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Species Actinomyces marseillensis

Name: Actinomyces marseillensis Mbogning Fonkou et al. 2026

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: mar.seil.len’sis. N.L. masc. adj. marseillensis, from marseillensis, pertaining to Marseille, where the strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ak-ti-NO-my-kes mar-se͡il-LEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CCUG 71898; CSUR P2818; Marseille P2818

16S rRNA gene: LT576400 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Mbogning Fonkou MD, Mailhe M, Ndongo S, Ricaboni D, Morand A, Cornu F, Tidjani Alou M, Bilen M, Andrieu C, Levasseur A, et al. Noncontiguous finished genome sequences and descriptions of Actinomyces ihuae, Actinomyces bouchesdurhonensis, Actinomyces urinae, Actinomyces marseillensis, Actinomyces mediterranea and Actinomyces oralis sp. nov. identified by culturomics. New Microbes New Infect 2018; 25:30-44. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 230. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7224.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

  • Notes:
    • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.11993 (N = 15).
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2026-08-13.
    • 🙆 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 genus.

Parent taxon: Actinomyces Harz 1877 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Mbogning Fonkou MD, Mailhe M, Ndongo S, Ricaboni D, Morand A, Cornu F, Tidjani Alou M, Bilen M, Andrieu C, Levasseur A, et al. Noncontiguous finished genome sequences and descriptions of Actinomyces ihuae, Actinomyces bouchesdurhonensis, Actinomyces urinae, Actinomyces marseillensis, Actinomyces mediterranea and Actinomyces oralis sp. nov. identified by culturomics. New Microbes New Infect 2018; 25:30-44. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 69765

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