Species Actinomyces cardiffensis

Name: Actinomyces cardiffensis Hall et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: car.dif.fen’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. cardiffensis, pertaining to Cardiff, a city in Wales

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 44997; CIP 107323; DSM 15803; R10394

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ421779 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hall V, Collins MD, Hutson R, Falsen E, Duerden BI. Actinomyces cardiffensis sp. nov. from human clinical sources. J Clin Microbiol 2002; 40:3427-3431.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 89. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1-2.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Schaalia cardiffensis (Hall et al. 2003) Nouioui et al. 2018

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Schaalia cardiffensis (Hall et al. 2003) Nouioui et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- Actinomyces cardiffensis 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 Actinomyces.
- 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: Hall V, Collins MD, Hutson R, Falsen E, Duerden BI. Actinomyces cardiffensis sp. nov. from human clinical sources. J Clin Microbiol 2002; 40:3427-3431.

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