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Species Actinomyces bowdenii
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- Siblings
- Actinomyces acetigenes
- "Actinomyces acrimycini"
- "Actinomyces actinomycetemcomitans"
- "Actinomyces agglomeratus"
- "Actinomyces ahygroscopicus"
- "Actinomyces alboflavus"
- "Actinomyces albohelvatus"
- "Actinomyces albosporeus"
- "Actinomyces albovinaceus"
- "Actinomyces alboviridis"
- "Actinomyces almquisti"
- "Actinomyces ansochromogenes"
- "Actinomyces anthocyanicus"
- "Actinomyces anthocyanicus"
- "Actinomyces anthocyanolatus"
- "Actinomyces antibioticus"
- "Actinomyces ashchabadicus"
- "Actinomyces atrolaccus"
- "Actinomyces atroolivaceus"
- "Actinomyces atrovirens"
- "Actinomyces aurantiogriseus"
- "Actinomyces aureocirculatus"
- "Actinomyces aureofasciculus"
- "Actinomyces aureomonopodiales"
- "Actinomyces aureoverticillatus"
- "Actinomyces aurigineus"
- "Actinomyces azurocolor"
- "Actinomyces azurolatus"
- "Actinomyces bacillaris"
- "Actinomyces badius"
- Actinomyces bernardiae
- "Actinomyces bikiniensis"
- "Actinomyces biverticillatus"
- "Actinomyces bobili"
- "Actinomyces bouchesdurhonensis"
- Actinomyces bovis
- "Actinomyces brunneofungus"
- "Actinomyces cacaoi"
- "Actinomyces caeruleus"
- "Actinomyces caesiolatus"
- "Actinomyces caesius"
- "Actinomyces californicus"
- Actinomyces canis
- Actinomyces capricornis
- Actinomyces cardiffensis
- "Actinomyces castaneoglobisporus"
- "Actinomyces castaneus"
- Actinomyces catuli
- "Actinomyces cellulosae"
- "Actinomyces chlorobiens"
- "Actinomyces chromofuscus"
- "Actinomyces chryseus"
- "Actinomyces cinereorectus"
- "Actinomyces cinereoviridis"
- "Actinomyces cinnabarinus"
- "Actinomyces citreofluorescens"
- "Actinomyces clavifer"
- "Actinomyces coelescens"
- "Actinomyces coelescens"
- "Actinomyces coeliatus"
- "Actinomyces coelicoalbus"
- "Actinomyces coelicoferus"
- "Actinomyces coelicoflavus"
- "Actinomyces coelicolatus"
- "Actinomyces coelicovarians"
- "Actinomyces coerulatus"
- "Actinomyces coeruleofuscus"
- "Actinomyces coeruleoroseus"
- "Actinomyces coeruleorubidus"
- "Actinomyces coerulescens"
- Actinomyces coleocanis
- "Actinomyces cremeospinus"
- "Actinomyces cremeus"
- "Actinomyces cristalomycini"
- "Actinomyces culturomici"
- "Actinomyces cyaneofuscatus"
- "Actinomyces cyaneogriseus"
- "Actinomyces cyaneus"
- "Actinomyces cyanoalbus"
- "Actinomyces cyanocolor"
- "Actinomyces cyanofetus"
- "Actinomyces cyanogenus"
- "Actinomyces cyanogenus"
- "Actinomyces cyanoglomerus"
- "Actinomyces cyanolatus"
- "Actinomyces daghestanicus"
- Actinomyces dentalis
- Actinomyces denticolens
- "Actinomyces dentocariosus"
- "Actinomyces diastaticus"
- "Actinomyces diastatochromogenes"
- "Actinomyces eriksonii"
- "Actinomyces erythraeus" corrig.
