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Species Actinomyces howellii
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siblings
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- Actinomyces acetigenes
- "Actinomyces acrimycini"
- "Actinomyces actinomycetemcomitans"
- "Actinomyces ahygroscopicus"
- "Actinomyces alboflavus"
- "Actinomyces albosporeus"
- "Actinomyces albovinaceus"
- "Actinomyces alboviridis"
- "Actinomyces almquisti"
- "Actinomyces ansochromogenes"
- "Actinomyces anthocyanicus"
- "Actinomyces antibioticus"
- "Actinomyces atrolaccus"
- "Actinomyces atroolivaceus"
- "Actinomyces atrovirens"
- "Actinomyces aurantiogriseus"
- "Actinomyces aureocirculatus"
- "Actinomyces aureoverticillatus"
- "Actinomyces bacillaris"
- "Actinomyces badius"
- Actinomyces bernardiae
- "Actinomyces biverticillatus"
- "Actinomyces bobili"
- "Actinomyces bouchesdurhonensis"
- Actinomyces bovis
- Actinomyces bowdenii
- "Actinomyces brunneofungus"
- "Actinomyces cacaoi"
- "Actinomyces caeruleus"
- "Actinomyces californicus"
- Actinomyces canis
- Actinomyces capricornis
- Actinomyces cardiffensis
- "Actinomyces castaneoglobisporus"
- "Actinomyces castaneus"
- Actinomyces catuli
- "Actinomyces cellulosae"
- "Actinomyces chromofuscus"
- "Actinomyces chryseus"
- "Actinomyces cinereorectus"
- "Actinomyces cinereoviridis"
- "Actinomyces cinnabarinus"
- "Actinomyces citreofluorescens"
- "Actinomyces clavifer"
- "Actinomyces coelescens"
- "Actinomyces coeruleofuscus"
- "Actinomyces coeruleorubidus"
- "Actinomyces coerulescens"
- Actinomyces coleocanis
- "Actinomyces cremeospinus"
- "Actinomyces cremeus"
- "Actinomyces cristalomycini"
- "Actinomyces culturomici"
- "Actinomyces cyaneofuscatus"
- "Actinomyces cyaneogriseus"
- "Actinomyces cyaneus"
- "Actinomyces cyanoalbus"
- "Actinomyces daghestanicus"
- Actinomyces dentalis
- Actinomyces denticolens
- "Actinomyces dentocariosus"
- "Actinomyces diastaticus"
- "Actinomyces diastatochromogenes"
- "Actinomyces eriksonii"
- "Actinomyces erythreus"
- Actinomyces europaeus
- "Actinomyces exfoliatus"
- Actinomyces faecalis
- "Actinomyces fimbriatus"
- "Actinomyces fimicarius"
- "Actinomyces finlayi"
- "Actinomyces flaveolus"
- "Actinomyces flavidovirens"
- "Actinomyces flavogriseus"
- "Actinomyces flavomacrosporus"
- "Actinomyces flavotricini"
- "Actinomyces flavovirens"
- "Actinomyces flocculus"
- "Actinomyces fluorescens"
- "Actinomyces fradii"
- "Actinomyces fulvissimus"
- "Actinomyces fulvoviolaceus"
- "Actinomyces fulvoviridis"
- "Actinomyces fumanus"
- Actinomyces funkei
- "Actinomyces gallicus"
- Actinomyces gaoshouyii
- "Actinomyces gelaticus"
- Actinomyces georgiae
- Actinomyces gerencseriae
- "Actinomyces gibsonii"
- "Actinomyces glaucescens"
- "Actinomyces globisporus"
- "Actinomyces globosus"
- "Actinomyces glomeroaurantiacus"
- "Actinomyces glomerochromogenes"
- "Actinomyces glycerinitolerans"
- "Actinomyces gobitricini"
- "Actinomyces gougeroti"
- Actinomyces graevenitzii
- "Actinomyces griseinus"
- "Actinomyces griseoaurantiacus"
- "Actinomyces griseoflavus"
- "Actinomyces griseoincarnatus"
- "Actinomyces griseoloalbus"
- "Actinomyces griseoloviolaceus"
- "Actinomyces griseolus"
- "Actinomyces griseomycini"
- "Actinomyces griseorubens"
- "Actinomyces griseorubiginosus"
- "Actinomyces griseostramineus"
- "Actinomyces griseus"
- Actinomyces haliotis
- "Actinomyces halstedii"
- "Actinomyces helvaticus"
- Actinomyces hominis
- Actinomyces hongkongensis
- Actinomyces hordeovulneris
- "Actinomyces houstonensis"
- Actinomyces humiferus
- "Actinomyces hygroscopicus"
- Actinomyces hyovaginalis
- "Actinomyces ihuae"
- "Actinomyces ihumii"
- "Actinomyces ipomoea"
- Actinomyces israelii
- "Actinomyces janthinus"
- Actinomyces johnsonii
- "Actinomyces kurssanovii"
- "Actinomyces lateritius"
- "Actinomyces lavendofoliae"
- "Actinomyces lavendulae"
- "Actinomyces lavendulocolor"
- "Actinomyces levoris"
- "Actinomyces lilacinus"
- Actinomyces lilanjuaniae
- "Actinomyces lingnae"
- "Actinomyces lipmanii"
- "Actinomyces litmocidini"
- Actinomyces liubingyangii
- "Actinomyces longisporus"
- "Actinomyces luridus"
- "Actinomyces luteolutescens"
- "Actinomyces malachitospinus"
- Actinomyces marimammalium
- Actinomyces marmotae
- "Actinomyces marseillensis"
- Actinomyces massiliensis
- "Actinomyces mediterranea"
- Actinomyces meyeri
- "Actinomyces microflavus"
- "Actinomyces minihominis"
- "Actinomyces mutabilis"
- Actinomyces naeslundi
- Actinomyces naeslundii corrig.
