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Taxonomy: V4.3   |  16S rRNA RefSeq: V16.03   |  Genomic RefSeq: V11.03   |  Viruses: V1.2
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Leptotrichia buccalis (HMT-0563)

Bacteria;Fusobacteriota;Fusobacteriia;Fusobacteriales;Leptotrichiaceae;Leptotrichia buccalis

Taxon Description:
Classification:
Bracketed letters indicate
that the taxonomic name at this
level has not been established.
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Fusobacteriota
Class: Fusobacteriia
Order: Fusobacteriales
Family: Leptotrichiaceae
Genus: Leptotrichia
Species:buccalis
Bacterial Name: Leptotrichia buccalis
Naming Status: Named
Cultivation Status: Cultivated
Body Site (or Source):
  [View in Body Sites Table] 		Primary: Oral (Abundance: medium)
Note: Periodontitis
Reason: Metagenomic mapping data, HMP (Torres-Morales et al. 2026)
Type/Reference Strain:
Former Names or Synonyms:
Leptothrix buccalis
Phylum: Fusobacteria
16S rRNA RefSeq Tree: View Taxon in RefSeq Tree
16S rRNA Reference Sequences:
     RefSeq-ID(s)
HMT-563_16S005509 Show Sequence
HMT-563_16S005547 Show Sequence
HMT-563_16S005555 Show Sequence
HMT-563_16S005564 Show Sequence
HMT-563_16S005598 Show Sequence
HMT-563_16S006281 Show Sequence

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species/Leptotrichia_256x256.png Leptotrichia (cyan) in a hedgehog structure in human dental plaque, together with Corynebacterium (magenta) and Streptococcus (green).
See Mark Welch et al. 2016
Number of
Genome Sequences:		 2 Open Genomes in Table
Pangenome(s): No Pangenomes Available.
Microbial Ecology: Abundance/Prevalence
Proteomics:
NCBI Taxon ID: 40542 [Link to NCBI]
LPSN.dsmz.de: https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/Leptotrichia-buccalis
PubMed Searches:
NCBI PubMed Link
NCBI (Entrez) Nucleotide Link
NCBI (Entrez) Protein Link
Phylogenetic Trees:
Genome Tree
Ribosomal Protein Tree
16S rRNA Gene Tree
References:
[1] Eribe ER, Paster BJ, Caugant DA, Dewhirst FE, Stromberg VK, Lacy GH, Olsen I. Genetic diversity of Leptotrichia and description of Leptotrichia goodfellowii sp. nov., Leptotrichia hofstadii sp. nov., Leptotrichia shahii sp. nov. and Leptotrichia wadei sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2004 Mar;54(Pt 2):583-92
[2] Sassone L, Fidel R, Figueiredo L, Fidel S, Faveri M, Feres M. Evaluation of the microbiota of primary endodontic infections using checkerboard DNA-DNA hybridization. Oral Microbiol Immunol. 2007 Dec;22(6):390-7
[3] Ulstrup AK, Hartzen SH. Leptotrichia buccalis: a rare cause of bacteraemia in non-neutropenic patients. Scand J Infect Dis. 2006;38(8):712-6
[4] GILMOUR MN, HOWELL A Jr, BIBBY BG. The classification of organisms termed Leptotrichia (Leptothrix) buccalis. I. Review of the literature and proposed separation into Leptotrichia buccalis Trevisan, 1879 and Bacterionema gen. nov., B. Bacteriol Rev. 1961 Jun;25:131-41