- "Actinomyces erythreus"
- Actinomyces europaeus
- "Actinomyces exfoliatus"
- Actinomyces faecalis
- "Actinomyces fimbriatus"
- "Actinomyces fimicarius"
- "Actinomyces finlayi"
- "Actinomyces flaveolus"
- "Actinomyces flavidovirens"
- "Actinomyces flavogriseus"
- "Actinomyces flavomacrosporus"
- "Actinomyces flavotricini"
- "Actinomyces flavovariabilis"
- "Actinomyces flavovirens"
- "Actinomyces flocculus"
- "Actinomyces fluorescens"
- "Actinomyces fradii"
- "Actinomyces fulvissimus"
- "Actinomyces fulvoviolaceus"
- "Actinomyces fulvoviridis"
- "Actinomyces fumanus"
- Actinomyces funkei
- "Actinomyces gallicus"
- Actinomyces gaoshouyii
- "Actinomyces gelaticus"
- Actinomyces georgiae
- Actinomyces gerencseriae
- "Actinomyces gibsonii"
- "Actinomyces glaucescens"
- "Actinomyces globisporus"
- "Actinomyces globosus"
- "Actinomyces glomeroaurantiacus"
- "Actinomyces glomeroaurantiacus"
- "Actinomyces glomerochromogenes"
- "Actinomyces glycerinitolerans"
- "Actinomyces gobitricini"
- "Actinomyces gougeroti"
- Actinomyces graevenitzii
- "Actinomyces griseinus"
- "Actinomyces griseoaurantiacus"
- "Actinomyces griseoflavus"
- "Actinomyces griseoincarnatus"
- "Actinomyces griseoloalbus"
- "Actinomyces griseoloviolaceus"
- "Actinomyces griseolus"
- "Actinomyces griseomycini"
- "Actinomyces griseorubens"
- "Actinomyces griseoruber"
- "Actinomyces griseorubiginosus"
- "Actinomyces griseostramineus"
- "Actinomyces griseus"
- Actinomyces haliotis
- "Actinomyces halstedii"
- "Actinomyces helvaticus"
- "Actinomyces herbescens"
- "Actinomyces herbeus"
- "Actinomyces herbiferis"
- Actinomyces hominis
- Actinomyces hongkongensis
- Actinomyces hordeovulneris
- "Actinomyces houstonensis"
- Actinomyces howellii
- Actinomyces humiferus
- Actinomyces humilatus corrig.
- "Actinomyces hygroscopicus"
- Actinomyces hyovaginalis
- "Actinomyces ihuae"
- "Actinomyces ihumii"
- "Actinomyces indigocolor"
- "Actinomyces inversochromogenes"
- "Actinomyces ipomoea"
- Actinomyces israelii
- "Actinomyces janthinus"
- Actinomyces johnsonii
- "Actinomyces kurssanovii"
- "Actinomyces lateritius"
- "Actinomyces lavendofoliae"
- "Actinomyces lavendulae"
- "Actinomyces lavendularectus"
- "Actinomyces lavendulocolor"
- "Actinomyces lazureus"
- "Actinomyces levoris"
- "Actinomyces levoris"
- "Actinomyces lilacinofulvus"
- "Actinomyces lilacinus"
- Actinomyces lilanjuaniae
- "Actinomyces lingnae"
- "Actinomyces lipmanii"
- "Actinomyces litmocidini"
- "Actinomyces litmocolor"
- "Actinomyces litmotinctus"
- Actinomyces liubingyangii
- "Actinomyces lividans"
- "Actinomyces lividans"
- "Actinomyces longisporus"
- "Actinomyces longissimus"
- "Actinomyces luridus"
- "Actinomyces luteolutescens"
- "Actinomyces malachiticus"
- "Actinomyces malachitospinus"
- "Actinomyces mannitorapidus"
- Actinomyces marimammalium
- Actinomyces marmotae
- "Actinomyces marseillensis"
- "Actinomyces marseillensis"
- Actinomyces massiliensis
- "Actinomyces mediterranea"
- "Actinomyces mellinus"
- Actinomyces meyeri
- "Actinomyces microflavus"
- "Actinomyces minihominis"
- "Actinomyces mutabilis"
- Actinomyces naeslundi
- Actinomyces naeslundii corrig.
- Actinomyces nasicola
- Actinomyces naturae
- Actinomyces neuii
- "Actinomyces nigrescens"
- "Actinomyces nigrogriseolus"
- "Actinomyces nitrohostilis"
- Actinomyces odontolyticus
- "Actinomyces olivaceoviridis"
- "Actinomyces olivaceus"
- "Actinomyces olivarius"
- "Actinomyces olivochromogenus"
- "Actinomyces olivoviridis"
- "Actinomyces oralis"
- "Actinomyces oralis"
- Actinomyces oricola
- Actinomyces oris
- "Actinomyces pacaensis"
- "Actinomyces parvus"
- "Actinomyces phaeochromogenes" corrig.
