Capnocytophaga
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- Genus of Gram-negative fusiform bacilli
- One rounded end and one tapered end
- Occasionally filamentous, occasionally curved
- Fastidious and capnophilic
- Members of the normal oral flora of humans and other vertebrates including dogs and cats
- Species include:
- Capnocytophaga gingivalis, Capnocytophaga ochracea, and Capnocytophaga sputigena, which are associated with periodontal disease
- Capnocytophaga canimorsus and Capnocytophaga cynodegmi, which cause a spectrum of illnesses in humans
