Species Actinomyces funkei

Name: Actinomyces funkei Lawson et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fun’ke.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. funkei, of Funke, to honour Guido Funke, a contemporary German microbiologist, for his contributions to the clinical microbiology of Actinobacteria

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 42773; CIP 106713; DSM 15537

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16S rRNA gene: AJ404889 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lawson PA, Nikolaitchouk N, Falsen E, Westling K, Collins MD. Actinomyces funkei sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:853-855.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1231-1233.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Schaalia funkei (Lawson et al. 2001) Nouioui et al. 2018

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Schaalia funkei (Lawson et al. 2001) Nouioui et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: CIP 106731.
- Actinomyces funkei 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: Lawson PA, Nikolaitchouk N, Falsen E, Westling K, Collins MD. Actinomyces funkei sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:853-855.

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Record number: 772778

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