Subscribe to our newsletter
To receive updates from LPSN every few months, sign up to our mailing list.
Species Actinomyces meyeri
Name: Actinomyces meyeri (ex Prévot 1938) Cato et al. 1984
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
Type strain: ATCC 35568; CCUG 21024; CIP 103148; DSM 20733; LMG 16161; NCTC 14282; Prévot 2477B; VPI 8617
See detailed strain information at
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
Correct name: Schaalia meyeri (Cato et al. 1984 ex Prévot 1938) Nouioui et al. 2018
-
Synonyms:
-
Name Kind Schaalia meyeri (Cato et al. 1984 ex Prévot 1938) Nouioui et al. 2018 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
-
-
Notes:
- ❗ Actinomyces meyeri is the correct name instead 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.
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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 = 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 128 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
-
🧍 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.
Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/actinomyces-meyeriLink copied to clipboard
Record number: 772794
This LPSN page was printed on 2025-04-23 01:06:31