- Actinomyces nasicola
- Actinomyces naturae
- Actinomyces neuii
- "Actinomyces nigrescens"
- "Actinomyces nigrogriseolus"
- Actinomyces odontolyticus
- "Actinomyces olivaceoviridis"
- "Actinomyces olivaceus"
- "Actinomyces olivochromogenus"
- "Actinomyces olivoviridis"
- "Actinomyces oralis"
- "Actinomyces oralis"
- Actinomyces oricola
- Actinomyces oris
- "Actinomyces pacaensis"
- "Actinomyces parvus"
- "Actinomyces pheochromogenus"
- "Actinomyces pneumonicus"
- "Actinomyces polynesiensis"
- "Actinomyces praecox"
- Actinomyces procaprae
- "Actinomyces propionicus"
- "Actinomyces provencensis"
- "Actinomyces prunicolor"
- "Actinomyces pseudovenezuelae"
- "Actinomyces purpeochromogenus"
- Actinomyces pyogenes
- Actinomyces pyogenes
- Actinomyces qiguomingii
- Actinomyces radicidentis
- Actinomyces radingae
- "Actinomyces rangoon"
- "Actinomyces rectiverticillatus"
- Actinomyces respiraculi
- "Actinomyces robefuscus"
- "Actinomyces roseodiastaticus"
- "Actinomyces roseofulvus"
- "Actinomyces roseolilacinus"
- "Actinomyces roseolus"
- "Actinomyces roseoviolaceus"
- "Actinomyces roseoviridis"
- "Actinomyces rubiginosohelvolus"
- "Actinomyces rubiginosus"
- "Actinomyces rubrolavendulae"
- "Actinomyces rubroverticillatus"
- Actinomyces ruminicola
- "Actinomyces ruminis"
- "Actinomyces rutgersensis"
- "Actinomyces sampsonii"
- "Actinomyces setonii"
- Actinomyces slackii
- "Actinomyces spinosus"
- Actinomyces stomatis
- "Actinomyces succiniciruminis"
- Actinomyces suimastitidis
- Actinomyces suis
- "Actinomyces sulphureus"
- Actinomyces tangfeifanii
- "Actinomyces thermodiastaticus"
- Actinomyces timonensis
- "Actinomyces toxytricini"
- Actinomyces trachealis
- "Actinomyces tricolor"
- "Actinomyces tumemacerans"
- Actinomyces turicensis
- "Actinomyces umbrinus"
- "Actinomyces urinae"
- Actinomyces urogenitalis
- Actinomyces vaccimaxillae
- "Actinomyces variabilis"
- "Actinomyces violaceochromogenes"
- "Actinomyces violaceolatus"
- "Actinomyces violaceorectus"
- "Actinomyces violaceusniger"
- "Actinomyces violaceusruber"
- "Actinomyces violarus"
- "Actinomyces violascens"
- "Actinomyces violatus"
- "Actinomyces viridiviolaceus"
- "Actinomyces viridochromogenes"
- "Actinomyces viridodiastaticus"
- Actinomyces viscosus
- "Actinomyces vulgaris"
- Actinomyces vulturis
- Actinomyces weissii
- "Actinomyces willmorei"
- Actinomyces wuliandei
- "Actinomyces xantholiticus"
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Name: Actinomyces howellii Dent and Williams 1984
Etymology: how.ell’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. howellii, of Howell, to honor the American microbiologist Arden Howell Jr., who studied oral actinomycetes from animals, particularly Odontomyces (Actinomyces) viscosus
Type strain: ATCC 43323; CCUG 32757; CIP 103127; NCTC 11636; Sh 7/4276
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16S rRNA gene:
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Valid publication:
Dent VE, Williams RAD. Actinomyces howellii, a new species from the dental plaque of dairy cattle. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:316-320. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 = 1. — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
Parent taxon: Actinomyces Harz 1877 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Dent VE, Williams RAD. Actinomyces howellii, a new species from the dental plaque of dairy cattle. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:316-320.
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Record number: 783307
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