Species ***Actinomyces* *oris***

Name: Actinomyces oris Henssge et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o’ris. L. gen. neut. n. oris, of the mouth

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 27044; CCUG 34288; DSM 23056; JCM 16131

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB545935 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Henssge U, Do T, Radford DR, Gilbert SC, Clark D, Beighton D. Emended description of Actinomyces naeslundii and descriptions of Actinomyces oris sp. nov. and Actinomyces johnsonii sp. nov., previously identified as Actinomyces naeslundii genospecies 1, 2 and WVA 963. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:509-516.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1259-1261.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.12432 (N = 12).
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 95 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Actinomyces Harz 1877 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Henssge U, Do T, Radford DR, Gilbert SC, Clark D, Beighton D. Emended description of Actinomyces naeslundii and descriptions of Actinomyces oris sp. nov. and Actinomyces johnsonii sp. nov., previously identified as Actinomyces naeslundii genospecies 1, 2 and WVA 963. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:509-516.

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Species Actinomyces oris

Species ***Actinomyces* *oris***