908
C15:0	0.5	15
unknown 14.776	0.4	14.776
C14:1 ω5c	0.4	13.899
C18:0	0.4	18
C15:0 ISO	0.2	14.621

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Human	-
#Host	#Mammals	#Canidae (Dog)
#Host Body-Site	#Other	#Wound
#Host Body Product	#Fluids	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Sampling date	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
5991	purulent dog-bite wound in a human patient		California	USA	USA	North America
58686	Human wound,purulent,dog-bite	1977	CA,Santa Monica,Alden Research Lab	USA	USA	North America
67770	Purulent dog-bite wound in a human patient

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AY162221 (>99% sequence identity) for Fusobacterium from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	197
Soil Samples	65
Animal Samples	11939
Plant Samples	64
Total Samples	12265

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
5991	2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
124043	ASM1672478v1 assembly for Fusobacterium canifelinum FDAARGOS_1126	complete	GCA_016724785	285729.7	8120457570	285729	98.89

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
5991	Fusobacterium canifelinum strain RMA 1036 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AY162221	1458	285729
67770	Fusobacterium canifelinum gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 17464	AB616132	1391	285729
124043	Fusobacterium canifelinum JCM 17464 gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence.	LC752381	562	285729
124043	Fusobacterium canifelinum strain RMA 1036 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence 16S-23S intergenic spacer, complete sequence and 23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	AY125473	760	285729

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
5991	26
67770	26-28	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Fusobacterium canifelinum strain FDAARGOS_1126 strain Not applicable
PATRIC: 285729.7

