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