Name: Actinobaculum urinale Hall et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: u.ri.na’le. L. neut. adj. urinale, pertaining to urine

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCUG 46093; CIP 107424; DSM 15805; R9242

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ439453 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hall V, Collins MD, Hutson RA, Falsen E, Inganas E, Duerden BI. Actinobaculum urinale sp. nov., from human urine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:679-682.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1221-1222.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Actinotignum urinale (Hall et al. 2003) Yassin et al. 2015

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Actinotignum urinale (Hall et al. 2003) Yassin et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Actinobaculum urinale is the correct name if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Actinobaculum.
  • 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: Actinobaculum Lawson et al. 1997

Assigned by: Hall V, Collins MD, Hutson RA, Falsen E, Inganas E, Duerden BI. Actinobaculum urinale sp. nov., from human urine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:679-682.

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Record number: 772665