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Species Actinomyces naeslundi

Name: Actinomyces naeslundi Thompson and Lovestedt 1951 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 12104; CCUG 18310; CCUG 2238; CCUG 32832; CCUG 35333; CDC W826; CECT 806; CIP 103128; DSM 43013; Howell 279; JCM 8349; NCTC 10301

16S rRNA gene: AB618790 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Thompson L, Lovestedt SA. An Actinomyces-like organism obtained from the human mouth. Proc Staff Meet Mayo Clin 1951; 26:169-175.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Actinomyces naeslundii corrig. Thompson and Lovestedt 1951 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 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 11 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Actinomyces Harz 1877 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Thompson L, Lovestedt SA. An Actinomyces-like organism obtained from the human mouth. Proc Staff Meet Mayo Clin 1951; 26:169-175.

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Record number: 19455

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