Species Actinomyces nasicola

Name: Actinomyces nasicola Hall et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: na.si’co.la. L. masc. n. nasus, nose; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant of; N.L. masc./fem. n. nasicola, inhabitant of the nose, referring to the place of isolation of the type strain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … na-SI-ko-la, masculine

Type strain: CCUG 46092; CIP 107668; DSM 19116; R2014

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ508455 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hall V, Collins MD, Lawson PA, Falsen E, Duerden BI. Actinomyces nasicola sp. nov., isolated from a human nose. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1445-1448. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Bowdeniella nasicola corrig. (Hall et al. 2003) Nouioui et al. 2018

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Bowdenia nasicola (Hall et al. 2003) Nouioui et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
Bowdeniella nasicola corrig. (Hall et al. 2003) Nouioui et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Actinomyces nasicola 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 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 = 1, note = "+". — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 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.
- 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). 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. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Actinomyces Harz 1877 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hall V, Collins MD, Lawson PA, Falsen E, Duerden BI. Actinomyces nasicola sp. nov., isolated from a human nose. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1445-1448. 🇬🇧

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Species Actinomyces nasicola