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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Actinomyces ihumii"

Name: "Actinomyces ihumii" Ndongo et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: i.hu’mi.i. N.L. gen. neut. n. ihumii, based on the acronym IHUMI, for Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection in Marseille, France, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … i-HU-mi-i, masculine

Nomenclatural type: CSUR P2006; DSM 100538; SD1

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LN866997 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Ndongo S, Khelaifia S, Bittar F, Fournier PE, Raoult D. "Actinomyces ihumii," a new bacterial species isolated from the digestive microbiota of a HIV-infected patient. New Microbes New Infect 2016; 12:71-72. 🇫🇷

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Actinomyces ihuae" Mbogning Fonkou et al. 2018

Parent taxon: Actinomyces Harz 1877 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ndongo S, Khelaifia S, Bittar F, Fournier PE, Raoult D. "Actinomyces ihumii," a new bacterial species isolated from the digestive microbiota of a HIV-infected patient. New Microbes New Infect 2016; 12:71-72. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 14129
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