Species Actinomyces europaeus

Name: Actinomyces europaeus Funke et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: eu.ro.pae’us. N.L. masc. adj. europaeus, of or belonging to Europe, European, referring to the fact that six different European laboratories contributed to the description of the species

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700353; CCUG 32789; CCUG 32789 A; CIP 105308; DSM 26657; LMG 18454

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y08828 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Funke G, Alvarez N, Pascual C, Falsen E, Akervall E, Sabbe L, Schouls L, Weiss N, Collins MD. Actinomyces europaeus sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:687-692.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1275-1276.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Gleimia europaea (Funke et al. 1997) Nouioui et al. 2018

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Gleimia europaea (Funke et al. 1997) Nouioui et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- Actinomyces europaeus 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: Funke G, Alvarez N, Pascual C, Falsen E, Akervall E, Sabbe L, Schouls L, Weiss N, Collins MD. Actinomyces europaeus sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:687-692.

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Record number: 772773

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