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Species Actinomyces massiliensis
Name: Actinomyces massiliensis Renvoise et al. 2009
Etymology: mas.si.li.en’sis. L. masc. adj. massiliensis, of or belonging to Massilia, the old Greek and Roman name for Marseille, where the type strain was isolated
Type strain: 4401292; CCUG 53522; CSUR P18; DSM 23047; JCM 16130
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB545934
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Renvoise A, Raoult D, Roux V. Actinomyces massiliensis sp. nov., isolated from a patient blood culture. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:540-544. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1259-1261.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Emendations:
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Nouioui et al. 2018
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.
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
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Nouioui et al. 2018
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.
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.13566 (N = 13).
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 8 times 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.
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🧍 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:
Renvoise A, Raoult D, Roux V. Actinomyces massiliensis sp. nov., isolated from a patient blood culture. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:540-544.
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Record number: 787743
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