Slackia faecicanis sp. nov., isolated from canine faeces

1 Food Microbial Sciences Unit, School of Food Biosciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 226, Reading RG6 6AP, UK 2 Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition, Waltham-on-the-Wolds, Melton Mowbray, UK 3 Culture Collection, Department of Clinical Microbiology, University of Göteborg, Sweden Correspondence Paul A. Lawson p.a.lawson{at}reading.ac.uk Morphological, biochemical and molecular genetic studies were carried out on an unknown non-spore-forming, Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium that was isolated from dog faeces. The bacterium grew under strictly anaerobic conditions, was asaccharolytic, and possessed a relatively high G+C content of 61 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on comparative 16S rRNA gene sequencing showed that the unidentified bacterium was a member of the family Coriobacteriaceae and represents a hitherto unknown subline within the genus Slackia . Based on the presented findings, a novel species, Slackia faecicanis sp. nov., is described. The type strain of Slackia faecicanis is 5WC12 T (=CCUG 48399 T =CIP 108281 T ). The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of Slackia faecicanis 5WC12 T is AJ608686 .