Species Actinomyces hominis

Name: Actinomyces hominis Funke et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ho’mi.nis. L. gen. masc. n. hominis, of man, indicating that the type strain was isolated from a human

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 1094; 7894GR; CCUG 57540; DSM 22168

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16S rRNA gene: FJ617539 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Funke G, Englert R, Frodl R, Bernard KA, Stenger S. Actinomyces hominis sp. nov., isolated from a wound swab. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1678-1681.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2261-2262.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Gleimia hominis (Funke et al. 2010) Nouioui et al. 2018

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Gleimia hominis (Funke et al. 2010) Nouioui et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- Actinomyces hominis 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 a putative 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, Englert R, Frodl R, Bernard KA, Stenger S. Actinomyces hominis sp. nov., isolated from a wound swab. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1678-1681.

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Record number: 788617

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