Name: Schaalia Nouioui et al. 2018

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Schaa’li.a. N.L. fem. n. Schaalia, named after Klaus P. Schaal, a German medical microbiologist, for his extensive work on Actinomyces systematics

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Schaali-), S͡HAA-li-a

Type species: Schaalia odontolytica (Batty 1958) Nouioui et al. 2018

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Actinomyces Harz 1877 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Batty I. Actinomyces odontolyticus, a new species of actinomycete regularly isolated from deep carious dentine. J Pathol Bacteriol 1958; 75:455-459.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Schaallia"; "Shaalia".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Hall et al. (2003), Lawson et al. (2001). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCUG: 16; DSM: 14; CIP: 12; NCTC: 8; ATCC: 7; LMG: 4; NCIMB: 1; CCM: 1; CGMCC: 1; NRRL: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 14
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 14
Total number of child taxa: 14

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Schaalia canis (Hoyles et al. 2000) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Schaalia cardiffensis (Hall et al. 2003) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Schaalia dentiphila Tian et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Schaalia funkei (Lawson et al. 2001) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Schaalia georgiae (Johnson et al. 1990) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Schaalia hyovaginalis (Collins et al. 1993) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Schaalia meyeri (Cato et al. 1984 ex Prévot 1938) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Schaalia naturae (Rao et al. 2012) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Schaalia odontolytica (Batty 1958) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Schaalia radingae (Wüst et al. 1995) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Schaalia suimastitidis (Hoyles et al. 2001) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Schaalia turicensis (Wüst et al. 1995) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Schaalia vaccimaxillae (Hall et al. 2003) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Schaalia zhouxuedongae Luo et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Actinomycetaceae Buchanan 1918 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪

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