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	87.41	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	yes	89.98	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	82.31	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	96.65	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	93.25	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	83.00	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Functionally enriched human polymorphisms associate to species in the chronic wound microbiome.	Gabrilska RA, Omeir K, Ancira J, Miller C, Tipton CD, Rumbaugh KP, Wolcott J, Noe A, Subasinghe K, Rowe M, Phillips N, Phillips CD.	NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes	10.1038/s41522-025-00831-6	2025
	Specific Oral Microbial Differences in Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes Are Associated with Distinct Sites When Moving from Healthy Mucosa to Oral Dysplasia-A Microbiome and Gene Profiling Study and Focused Review.	Radaic A, Shamir ER, Jones K, Villa A, Garud NR, Tward AD, Kamarajan P, Kapila YL.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms11092250	2023
	The Relationship between the Oral Microbiota and Metabolic Syndrome.	Prince Y, Davison GM, Davids SFG, Erasmus RT, Kengne AP, Graham LM, Raghubeer S, Matsha TE.	Biomedicines	10.3390/biomedicines11010003	2022
	The Tumor Microbiome Reacts to Hypoxia and Can Influence Response to Radiation Treatment in Colorectal Cancer.	Benej M, Hoyd R, Kreamer M, Wheeler CE, Grencewicz DJ, Choueiry F, Chan CHF, Zakharia Y, Ma Q, Dodd RD, Ulrich CM, Hardikar S, Churchman ML, Tarhini AA, Robinson LA, Singer EA, Ikeguchi AP, McCarter MD, Tinoco G, Husain M, Jin N, Tan AC, Osman AEG, Eljilany I, Riedlinger G, Schneider BP, Benejova K, Kery M, Papandreou I, Zhu J, Denko N, Spakowicz D, exORIEN Consortium.	Cancer Res Commun	10.1158/2767-9764.crc-23-0367	2024
Phylogeny	The effect of cigarette smoking on the oral microbiota in a South African population using subgingival plaque samples.	Prince Y, Davison GM, Davids SFG, Erasmus RT, Kengne AP, Raghubeer S, Matsha TE.	Heliyon	10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31559	2024
	The role and challenges of intratumoral microbiota in colorectal cancer immunotherapy.	Hao M, Xu H, Li M, Jiao D.	Front Pharmacol	10.3389/fphar.2025.1634703	2025
	Microbiota Modulation of Radiosensitiveness and Toxicity in Gastrointestinal Cancers: What Radiation Oncologists Need to Know-A Review on Behalf of the Italian Association of Radiobiology (AIRB).	Bonu ML, Georgopulos A, Ramera M, Andreuccetti J, Guerini AE, Bozzola AM, Morelli V, Balduzzi J, Katica M, Cefaratti M, Granello L, Triggiani L, Buglione M, Magrini SM, Marampon F, Mondini M, Parisi S, Timon G, Bellu L, Rescigno M, Arcangeli S, Scorsetti M.	Curr Issues Mol Biol	10.3390/cimb47040265	2025
	[Changes of oral bacteria flora after wearing complete denture].	Yu WQ, Tian F, Guo XK, Zhang FQ, Ye DX.	Shanghai Kou Qiang Yi Xue		2018
	A Comparison of the Oral Microbiota in Healthy Dogs and Dogs with Oral Tumors.	Lisjak A, Correa Lopes B, Pilla R, Nemec A, Suchodolski JS, Tozon N.	Animals (Basel)	10.3390/ani13233594	2023
	Identification of Fusobacterium Species Using Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization-Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry by Updating ASTA CoreDB.	Yun SY, Lee Y, Hong J, Kim DC, Lee H, Yong D, Lim YK, Kook JK, Lee K.	Yonsei Med J	10.3349/ymj.2022.0271	2022
	Subgingival microbiome in smokers and non-smokers in Korean chronic periodontitis patients.	Moon JH, Lee JH, Lee JY.	Mol Oral Microbiol	10.1111/omi.12086	2015
	Combining mucosal microbiome and host multi-omics data shows prognostic potential in paediatric ulcerative colitis.	Kulecka M, O'Sullivan J, Fitzgerald R, Velikonja A, Huseyin CE, Laserna-Mendieta EJ, Ruiz-Limon P, Eckenberger J, Vidal-Marin M, Truppel BA, Singh R, Naik S, Croft NM, Temko A, Zomer A, MacSharry J, Melgar S, Deb P, Sanderson IR, Claesson MJ.	Nat Commun	10.1038/s41467-025-62533-z	2025
	In Vitro Activity of Pexiganan and 10 Comparator Antimicrobials against 234 Isolates, Including 93 Pasteurella Species and 50 Anaerobic Bacterial Isolates Recovered from Animal Bite Wounds.	Goldstein EJC, Citron DM, Tyrrell KL, Leoncio ES.	Antimicrob Agents Chemother	10.1128/aac.00246-17	2017
Pathogenicity	Occurrence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Porphyromonas spp. and Fusobacterium spp. in dogs with and without periodontitis.	Senhorinho GN, Nakano V, Liu C, Song Y, Finegold SM, Avila-Campos MJ.	Anaerobe	10.1016/j.anaerobe.2012.04.008	2012
Phylogeny	Predominant bacterial species in subgingival plaque in dogs.	Dahlen G, Charalampakis G, Abrahamsson I, Bengtsson L, Falsen E.	J Periodontal Res	10.1111/j.1600-0765.2011.01440.x	2012
	Increased Abundance of Clostridium and Fusobacterium in Gastric Microbiota of Patients with Gastric Cancer in Taiwan.	Hsieh YY, Tung SY, Pan HY, Yen CW, Xu HW, Lin YJ, Deng YF, Hsu WT, Wu CS, Li C.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-017-18596-0	2018
	Study of microbiocenosis of canine dental biofilms.	Kacirova J, Madari A, Mucha R, Fecskeova LK, Mujakic I, Koblizek M, Nemcova R, Madar M.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-021-99342-5	2021
	Structural changes in the oral microbiome of the adolescent patients with moderate or severe dental fluorosis.	Wang Q, Chen X, Hu H, Wei X, Wang X, Peng Z, Ma R, Zhao Q, Zhao J, Liu J, Deng F.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-021-82709-z	2021
Pathogenicity	Intratumoral Microbiota Changes with Tumor Stage and Influences the Immune Signature of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma.	Pratap Singh R, Kumari N, Gupta S, Jaiswal R, Mehrotra D, Singh S, Mukherjee S, Kumar R.	Microbiol Spectr	10.1128/spectrum.04596-22	2023
	Culture on Selective Media and Amplicon-Based Sequencing of 16S rRNA from Spontaneous Brain Abscess-the View from the Diagnostic Laboratory.	Andersen C, Bergholt B, Ridderberg W, Norskov-Lauritsen N.	Microbiol Spectr	10.1128/spectrum.02407-21	2022
	Gastric Microbiota beyond H. pylori: An Emerging Critical Character in Gastric Carcinogenesis.	Wen J, Lau HC, Peppelenbosch M, Yu J.	Biomedicines	10.3390/biomedicines9111680	2021
	Profiling Fusobacterium infection at high taxonomic resolution reveals lineage-specific correlations in colorectal cancer.	Bi D, Zhu Y, Gao Y, Li H, Zhu X, Wei R, Xie R, Cai C, Wei Q, Qin H.	Nat Commun	10.1038/s41467-022-30957-6	2022
Pathogenicity	Genetic determinant of intrinsic quinolone resistance in Fusobacterium canifelinum.	Conrads G, Citron DM, Goldstein EJ.	Antimicrob Agents Chemother	10.1128/aac.49.1.434-437.2005	2005
Phylogeny	Microbial dysbiosis in pediatric patients with Crohn's disease.	Kaakoush NO, Day AS, Huinao KD, Leach ST, Lemberg DA, Dowd SE, Mitchell HM.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.01396-12	2012
	Bacterial diversity of subgingival plaque in 6 healthy Chinese individuals.	Zhang SM, Tian F, Huang QF, Zhao YF, Guo XK, Zhang FQ.	Exp Ther Med	10.3892/etm.2011.311	2011
Phylogeny	Fusobacterium canifelinum sp. nov., from the oral cavity of cats and dogs.	Conrads G, Citron DM, Mutters R, Jang S, Goldstein EJ	Syst Appl Microbiol	10.1078/0723202041438509	2004

References

#5991	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 15542
#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#58686	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 49733
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#69479	João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#125438	Julia Koblitz, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Rüdiger Pukall, Jörg Overmann: Predicting bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets. 2024 ( DOI 10.1101/2024.08.12.607695 )
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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Fusobacterium canifelinum (DSM 15542, ATCC BAA-689, CCUG 49733)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology