Species Actinomyces meyeri

Name: Actinomyces meyeri (ex Prévot 1938) Cato et al. 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: me’yer.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. meyeri, of Meyer, to honor Kurt F. Meyer, a German bacteriologist, who described the organism as a "new anaerobic Streptothrix species" in 1911

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 35568; CCUG 21024; CIP 103148; DSM 20733; LMG 16161; Prévot 2477B; VPI 8617

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X82451 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cato EP, Moore WEC, Nygaard G, Holdeman LV. Actinomyces meyeri sp. nov., specific epithet rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:487-489.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Schaalia meyeri (Cato et al. 1984) Nouioui et al. 2018

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Schaalia meyeri (Cato et al. 1984) Nouioui et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- Actinomyces meyeri 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 an established 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.
- The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: 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.
- Nom. rev. / basonym "Actinobacterium meyeri".

Parent taxon: Actinomyces Harz 1877 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Cato EP, Moore WEC, Nygaard G, Holdeman LV. Actinomyces meyeri sp. nov., specific epithet rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:487-489.

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Record number: 772794

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