Species Actinomyces pyogenes

Name: Actinomyces pyogenes (Glage 1903) Reddy et al. 1982

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus pyogenes" Glage 1903

Etymology: py.o.ge.nes. Gr. neut. n. pyon, discharge from a sore, pus (Latin transliteration pyum); Gr. suff. -genes, producing; from Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. part. adj. pyogenes, pus-producing

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 19411; C-100; CCUG 13230; CIP 103129; DSM 20630; LMG 16162; NCTC 5224

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X79225 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Reddy CA, Cornell CP, Fraga AM. Transfer of Corynebacterium pyogenes (Glage) Eberson to the genus Actinomyces as Actinomyces pyogenes (Glage) comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:419-429.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Trueperella pyogenes (Glage 1903) Yassin et al. 2011

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Actinomyces pyogenes (Glage 1903) Collins and Jones 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
Arcanobacterium pyogenes (Glage 1903) Pascual Ramos et al. 1997	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Bacillus pyogenes" Glage 1903	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Trueperella pyogenes (Glage 1903) Yassin et al. 2011	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Corynebacterium pyogenes (Glage 1903) Eberson 1918 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- Actinomyces pyogenes 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.
- The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht".

Parent taxon: Actinomyces Harz 1877 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Reddy CA, Cornell CP, Fraga AM. Transfer of Corynebacterium pyogenes (Glage) Eberson to the genus Actinomyces as Actinomyces pyogenes (Glage) comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:419-429.

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Record number: 772801

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