- "Actinomyces pheochromogenus"
- "Actinomyces pneumonicus"
- "Actinomyces polycolor"
- "Actinomyces polynesiensis"
- "Actinomyces praecox"
- Actinomyces procaprae
- "Actinomyces propionicus"
- "Actinomyces provencensis"
- "Actinomyces prunicolor"
- "Actinomyces pseudovenezuelae"
- "Actinomyces purpeochromogenus"
- "Actinomyces purpureochromogenes" corrig.
- Actinomyces pyogenes
- Actinomyces pyogenes
- Actinomyces qiguomingii
- Actinomyces radicidentis
- Actinomyces radingae
- "Actinomyces raffinosus"
- "Actinomyces rangoon"
- "Actinomyces rectiverticillatus"
- "Actinomyces rectiverticillatus"
- "Actinomyces rectiviolaceus"
- Actinomyces respiraculi
- "Actinomyces robefuscus"
- "Actinomyces robeus"
- "Actinomyces roseodiastaticus"
- "Actinomyces roseofulvus"
- "Actinomyces roseogriseolus"
- "Actinomyces roseogriseus"
- "Actinomyces roseolilacinus"
- "Actinomyces roseolus"
- "Actinomyces roseoviolaceus"
- "Actinomyces roseoviridis"
- "Actinomyces rubiginosohelvolus"
- "Actinomyces rubiginosus"
- "Actinomyces rubrocyaneus"
- "Actinomyces rubrolavendulae"
- "Actinomyces rubroverticillatus"
- Actinomyces ruminicola
- "Actinomyces ruminis"
- "Actinomyces rutgersensis"
- "Actinomyces sampsonii"
- "Actinomyces setonii"
- Actinomyces slackii
- "Actinomyces spinosus"
- Actinomyces stomatis
- "Actinomyces subflavus"
- "Actinomyces succiniciruminis"
- Actinomyces suimastitidis
- Actinomyces suis
- "Actinomyces sulphureus"
- "Actinomyces syringae"
- Actinomyces tangfeifanii
- "Actinomyces tauricus"
- "Actinomyces thalassinus"
- "Actinomyces thermodiastaticus"
- "Actinomyces thermoflavus"
- Actinomyces timonensis
- "Actinomyces toxicus"
- "Actinomyces toxytricini"
- Actinomyces trachealis
- "Actinomyces transvalensis"
- "Actinomyces tricolor"
- "Actinomyces tumemacerans"
- Actinomyces turicensis
- "Actinomyces umbrinus"
- "Actinomyces urinae"
- "Actinomyces urinae"
- Actinomyces urogenitalis
- Actinomyces vaccimaxillae
- "Actinomyces valynus"
- "Actinomyces variabilis"
- "Actinomyces violaceochromogenes"
- "Actinomyces violaceolatus"
- "Actinomyces violaceolatus"
- "Actinomyces violaceorectus"
- "Actinomyces violaceusniger"
- "Actinomyces violaceusruber"
- "Actinomyces violans"
- "Actinomyces violarus"
- "Actinomyces violascens"
- "Actinomyces violatus"
- "Actinomyces viridaris"
- "Actinomyces viridiviolaceus"
- "Actinomyces viridochromogenes"
- "Actinomyces viridodiastaticus"
- "Actinomyces virocidus"
- "Actinomyces virusinus"
- Actinomyces viscosus
- "Actinomyces vulgaris"
- Actinomyces vulturis
- Actinomyces weissii
- "Actinomyces willmorei"
- Actinomyces wuliandei
- "Actinomyces xantholiticus"
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Name: Actinomyces bowdenii Pascual et al. 1999
Etymology: bow.de’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. bowdenii, of Bowden, to honor George H. Bowden, a contemporary British microbiologist, who made many valuable contributions to actinomycete microbiology
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … bow-DE-ni-i, masculine
Type strain: CCUG 37421; CIP 106647; DSM 15435; M1327/96/1
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Valid publication:
Pascual C, Foster G, Falsen E, Bergstrom K, Greko C, Collins MD. Actinomyces bowdenii sp. nov., isolated from canine and feline clinical specimens. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1873-1877. 
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IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 2000; 50:5-7.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — 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 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
Parent taxon: Actinomyces Harz 1877 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Pascual C, Foster G, Falsen E, Bergstrom K, Greko C, Collins MD. Actinomyces bowdenii sp. nov., isolated from canine and feline clinical specimens. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1873-1877. 🇬🇧
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Record number: 772766
This LPSN page was printed on 2026-02-14 19:03:33