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Species Actinomyces gerencseriae
Name: Actinomyces gerencseriae Johnson et al. 1990
Etymology: ger.enc.ser’i.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. gerencseriae, of Gerencser, to honor the American microbiologist Mary Ann Gerencser, an authority on Actinomyces species
Type strain: ATCC 23860; CCUG 32936; CCUG 34703; CDC W838; CIP 105418; DSM 6844; JCM 12963; VPI 12594
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
X80414
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Johnson JL, Moore LV, Kaneko B, Moore WE. Actinomyces georgiae sp. nov., Actinomyces gerencseriae sp. nov., designation of two genospecies of Actinomyces naeslundii, and inclusion of A. naeslundii serotypes II and III and Actinomyces viscosus serotype II in A. naeslundii genospecies 2. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:273-286. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.13256 (N = 17).
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — 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. — The risk group for France has been imported on 2024-08-30. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 36 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
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🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Actinomyces israelii (Kruse 1896) Lachner-Sandoval 1898 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Lachner-Sandoval V. Über Strahlenpilze. Inaugural Dissertation Strassburg. Universitäts Buchdruckerei Von Carl Georgi, Bonn, 1898.
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
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🧍 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.
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🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.
Publication:
Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.
- 🧍 Actinomyces gerencseriae Johnson et al. 1990 was previously known as Actinomyces israelii serovar II. — 🧍 Actinomyces israelii serotype II. Publication: Lachner-Sandoval V. Über Strahlenpilze. Inaugural Dissertation Strassburg. Universitäts Buchdruckerei Von Carl Georgi, Bonn, 1898.
Parent taxon: Actinomyces Harz 1877 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Johnson JL, Moore LV, Kaneko B, Moore WE. Actinomyces georgiae sp. nov., Actinomyces gerencseriae sp. nov., designation of two genospecies of Actinomyces naeslundii, and inclusion of A. naeslundii serotypes II and III and Actinomyces viscosus serotype II in A. naeslundii genospecies 2. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:273-286.
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Record number: 772780
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