Description of canine- and feline-derived strains of the bile acid-converting bacterium Peptacetobacter hiranonis: P. hiranonis subsp. deconjugans subsp. nov. and P. hiranonis subsp. nondeconjugans subsp. nov.
Bruna Corrêa Lopes, Jonathan Louis Turck, Amanda Blake, Luis Fernando da Costa Medina, Sara D. Lawhon, Jan S. Suchodolski, Rachel Pilla
This paper describes two new subspecies of Peptacetobacter hiranonis isolated from dogs and cats, highlighting genomic and functional differences in bile acid conversion.
bioRxiv · Aug 22, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology